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Africa Gets Its First Computer Tablet--The Way-C
There has been much excitement about the Way-C. "People want just to touch and then compare it to products that are commercially available. They realize the Way-C offers the same features found in other tablets," says the 26 year-old Way-C inventor Verone Mankou, CEO of VMK. The only difference is the price. The Way-C is two or three times cheaper than others on the market. The choice is clear for users."
The Way-C, which means "the light of the stars" in a dialect of northern Congo, measures 19 x 17 x 1.2 centimetres and weighs 380 grams and has integrated Wi-Fi circuitry and a 4.0 GB memory. According to Mankou, it is equivalent to others currently found on the market, such as Apple's iPad.
"For a long time, I was looking for the best ways to democratize the Internet, without having to go through such "logical" means as PC, Notebooks, etc.," says Mankou. "Africans, though they don't have great buying power, want a product of the same quality as that available in the West for a very low price. This is where we think that we cannot only be in the game, but own the game. We will propose that products of very good quality at very affordable prices be available. Africa must also provide an alternative technology because the hi-tech market is growing; I would say it is the only market in the world where a four-digit growth is still possible."
Conceived in the Congo and assembled in China, the Way-C was conceived in 2006 and publicly announced in September 2011.The product's financing of the project, costs more than 80 million CFA francs (around $150,000), mainly provided by VMK.
The Way-C sells for 150,000 CFA francs ($299). For now, the Way-C will be sold exclusively in Airtel Congo stores in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, a private mobile telephone company which is a subsidiary of the Indian group Bharti. Mankou's firm, VMK, inked a deal with Bharti. Eventually, the Way-C will be marketed in 10 West African countries, and in Belgium, France and India.
Mankou has major plans for the Way-C. "Our ambitions do not stop at the shelf, since the Way-C, followed closely by a Smartphone, "RS1" and its launch date announced for May 25... Also, we've thought, since the beginning of the adventure, about one day having an assembly plant here in Congo. This would make our country an exporter of computer products--a first in the region."
If Mankou VMK can make the Way-C in Africa, and export the tablet it could open up a lucrative industry for the Congo. According to IT research firm Gartner, worldwide media tablet sales totaled 63.6 million units in 2011, an increase of 261.4% from 2010 sales of 17.6 million units.
Congo issues warrants for former M23 rebel leaders
AP /July 26, 2013
KINSHASHA, Congo (AP) — A government spokesman says Congo has issued international arrest warrants for four former leaders of the M23 rebel group believed to be in Rwanda.
In a statement published late Friday, Lambert Mende said the warrants for crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture and other offenses were transmitted to Kigali Thursday. The statement said Congo was ''awaiting with interest'' a response from Rwanda, which denies backing the rebel group despite evidence from United Nations experts and rights groups.
M23 formed in eastern Congo last year and briefly captured the city of Goma last November.
The leaders are former M23 president Jean-Marie Runiga and military commanders Baudouin Ngaruye, Eric Badege and Innocent Zimurinda. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has said Ngaruye and Zimurinda may be responsible for war crimes.
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DRC and Rwanda Agree to Handle M23 Rebels in Kivu
Saturday, July 26, 2013.
"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday phoned both Paul Kagame and DRC President Joseph Kabila to discuss the on going battle in the mineral-rich eastern Congo province of North Kivu...."
A day after the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo leaders to end the on going war in Eastern DRC ,the two countries have agreed on plans to get rid on armed rebels in the region. The document was signed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa by nearly a dozen regional states, who met on the sidelines of an African Union summit. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday phoned both Paul Kagame and DRC President Joseph Kabila to discuss the on going battle in the mineral-rich eastern Congo province of North Kivu. Ban Ki-moon urged the two presidents to do everything possible to do everything possible to dissuade the M23 from making further advances and to cease fighting immediately. M23 rebels were yesterday reported to be 40km (25 miles) from Goma city, near the Rwandan border.The Congolese government and the UN say Rwanda is backing the rebels.DRC says Rwanda wants to keep it unstable so that it can exploit its rich mineral wealth. The advance of the rebels to Goma city have been countered by UN peacekeepers. UN tanks have been stationed around 25km north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, on a road linking the city to Rutshuru which the rebels seized briefly at the weekend.
US Cuts Military Aid to Rwanda Over Support to Rebels in DR Congo
Saturday, July 26, 2013.
The United States has cut its military aid to Rwanda, citing concerns that the government in Kigali is supporting rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
The U.S. State Department said Saturday it had evidence that Rwanda is helping Congolese rebel groups, including M23. It said it will withhold $200,000 of aid pledged to help a military training agency. The Rwandan government has repeatedly denied helping the rebels.
Washington's move comes a week after the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC agreed to the deployment of an international force to fight the rebellion in eastern Congo and to patrol their border.
Congolese troops have tried for years, with little success, to subdue rebel groups in the volatile and mineral-rich eastern provinces.
M23 is comprised of former soldiers believed to be loyal to Bosco Ntaganda, a warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.
M23 Rebels Said to Flee Rumangabo After Congo Army Airstrikes
Congo News Agency - July 25, 2013
Congolese army soldiers, known as FARDC (File Photo) | Enlarge
The M23 rebels are said to have fled from one of their main military bases in North Kivu province. The Rumangabo military base was shelled by Congolese army attack helicopters on Wednesday. The airstrikes are said to have inflicted heavy losses to the M23 rebels, who did not expect such an attack.
The loss of Rumangabo, a strategic military camp that the rebels took from the army a year ago, may prove a turning point in the Congolese army's push to regain more territories occupied by the rebels.
Multiple sources indicate that the rebels fled Rumangabo after the attack and are headed towards Kibumba, another rebel stronghold.
The M23 rebels have incurred heavy losses since fighting resumed this month and are said to be in disarray, while the Congolese army continues a slow advance towards their strongholds.
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