Knack International Limited, a Nigeria Company unveils its First set of
Products.

We are happy to announce that Knack international limited a Nigerian
ICT company unveiled Its Set of products (Laptops and Tablet PCs) on the
29th of June 2013 at National Centre for Technology Management NACETEM,
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State Nigeria.

Knack International Limited is a new computer and other related ICT
products company that cater to the middle and low income earners around
the world. As stated above, our focus is to provide quality yet
affordable Tablets and Laptops and accessories, and position ourselves
as the top brand servicing this particular market.

We are a start-up company moving upward from the ICT consultancy
business to Product Development and Manufacturing and Brand ownership.

There is a need to launch a locally manufactured Pc with quality look,
packaging and price.
Our products are unique in the qualities they bring to the market. We
hope to work with Local content developer to bring out our own culture
and Continent Identity.

For More information please visit www.knackintl.com or call
+2348136624529.

Most of Nigerians local products don't get the support of the citizens as the pomp and pageantary of such brands only end with a sigh. Why? I think it is time we rethink and start supporting our brands so that we will be able to industrialize our country with or without the Govenment. What do you say?

deejaybond07: Knack International Limited, a Nigeria Company unveils its First set of
Products.

We are happy to announce that Knack international limited a Nigerian
ICT company unveiled Its Set of products (Laptops and Tablet PCs) on the
29th of June 2013 at National Centre for Technology Management NACETEM,
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State Nigeria.

Knack International Limited is a new computer and other related ICT
products company that cater to the middle and low income earners around
the world. As stated above, our focus is to provide quality yet
affordable Tablets and Laptops and accessories, and position ourselves
as the top brand servicing this particular market.

We are a start-up company moving upward from the ICT consultancy
business to Product Development and Manufacturing and Brand ownership.

There is a need to launch a locally manufactured Pc with quality look,
packaging and price.
Our products are unique in the qualities they bring to the market. We
hope to work with Local content developer to bring out our own culture
and Continent Identity.

For More information please visit www.knackintl.com or call
+2348136624529.

. Am a great fan of something like this and i appreciate your work a lot. I beleive is high time we look inwardly and beleive we can. I did like to know about the prices and thanks for the job welldon.

Nigeria’s Knack International Limited, a new computer and ICT products start-up last week unveiled a 13.3” ultra slim, light weight (4GB RAM,500GB HDD) laptop, a 7.0” Tablet PC (Sim port, 3G, Wi-Fi, dual camera) tablet and a 7.85” Tablet PC (Wi-Fi only version) tablet for the African market at the National Centre for Technology Management NACETEM, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State Nigeria.

The start-up said its focus is on middle and low income earners around the world.
According to the founders, “Our focus is to provide quality yet affordable Tablets and Laptops and accessories, and position ourselves as the top brand servicing this particular market.”
Apart from hardware design and developent, the firm also does ICT consultancy, business, product development, manufacturing and brand ownership.

” There is a need to launch a locally manufactured PC with quality look, packaging and price,” they said.” Our products are unique in the qualities they bring to the market.
We hope to work with Local content developer to bring out our own culture and continent identity.”

The start-ip is run by EYIOLAWI GBENGA PETER, 25,as CEO from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun state.

Eyiolawi says he is a serial entrepreneur, business developer ,social entrepreneur and also a techpreneur with about 7 years’ experience as an
entrepreneur since his first year at University.


20 year old Afolabi Mark, CTO Knack International
MARK AFOLABI is the start-ups CTO at just 20, he is a serial entrepreneur, an exemplary leader, learner and a student. Tech savvy and enthusiast he believes in applying
technology as a solution to people’s daily living, a member Google
technology user group (Federal University of Technology Akure).

TechMoran caught up with them and this is what they told us.

Why we founded the company?
We founded the company to solve some of the present problems Nigerians
face in the ICT industry. From our analysis and survey, we discovered that
most Nigerians have problem with the following issues:

• Irregular size of their laptops: most people have either a 10.1” or
15.6” laptops and they both complain about the size being too small and
too big respectively.
We aim to solve this problem by giving them a size that can answer both
categories of users by releasing a 13.3” size.
• Weight issues: Most people still have issues with laptops being heavy
and not easy to carry about. That prompted us to provide a laptop with a
weight of roughly half of the regular laptops.
• Affordability: Another issue that limits the people from having a laptop
is the pricing which prevents an average Nigerian from owning a laptop.
This we believe is the same in most African countries hence our decision
to produce a high quality yet affordable line of products. Our products
are between 20-50% cheaper than the market price.
• Design: our products (both the laptops and tablets) have unique sleek
designs that make the user comfortable to carry them around without it
affecting other things they carry. In short, we provide them flat devices
and yet very beautiful.
• Functionality and connectivity: we designed our tablets not just for
fashion because of their sleekness but for proper connectivity as we have
noticed that is the issue most tablet users face. From purchase, our
customers get access to mobile data for better connectivity for up to 6
months without an additional cost to the product and they can continue
using their products afterwards without any hitch.

