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30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by dlox147(m): 4:35pm On May 10, 2016 |
30-Year-Old Nigerian Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out of Business In Africa FJT STAFF CONTRIBUTOR MARCH 13, 2015 Reported by Yhanick Scott A 30-year-old Nigerian phone entrepreneur by the name of Michael Akindele has been making great strides in the mobile device market — so much so, that he has been challenging tech giants such as Apple. The company, SOLO Phone, was started in 2012, and Akindele serves as director and co-founder. The company is aimed at delivering mobile solutions, services, and platforms to consumers all at a reasonable price. The company’s smartphones are priced at $150 and come with up to 20 million free songs licensed by Sony, Universal, and Warner. Its latest release is an app named Video-On-Demand, available to all Nigerians with an Android device and makes available Nollywood and Hollywood movies. SOLO Phone is making strides in the market and can definitely challenge other giants within the market, believes Akindele. Akindele was born in the United States to Nigerian parents on Aug. 29, 1984. He returned to Nigeria at two-years-old but returned to the states ten years later. He was educated at Alexandria, Virginia and graduated from T.C. Williams High School, and then moved on to George Mason University in Fairfax. While at George Mason, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a focus on computer science and information technology. This gave him the ideal background, knowledge, and platform to building his company. His work as a technology consultant at Accenture also helped him to gain first-hand knowledge in his field. This is where he started working on “The Apprentice: Africa,” which was the American version of Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice.” He returned to Africa in 2007 to help produce, develop, and distribute the show, which gained a huge following in Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana and Kenya during the 18 weeks it was aired on the continent. Before SOLO Phone, he had a company called Fusion Mobile, but it did not last very long because of a lack of funding and persons not believing in an African manufacturing phone company. Adlevo Capita, however, changed all that in 2013 when they partnered with Akindele. This led to the birth of SOLO. Tayo Ogundipe is a telecom specialist who led the push to develop the company and has experience working with companies such as Sony Ericsson and HTC. His experience led to the realization of SOLO on Nov. 22, 2013. Since then, the reception from the public has been tremendous, as they seek to provide experience-driven and strong digital content to both the young and the old. What has been keeping consumers interested and has set SOLO apart from others in the market is the high content and services it provides at such an affordable price. Source http://financialjuneteenth.com/30-year-old-nigerian-tech-entrepreneur-may-run-apple-out-of-business-in-africa/ http://www.gosolo.ng/ 2 Likes
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Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by otitokoroleti: 4:37pm On May 10, 2016 |
dlox147:u well? 1 Like |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by dlox147(m): 4:49pm On May 10, 2016 |
otitokoroleti:that was rude ...but anyway I mistakenly tapped the submit button..my bad. |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by Ebuka478(m): 5:03pm On May 10, 2016 |
Kudos! I wish him the best! |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by humilitypays(m): 9:31pm On May 10, 2016 |
Investing his parent's wealth well....i don't respect him sha....i respect people like Seun Osewa who were born and bred in Nigeria...and single-handedly nurtured an innovative platform that's now one of Africa's largest online forum. Seun, I respect u a lot bro...u are a great man. forget SOLO phone...he's only investing his parents wealth and using the fact that he's an American citizen to get angel investors to invest in his not-so-creative idea 1 Like |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by deltateam: 5:02am On May 11, 2016 |
humilitypays: People like you don't progress much in life. You have not used the phone, you have no idea how to produce one and yet bad belle don drain your blood. Why the beef? 4 Likes |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by Nobody: 5:25am On May 11, 2016 |
Good news. Worst case scenario Microsoft buys his company over and uses it as their African business base, its the only future I foresee in a highly competitive world. Creating serious competition to global brands like his company has would guarantee a rival paying so much money he would never need to work again in his natural life. |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by Vicben(m): 7:16am On May 11, 2016 |
These are the people we need to celebrate. Ride on! |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by humilitypays(m): 10:07am On May 11, 2016 |
deltateam:why must he own a chinco phone make before me |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by dlox147(m): 3:37pm On May 11, 2016 |
humilitypays:and your Apple or BlackBerry is made where |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by dlox147(m): 3:46pm On May 11, 2016 |
Seun OAM4J Mynd44 This should make front page so we get to celebrate our own.. |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by humilitypays(m): 11:48am On May 12, 2016 |
dlox147:My anger is why didn't he partner with me in the business? Because I know the guy in person |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by BLWeb: 1:52pm On May 12, 2016 |
The big guns would not let him rest, they would buy his company from him in due time |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by dlox147(m): 5:21pm On May 12, 2016 |
humilitypays:lol....it's like that sometimes.... |
Re: 30yr old Naija Tech Entrepreneur May Run Apple Out Of Business In Africa(p by chinese8107: 5:12pm On May 24, 2016 |
20million song .Is it for free? If not there is nothing attrative. how to deal with the copyright issue? He does not plan to pay i guess.maybe crack the apple store and download all songs. But Apple can't win a sue |
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