Published: 06 November 2013

Chinese mobile phone maker, Huawei Technologies, has entered the Zimbabwean market through a partnership with Econet Wireless which will give dominant brands such as Samsung, Nokia and Apple a run for their money.

Through the deal, Econet Wireless will be the local agent for the Chinese giant, the New Ziana reported.

Huawei is the world’s third largest phone maker after Samsung and Apple, employing over 150 000 people, with revenues amounting to US$35 billion as at the end of 2012.

Account manager Zhuo Wei said Zimbabwe was an important overseas market for the company.

"We aim to provide Zimbabweans with the opportunity to stay connected to the world, to browse the internet, share every moment of their lives with those who count, and of course, keep them in touch, any time anywhere," he said.

"We believe in providing the best devices to Zimbabwe with reasonable price, latest technology and high quality performance based on our great research and development skills and capacity developed in a cross-cultural work environment."

The Huawei range of both lower and higher end smartphones comes at competitive prices. The company marked its entrance into the Zimbabwean market through the launch of a range of smart phones under its Ascend brand.


- New Ziana

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