This is great to see, I wish them success. For many of these countries it is hard just to get an industry started, but it becomes almost a momentum powered engine. Pay somebody to build something so they can buy it. Of course you need multiple different industries to keep the money within the country.
Although it is too bad it is a Chinese based company, as I’m sure lots of the profits end up being spent and invested in China rather than in Rwanda. But at least Rwanda is getting a piece of the pie - better than no pie at all.
The real advancement here is in communication.
A smartphone connects you to the world. Reading publications, books, news, etc.
More portable than a tablet. A bit inconvenient but really powerful.
Then again even in the US with the world’s history in print and recorded sight and sound at your fingertips, most people wallow in ignorance of the past and present.