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Verone Mankou, founder, VMK Congo and inventor of Way-C tablet

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His home country is considered of the most difficult places in the world to do business. But Verone Mankou has blazed a trail as the man who created Africa’s first tablet – a gadget for people who cannot afford Apple’s iPad. At a special summit in Gabon dedicated to African business, he tells France 24 business editor Owen Fairclough the story of the Way-C.

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