Google launches AndroidOne in Nigeria with MTN, Infinix

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Caesar Sengupta, Vice President, Google Product Management
and my self at the launch of AndroidOne in Lagos, Nigeria
Google, America’s multinational technology giant has introduced its latest Smartphone programme,AndroidOne, to the African market using Nigeria as the entry point.
AndroidOne was launched on Tuesday at a major announcement by the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ms. Juliet Ehimuan in Lagos, making it the second announcement after the Asian country of India.
Ehimuan observed that in the area of entrepreneurship, there are over 10,000 trained developers and entrepreneurs in Nigeria within the past few years and Google desires to engage more.
According to her, the technology company is focused on impacting lives in Africa and thus, the launch of AndroidOne, being the cheapest Smartphone version in Africa is an indication.
The product was launched in partnership with South African telecommunication giant, MTN; online retail store, Jumia; and tech manufacturer Infinix.
The product, AndroidOne is a project sponsored by Google and the tech giant is responsible for the design, development, marketing, and support of the product while Infinix mobile is responsible for the manufacturing mobile.
Google also makes sure that timely software updates get to AndroidOne Smartphones for two years after launch of each device.
Android OneThe AndroidOne was launched with Infinix mobile phone, HOT 2-X510 Smartphone, which is the first device to run the programme in Africa.
The Smartphone (Infinix HOT 2) offers a high-quality experience while running the latest version of Android (5.1 Lollipop), all for N17,500.
Infinix Hot 2 also has the ability to update to the new Android M release, an update that will offer Google’s new material design, enhanced security features, improved battery life and smarter notifications.
In terms of hardware, the phone comes in 1G and 2G memory options, front and rear camera of 8 and 2 megapixel respectively, fast quad-core MediaTek processor, long battery life and and a 90 minutes low battery standby time, long enough to get you home.
In addition, the device has a dual micro SIM slots, an FM radio tuner, 16GB in-built storage memory and a microSD card slot for additional storage.
Speaking at the launch, Caesar Sengupta, Vice President, Google Product Management noted that the product could now be launched in 5 other African countries namely Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, Ivory Coast, and Morocco after which it would be launched in Saudi Arabia as well as in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Present at the launch include Mr. Michael Ikpoki, Chief Executive Office (CEO) MTN Nigeria; Jeremy Doutte, CEO 0f online retaile store, Jumia as well as Benjamin Jiang, Managing Director, Infinix Mobility among other.

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