Verone Mankou first dreamed of designing a low-cost laptop for Africa back in 2006. Now, seven years later, he is CEO of his own company called VMK Tech. The organization designs and sells tablets, ...

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 ...

Congo-based VMK has been blazing a trail for mobile devices in Africa: its Way-C tablet proved that the continent could go its own way without leaning on Asia or Europe. The company promised several ...

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 ...

Mankou’s tech company, VMK, designed the sleek smartphone and tablet, which was originally conceived in 2006 as an affordable computer to give Africans access to Internet. The devices run on Google’s ...

This is the upcoming tablet from Congolese company VMK -- or, rather, this is the back of the upcoming tablet. We received a note from the company's CEO explaining that, while the Gingerbread slate is ...

A smartphone and tablet said to be the first designed by an African company have been launched. The products, designed by Congolese entrepreneur Verone Mankou, are manufactured in China. His company ...

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 ...