East African press outlets are reporting that Uganda is to begin manufacturing its first smartphones. The manufacturing partner will be Chinese brand SIMI.

The phones will be built to ensure long battery life, like SIMI’s existing feature phones, although the feature phones can apparently last up to at least two weeks and be charged using solar power. The smartphones, by contrast, are expected to have a battery capacity of at least two days.

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