\n\u201cNe-am propus ca Solo s\u0103 fie un juc\u0103tor important \u00een pie\u0163ele emergente. \u0162inta noastr\u0103 este s\u0103 ne extindem \u00een afara Nigeriei. (…) \u00cen continuare, ne-am propus s\u0103 ne extindem \u015fi pe alte pie\u0163e emergente\u201d, spunea Michael Akindele, nigerianul \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 de 30 de ani care a fondat compania produc\u0103toare de smartphone-uri \u015fi aplica\u0163ii Solo Phone \u00eentr-un interviu acordat publica\u0163iei americane Forbes. Akindele este un nigerian \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 de 30 de ani care, potrivit speciali\u015ftilor cita\u0163i de publica\u0163iilor interna\u0163ionale, va revolu\u0163iona pia\u0163a smartphone-urilor \u015fi ar putea s\u0103 clatine afacerile unor gigan\u0163i precum Apple.<\/p>\n
\nCompania \u0163inte\u015fte livrarea solu\u0163iilor mobile, serviciilor \u015fi platformelor destinate consumatorilor la un pre\u0163 rezonabil \u015fi a ajuns \u00een prezent la un num\u0103r de 160 de angaja\u0163i, \u00een discipline care pornesc de la inginerie \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 la v\u00e2nz\u0103ri.<\/p>\n
\nSmartphone-urile companiei se v\u00e2nd cu pre\u0163ul de 150 de dolari \u015fi sunt livrate \u00eempreun\u0103 cu p\u00e2n\u0103 la 20 de milioane de melodii licen\u0163iate de Sony, Universal \u015fi Warner. Cea mai recent\u0103 lansare a acestora este o aplica\u0163ie numit\u0103 Video-On-Demand, disponibil\u0103 tuturor nigerienilor ce au un telefon android \u015fi care le face acestora accesibile at\u00e2t filmele Hollywood-iene, c\u00e2t \u015fi pe cele Nolywood-iene.<\/p>\n
\nAkindele s-a n\u0103scut \u00een Statele Unite ale Americii \u00eentr-o familie de p\u0103rin\u0163i originari din Nigeria. S-a \u00eentors \u00eempreun\u0103 cu familia \u00een Nigeria c\u00e2nd avea doi ani, iar zece ani mai t\u00e2rziu s-a re\u00eentors \u00een SUA. A fost educat \u00een Alexadria, Virginia \u015fi a absolvit liceul T.C. Williams, iar ulterior s-a mutat la George Mason University din Fairfax. \u00cen perioada studiilor la George Mason, s-a concentrat pe studiul informaticii \u015fi a ob\u0163inut \u015fi o licen\u0163\u0103 \u00een aceast\u0103 disciplin\u0103. Informatica i-a oferit cuno\u015ftin\u0163ele necesare pentru a pune bazele propriei companii. A lucrat \u00eens\u0103 mai \u00eent\u00e2i \u00een consultan\u0163\u0103, ca \u015fi consultant \u00een tehnologie \u00een cadrul firmei Accenture. A f\u0103cut apoi parte din echipa de produc\u0163ie a “The Apprentice: Africa”, versiunea african\u0103 a emisiunii “The Apprentice” (Ucenicul, n.r.) a lui Donald Trump. S-a re\u00eentors astfel \u00een Africa unde a ajutat la produc\u0163ia, dezvoltarea \u015fi distribuirea seriei.<\/p>\n
\nS-a lansat ulterior \u00een antreprenoriat, dar prima sa companie, Fusion Mobile, nu a avut o via\u0163a prea lung\u0103 din cauza lipsei de finan\u0163are \u015fi a lipsei de \u00eencredere \u00eentr-o companie african\u0103 produc\u0103toare de telefoane mobile, potrivit Financial Juneteenth. Specialistul \u00een telecom Tayo Ogundipe, cu experien\u0163\u0103 dob\u00e2ndit\u0103 \u00een munca pentru companii precum Sony Ericsson \u015fi HTC, l-a ajutat s\u0103 lanseze SOLO \u00een 2013 \u015fi, potrivit speciali\u015ftilor cita\u0163i de Forbes, aceasta ar putea scoate Apple de pe pia\u0163a african\u0103 datorit\u0103 pre\u0163urilor mici.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cNe-am propus ca Solo s\u0103 fie un juc\u0103tor important \u00een pie\u0163ele emergente. \u0162inta noastr\u0103 este s\u0103 ne extindem \u00een afara Nigeriei. (…) \u00cen continuare, ne-am propus s\u0103 ne extindem \u015fi pe alte pie\u0163e emergente\u201d, spunea Michael Akindele, nigerianul \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 de 30 de ani care a fondat compania produc\u0103toare de smartphone-uri \u015fi aplica\u0163ii Solo Phone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[288,272,60,8932,32942,289,7960],"class_list":["post-119232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-apple","tag-companie","tag-piata","tag-poveste","tag-scoatere","tag-smartphone","tag-tanar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}