Smartphone specially manufactured to the continent

 
United efforts with Microsoft mobile manufacturing company Chinese "Huawei" to launch low-cost smartphones in Africa, says the two companies represent the fastest growing mobile markets in the world.
The phone works "for Africa" (Four Afrika) of its $ 150 price, system, Windows 8, and contains a set of applications that are specifically designed for the African market.
The General Director of Microsoft in Africa, Fernando de Sousa: "Our goal is not manufacturing a smart phone with a low price, but seek to manufacture phone with unique value and affordable, Compared with some smart phones priced up to $ 600, I think that the price of this phone is very appropriate ".
He explained that "the World Bank said that about a quarter of a billion people living on the African continent are middle-income, a slide that Microsoft seeks to reach them in cooperation with Huawei."
Noteworthy that the sales of mobile phones in Africa increase by 43 per cent annually since 2000, and represents the second largest market for mobile phones after Asia, as data showed a global organization for mobile operators.
The new phone will be available in Egypt, Morocco, Angola, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.