Mi-Fone
| Limited Company | |
| Industry | Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Alpesh Patel[1] |
| Headquarters | Mauritius[1] |
Key people | Nikhil Patel, David Stoltz[2] |
| Products | Mobile phones |
| Website |
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Mi-Fone is a Mauritanian mobile phone company founded by former Motorola's Director of Sales in Africa, Alpesh Patel, in 2008.[1]
The African company (using "mi-Fone") partners with Jolla to bring Linux Sailfish OS mobile devices to mass African markets.[3]
In 2013, Alpesh Patel told Forbes that all mi-Fone models are Chinese made but the company is planning to build a manufacturing facility in Nigeria.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Mfonobong Nsehe (April 30, 2013). "Meet The Entrepreneur Working To Challenge Nokia, Blackberry And Samsung In Africa". Forbes. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.mi-fone.mobi/
- ↑ Staff Writer. "Jolla partners with mi-fone to bring Sailfish OS based devices". innovation-village.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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