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Tecno Mobile Ethiopia is set to release the first domestically assembled smart phone next month for an estimated price of 6000-8000 birr.

The new smart phone branded Tecno T3 supports the Google Android 2.3 smart phone operating system. Android is a Linux-based operating system used in mobile devices including smart phones and tablet computers.

Tecno is studying the market to decide on the market price for the new product according to Henry Yu, General Manager of Techno Ethiopia.

Techno Brain has become the first Ethiopian IT company to be awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certificate by the International Certification Network- IQNET- and Namko.

The award was issued in recognition of the top IT solutions Techno Brain has rolled out into a software market as well as the solutions it offers under IT Systems Integration, Consultancy, IT Software Services, IT Education and Training.

The certificate is a major endorsement for Techno Brain and its products and services to its clients.

IT Solutions and IT training service provider Techno Brain achieved Cisco Certified Status in Ethiopia and four other East African countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.

The certification allows the IT firm the opportunity to develop stronger relations with Cisco in the field of sales which directly interacts with customers.

The certification is testament to a strengthened credibility among customers and Cisco sales team have access to a wealth of program and support services from the company according to Ricardo Moreno, Senior Director for Strategy Planning and Programs for Cisco Worldwide Partner Organization. 

Techno Brain, custom software application development company, signed agreement with the Ethiopian Transport Authority to digitize the issuance of driving license. The new system will include bio-metric features which will make forgery difficult.

Issuance of driving license has been a problem for the Authority due to concerns of forgery and duplication, Zelalem Worku, pre-sales consultant with Techno Brain, said told journalists during a press briefing event.

Techno Brain Group, a digital solutions company, signed a partnership deal with Ethiopian based Green Agro solutions PLC to provide digital agriculture insights to over a hundred thousand smallholder farmers in Arsi Zone of Ethiopia. The technology aims to help the farmers make decisions based on precision agriculture informative insights.