Phone assembly plan alone won’t ease cost

We laud Kenya’s plan to roll out one million locally-assembled smartphones in two months, given that the move would spur job creation efforts, enable technology transfer and boost the country's skilled talent pool.

ICT Cabinet secretary Eliud Owalo says the smartphones targeting the low-income market segment will cost Sh5,500, making them affordable to a majority of Kenyans and increasing uptake of the gadgets from the current 60 percent.