- Simi Mobile, the company assembling laptops, smart and feature phones in Namanve industrial park, Uganda has introduced solar-charged phone.
- It has started manufacturing solar-charged smartphones, for clients living outside the electricity grid.
Simi Mobile, the company assembling laptops, smart and feature phones in Namanve industrial park, Uganda has introduced solar-charged phone. It has started manufacturing solar-charged smartphones, for clients living outside the electricity grid. About 60 per cent of the Ugandan population reportedly lack electricity connection.
Speaking at their first anniversary celebrations last week, David Beecham Okware, the executive director said that the company intends to make it cheap and user-friendly for government services. The phone costs Shs35,000. Ms Evelyne Anite, the State Minister of Finance for Investment said that the company has taken the name of Uganda to the world of IT manufacturing creating 400 local jobs. National Information Technology Authority has approached with Simi Mobile to develop temperature guns which have been in high demand since the Coronavirus broke out.