• Connectivity: That is why we give a free knack universal modem to all our customers
who buy laptops for better connectivity.
• After sales service: we are closer to our people and we have brought
this to them, there are service centers around that our customers can get
spare parts from or even use their warranty.
• Local content: we have signed Memorandum of Understanding with various
software developers to have local contents on the tablets and laptops some
of which have been completed already. These are applications that will be
useful and meaningful to our users as it relates directly with their
environment.

Where do you manufacture your products from?
Like most reputable ICT and other electronics company, we manufacture our
products from China for now due to production costs and infrastructures
but we are planning to have an assembling plant here in Nigeria very soon.

How much have you invested in the company?
About $30,000.

Do you have any external funding?

NO

How many products have you released till date?
We released three lines of products which are:
(a)13.3” ultra slim, light weight laptop(4GB RAM,500GB HDD)
(b) 7.0” Tablet PC (Sim port, 3G, Wi-Fi, dual camera)
(c) 7.85” Tablet PC (Wi-Fi only version)

What to expect soon from us?
More local content inclined Innovative and affordable products meeting the
needs of the masses.

Why tablets, laptops and not desktops?
We have entered an era where personalization is the other of the day, we
want to help our consumers get smarter, and our product solution provides
daily users of information a highly improved delivery mechanism. For now
our focus is on the Tablets and Laptops

Are you spreading to other countries?

Yes, we are. In fact, we plan to be in at least 3 African countries by the
end of our first year of operation.

How are you different?
It has already been stated above with the “why we founded the company”
But we also aim to empower everybody who buys our laptops and tablets by
giving them some professional and entrepreneurship trainings for them to
be able to start up their business. And these training will be done
without any additional fees to be paid by our customers.

The government has failed us times without numbers and we continue to put our faith in them every four years. The people neglect their duties and put everything on their government. We whine and rant about how bad our government is but I ask you what have you done that makes you worthy to criticize those in power.
Failure of a state starts from the failure of the people, everyday decisions and steps we take are translated into bits of information which the young ones gulp up down to build their personality. We have taken going to the western world and using things of the westerners as a way of life, so every day we neglect who we are and adopt who they are. The state of things in the African country especially Nigeria has deteriorated to the state that we value an international product more than our own products. Lots of company’s liquidated due to no patronage from the local market, let us start somewhere and start supporting our locally made products. Just imagine those products they call “chinco” even have a larger market than any of our own product. Such a pathetic state.

The government has failed us times without numbers and we continue to put our faith in them every four years. The people neglect their duties and put everything on their government. We whine and rant about how bad our government is but I ask you what have you done that makes you worthy to criticize those in power.
Failure of a state starts from the failure of the people, everyday decisions and steps we take are translated into bits of information which the young ones gulp up down to build their personality. We have taken going to the western world and using things of the westerners as a way of life, so every day we neglect who we are and adopt who they are. The state of things in the African country especially Nigeria has deteriorated to the state that we value an international product more than our own products. Lots of company’s liquidated due to no patronage from the local market, let us start somewhere and start supporting our locally made products. Just imagine those products they call “chinco” even have a larger market than any of our own product. Such a pathetic state.

What is the brand name?

The brand name is "KNACK' Knack laptop and tablet

How much are yo products....you dey fear to talk price?

Your website isnt impressive. If you need customers, then work on your website.You are an ICT company so represent your image online.

Like Knack's page on facebook on www.facebook.com/knackng or follow on twitter @knack_ng . I can tell you categorically that the re-construction is almost done. They will launch it soon. Please endeavour to bring suggestions and advice to their facebook page to better their chances in the local and international scene. Thanks for the interest. Just supporting a Nigerian innovation in my own way, kindly join them also.

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How much are ur products? Ur website is nt encouraging at all.

The tablets goes for 35k while the laptop goes for 60k and pertaining to the website change is already in progress, the new website will be uploaded on monday. Thanks for the advice

QUALITY MATTERS.. DO THEY PRODUCE SOMETHING AWESOME LIKE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.. I DO NOT LIKE SUBSTANDARD PRODUCT AL;L IN THE NAME OF PATRIOTISM.BY THE WAY, WHAT IS THE DPI RESOLUTION AND CAN THE KNACK TECNOLOGY CO. BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A LAPTOP HAVING A PROCESSOR OF INTEL i7

Can Mod Review Ds And Send To FP!??

And Knack?? Lol.. They Shld Use Terry G As Their Ambassador!!

I Like Nigerian Made Products Bt Have Nt Been Tryin Their Gadgets!

Guys, let's be factual- you claim you've only invested $30,000 into the company- that's only about #4,500,000! Manufacturing computers dey that cheap ni? Or na customised order una dey do? Explain pls- if na that amount- me self go like join o- I'm also a serial student- sorry, serial entrepreneur jare.

And tell that Kpako designer of your to remove "designed by" and those copied images from una website- show some originality