The report recalls that in 2021, the mobile technology company Africell and Industry Five, aglobal smart manufacturing vendor, collaborated to develop assembling facilities for mobile telephones in DRC. The factory in Kinshasa is equipped with modular and mobile workstations, and workers are trained to reach quality standards and handle proprietary handsets. “Developing mobile telephone supply chain capacities in Africa can unlock further potential in the electronics supply chain and open up market opportunities towards the production of tablets, laptops and high-performance servers, and data storage solutions. It further noted that most of the minerals and metals that go into the production of smartphones can be sourced within African countries. “The abundance of these resources also provides vast opportunity for strengthening regional supply chains in mobile phone production from precursor production.

Source: News Business Ethiopia August 18, 2023 03:18 UTC