Africa's top smartphone seller is the world's fastest growing phone maker | Semafor

We're not there yet. We don't have the infrastructure, supply chains or technical staff to be competitive on the global market. A made in Africa phone would be too expensive and people won't want to buy it.

We need to focus on more basic stuff to build ourselves up. Like developing our national infrastructure: ports, railways, electricity. And we need to seriously fund education. And we need to go for low hanging fruit like agriculture and heavy industry. Food is more important than phones.

We can definitely get there tho. Maybe in a generation, if we play our cards right.