{"id":12007,"date":"2011-12-12T23:32:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/airtel-samsung-announce-strategic-african-partnership\/"},"modified":"2011-12-12T23:32:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:32:18","slug":"airtel-samsung-announce-strategic-african-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/12\/airtel-samsung-announce-strategic-african-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Airtel, Samsung announce strategic African partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Princewill Ekwujuru<\/p>\n

Airtel Africa has announced a two-year partnership agreement with Samsung, the world\u2019s second largest mobile manufacturer.<\/p>\n

The partnership will leverage both Airtel\u2019s and Samsung\u2019s strong brand equity, well developed distribution infrastructure and foot print across the continent to achieve common goals and drive penetration in Africa.<\/p>\n

This agreement gives Airtel exclusive distribution rights for selected Samsung products for the initial six months after they are launched.<\/p>\n

The two companies will work together to provide market-specific products based on trends and consumer preferences, ensuring Airtel customers have access to products that are tailor made to their individual needs.<\/p>\n

The wide range of innovative products that Samsung will collaborate with Airtel on include smart phones, mass market handsets, tablets, dongles and routers. Between July and September this year, Samsung became the world\u2019s largest supplier of smart phones, according to research conducted by Strategy Analytics.<\/p>\n

Over the three month period, Samsung shipped 27.8 million smart phones worldwide, compared with 17.1 million from Apple and 16.8 million from Nokia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership demonstrates that we remain committed to meet Africa\u2019s needs,\u201d explains Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) and Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel.\u00a0 \u201cWe will work closely with Samsung to provide customers across every segment with cutting edge products.<\/p>\n

We will leverage each other\u2019s distribution networks to ensure that the range is within reach of our high value and corporate clients, our larger base with price in mind and especially cater to our young adult market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Africa is the home to over 1 billion people and is also the world\u2019s youngest population. Under 25\u2019s account for 60% of the total population, compared with around 30% in developed countries.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kohli continued: \u201cAirtel and Samsung will also join forces to develop services that will enhance mCommerce, mHealth and other areas that have significant social benefits for the communities that we live and work in across Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Airtel\u2019s growing footprint currently stretches across 17 countries on the continent and the company intends to expand even further into Sub-Saharan Africa. As an integral part of this expansion plan, the telecommunication services provider plans to roll out upto 2,200 retail stores across Africa in 2012. These will act as key retail outlets for the Samsung portfolio.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfrican markets are very important to us,\u201d explains Mr. JK Shin, President, Samsung Mobile Division. \u201cWe know that our success in Africa depends on forging meaningful partnerships with key players on the continent, and this is why we decided to join forces with Airtel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe share similar goals, and believe that companies have a greater responsibility to the markets in which they operate. This is why our vision for Africa is to develop products and programmes that are built in Africa, for Africa, and by Africa. This strategic partnership with Airtel will help us do exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added \u201cWe are confident that this partnership will help Airtel achieve its vision to reach 100 million customers by 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apart from China and India, nearly all the world\u2019s fastest growing economies are in Africa, according to the IMF\u2019s World Economic Outlook 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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