Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Republic of Congo's homegrown tech start-up VMK this week launched a production unit of its mobile phones ...

Tech startup VMK is offering sleek mobile devices at an affordable price. Founder and CEOÂ Verone Mankou is dedicated to providing the latest technology to his community. VMK makes a tablet called Way ...

When 26-year-old Congolese entrepreneur Verone Mankou followed up the introduction of the first African-designed tablet with the announcement of the first African-designed smartphone, some within the ...

A Congolese inventor has unveiled what he says is the first African-designed smartphone. Verone Mankou, 27, told AFP that the so-called Elikia, which means "hope" in the local language, went on sale ...

AFRICAN technology pundits cheered when a Congolese company announced in June that it would be launching a new Android tablet computer "designed in Congo" in September. Technological innovation is ...

Verone Mankou, the Congolese entrepreneur responsible for Africa’s first-ever homegrown smartphone and tablet, says that “only Africans know what Africa needs … Apple is huge in the U.S., Samsung is ...

A Congolese inventor has unveiled what he says is the first African-designed smartphone. It went on sale on 27 December in the Republic of Congo. 27-year-old Verone Mankou who introduced the smart ...

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Republic of Congo's homegrown tech start-up VMK this week launched a production unit of its mobile phones in Congo and aims to assemble some 4 million phones annually, the ...