Tunisia – Microsoft: A Mobile Phone Specially Designed for Africans!
11 February 2013
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Monday evening, it was 23 degrees in Cairo when Mohamed Bridaa, CEO of Microsoft Tunisia, gathered a small crowd of senior Tunisian government officials and journalists to unveil the event that had been prepared in great secrecy by the Redmond firm. "For 20 years that Microsoft has operated in Africa, we have been questioning, for a few months, what we could do to help Africa communicate better. And we have identified 3 pillars," Bridaa stated.
The first of these 3 pillars is accessibility, with two factors: firstly a "smart device" that would take the form of a mobile phone specially designed for Africans. This mobile phone would be offered at a price within the reach of the average African's meager budget without sacrificing technological quality. As for the second factor, it consists of a great first: the use of radio waves (which were massively used for radio and TV transmission) to carry high-speed data reaching up to 40 Giga!
The second pillar covers economic development issues through what Mohamed Bridaa calls "world soft skills" where young graduates will be at the forefront.
The 3rd pillar is perhaps the most important in the long term since it touches on the most important aspect: the involvement of Africans in innovation systems.
These are ideas that Bridaa says have been discussed at length and have been definitively approved, placing us on the eve of a technological upheaval in Africa and Tunisia.
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Posted on February 11, 2013
The first of these 3 pillars is accessibility, with two factors: firstly a "smart device" that would take the form of a mobile phone specially designed for Africans. This mobile phone would be offered at a price within the reach of the average African's meager budget without sacrificing technological quality. As for the second factor, it consists of a great first: the use of radio waves (which were massively used for radio and TV transmission) to carry high-speed data reaching up to 40 Giga!
The second pillar covers economic development issues through what Mohamed Bridaa calls "world soft skills" where young graduates will be at the forefront.
The 3rd pillar is perhaps the most important in the long term since it touches on the most important aspect: the involvement of Africans in innovation systems.
These are ideas that Bridaa says have been discussed at length and have been definitively approved, placing us on the eve of a technological upheaval in Africa and Tunisia.
webmanagercenter.com
Posted on February 11, 2013
