Covenant Journal of Engineering Technology (Dec 2022)
Roadmap to the Domestic Production of Mobile Phone and Its Market Feasibility in Nigeria
Abstract
The mobile phone system is one of the instrumental devices that has helped shaped our socio-economic ecosystem in many ways, and it has been an integral part of many societies all over the world due to its versatility. Nigeria currently is facing a great deal of economic hardship owing to successive political failures to balance the import-to-export ratio over the years thus affecting the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Income (GNI). Domestic production of mobile phones has been identified as one of the structures if put in place that can help in a national economic revival in terms of a technological revolution that would contribute to the GDP, GNI, and general economic effect. In this paper, we identified some key elements that could help establish the mobile phone production industry in Nigeria which include identifying the existing phone markets and buyers' usage patterns to guide in the kind of phone to be produced that would appeal to Nigerians and their neighbouring countries such that it would scale well and have a competitive advantage over imported phones. With the help of a survey aided by Google Form, an insight into the kind of phones Nigerians uses and preferred was elucidated. Furthermore, a small-scale design of a phone was carried out to test the technical or manpower know-how and feasibility of the venture. Overall, the feasibility of embarking on domestic production shows a green light.
