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# Rwanda’s Mara launches two ‘Made in Africa’ phones, Mara X and Mara Z
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/rwandas-mara-launches-two-made-in-africa-phones-mara-x-and-mara-z/
- Published: 2019-10-06T23:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-01T17:49:50.000Z
- Author: Techloy
- Tags: Mobile, Mara, Rwanda, Tech in Africa

Rwanda’s Mara Group has launched two smartphones — Mara X and Mara Z — describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models, as it attempts to compete with TECNO, the most popular phone brand in Africa.

According to the company, the Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s Android operating system and are currently retailing at $159 for the Mara X and at $229 for the Mara Z on its official website.

The [Mara X](https://maraphones.com/product/mara-x/) comes with a 5.5 inches HD+ screen, Mediatek MT6739 Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 1.5GHz Processor, Android 8.1 Oreo, 16GB Internal Memory, 1GB RAM, 13MP Rear Camera and 5MP Selfie Camera, and a 720x1440 pixel resolution.

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:952/1*IWd1bq5kbkm7_s6Mijx-Kw.png)

![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:952/1*BLuk2-KkDAqjG0_v01_bWA.png)

Mara X and Mara Z

The [Mara Z](https://maraphones.com/product/mara-z/) comes with a 5.7 inches HD+ screen, Qualcomm MSM8940 Snapdragon 435 Octa-core ARM Cortex A53 1.4GHz Processor, Android 8.1 Oreo, 32GB Internal Memory, 3GB RAM, Front Camera 13MP, Back Camera 13MP, and a 720x1440 pixel resolution.

While some phone companies operating in Africa assemble smartphones in Egypt, Ethiopia, Algeria and South Africa, Mara Group CEO Ashish Thakkar [told](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rwanda-telecoms/rwanda-launches-first-made-in-africa-smartphones-idUSKBN1WM1TN) *Reuters* that the company makes all of its components, including the motherboards and the sub-boards at its manufacturing plant which cost $24 million with the capacity to make 1,200 phones per day.

Mara Group hopes that its locally-made products could provide a boost to Rwanda’s ambitions to become a regional technology hub.