There is no way that phone is not made mostly of imported parts. I'd even be surprised if simple stuff like the plastic shell was molded in Africa.
Also, founders of Mara are African born but they're of Indian origin. Iirc they've gotten in trouble for BS before. @eolander
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Yeah, I have to admit I'm skeptical as well of their claims that it's entirely made in Africa. Something just doesn't seem right given that it would likely be very expensive to produce those components in such small volumes and still be able to price the phone competitively.
Starbucks once bragged of a coffee that was made by Rwandan farmers. I was at a Starbucks Reserve so I asked them how they got the coffee out of Rwanda. No one could tell me. I'm sure driving 26 hours through 3 countries to get to the port of Mombasa is just a breeze.pic.twitter.com/YTZuHrYpQc
