RLG-Microsoft deal, 'partnership for the future' – Forbes

The world's most influence business magazine, Forbes,  has described the recent signing of partnership agreement between Africa's leading Mobile phone and computer assembler, RLG Communications and the world's biggest software and program developer, Microsoft, as a 'partnership for the future'.

The magazine, in its October 22, 2012 edition highlights the prospects of the deal, sealed in Ghana in August this year, granting RLG an Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) status.

The partnership also allows Microsoft's software and programmes, including the just-released Windows 8, to run on RLG branded laptops and phones.

The US-based magazine said the RLG-Microsoft is 'an international collaboration providing high-tech career paths for Ghana's youth'.

According to Forbes magazine, the partnership offers a major boost for the West African country's preeminent information and communications technology (ICT).

'Building a brand requires a lot of funding, but today we have managed to position RLG as one of the top computer brands used in Ghana', the company's founder and CEO, Roland Agambire is reported to have told the magazine.

He believes he will give global impetus to what has already become a household name in the sub region.

'The perception of the people were key to the company's success, 'Agambire says. 'We had to show Ghanaian people that our products were not just local. They are certified to international standards, and when people use an RLG product, the way it feels and responds is no different from that of renowned products from the United States or Europe', Mr. Agambire, Ghana's reigning Marketing Man of the Year added.

RLG is currently ranked 2 nd in the list of top 100 companies in Ghana, and was recently voted the 3 rd Most Respected Company in Ghana.

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