Ghanaian Actor and businessman John Dumelo has asked African leaders to reduce or completely eliminate import taxes on mobile phones and other communication devices. Mr Dumelo made this plea when he addressed Students of the Harvard Business School in Boston, USA on Saturday.
“Completely reducing or eliminating import taxes
on mobile phones makes the device more affordable to the ordinary
African thus making dissemination of information easier and that
adversely affects positive development across the continent” he added.
He also said more mobile phone assembling and manufacturing plants
should be built across the continent, This will create employment and
boost African economies.
His talk was based on the
topic ” The power mobile technology and media in changing the mindsets
of Africans” and was held at the The 16th annual African Business club
Forum at Harvard. Other panelist were the General Manager of Safaricom
in Kenya Sylvia Mulinge and TV host and Entrepreneur Julie Gichuru. In
all over 1200 participants from all over the world attended the Event.
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