Thatha was founded in 2018 by Computer Scientist Lesley Ncube with a goal to create innovative software and computerhardware that interconnect with each other. Lesley Ncube, a Computer Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong engineering professional who studied Computer Science from Tshwane University of Technology. Lesley Ncube currently serves on the advisory board of Tshwane university of Technology(Computer Science Faculty) and also a Google for Start-ups Mentor.essentially smartphone devices solved the problem of connecting people to other people and people to services, Currently high end devices in the market cost a lot of money largely because device makers over charge for smartphone devices which makes it difficult to access 5G phones and in the 4TH Industrial revolution access to 5G shouldn’t be a luxury so we aim to bridge that gap by making 5g phones more accessible and affordable in the market.Our modular smartphone devices namely the Shumiphone not only bridges the price gap by making smartphones more affordable but it also makes smartphones more affordable to maintain. We achieve this by localizing our product to cut costs on manufacturing and improving the usage of affordable components such as your CPU with our custom android software.Currently there are international brands of smartphones which are either too costly or pose a huge risk in terms of security, standards etc. We aim to solve this problem by providing an option which is the Shumiphone which is locally owned and will comply with security regulations in South Africa and provide a high performing device at a lower price that provides the same output as high-end devices that cost more than the price of our mobile device.Our product the Shumiphone provides high performance at an affordable price using the best software to maximize hardware performance competing with high end devices, performance such as speed, durability, and storage. Thatha has so far achieved Incubation with the Innovation Hub and 4IRI and partnered up with big Telecom such as MTN and Telkom and Government institutions such as National Treasury and DIGITECH to supply devices. We have currently sold over 4500+ devices so far.
Currently there are international brands of smartphones which are either too costly or pose a huge risk in terms of security,standards etc. We aim to solve this problem by providing an option which is the shumiphone which is locally owned and will comply with security regulations in south Africa and provide a high performing device at a lower price that provides the same output as high end devices that could cost one 4x the price of our mobile device. Our product the Shumiphone provides high performance at an affordable price using the best software to maximize hardware performance competing with high end devices, performance such as speed, durability and storage. As the first African owned computer brand the goal is to commercialize our mobile product the Shumiphone and sell it on the public market providing an affordable alternative that outputs great performance in terms of speed, display and great storage capability.
Our mission as a mobile phone manufacturing plant is to develop a highly successful mobile phone manufacturing plant that can manufacture durable and affordable mobile phones that will be retailed both in South Africa and other countries of the world; we want to be listed amongst the top 20 mobile phone brands in the world. Our company is looking to raise R30 milion rands to build a new sustainable and more productive plant that will give us the capacity to serve our current partnerships with network companies and businesses and furthermore the public market.
