First phone designed in Africa

First phone designed in Africa has made an appearance in the market. Verone Mankou, the 26 year old Congolese entrepreneur has introduced the first African-designed tablet and has announced the first African-designed smartphone.

This smartphone will sport a 3.5 inch high quality IPS screen with a display resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and will run on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. This phone called elikia, has a highly qualitative design with curves studied in order to ensure both a timeless, elegant and modern making the user almost forget it is an entry-level product.