1. Kenneth Brown, Managing Director
Lionchase Holdings, Inc.
www.lionchase.com
June 12, 2009
Wireless Devices, Africa, andPublic Policy

2. Goals, Plans, and Direction
Create mutually beneficial strategies to bring device manufacturing to Africa
Stimulate job creation in the U.S., abroad, and in Africa
Leverage existing initiatives to generate momentum
Leverage public policy to guide business efforts
Use examples to create similar programs in other parts of the world
3. Part I. Background
What is the opportunity?
What is happening now?
What are the big ideas?
4. Facts Real Opportunity in Africa
2 billion new cell phones in emerging market countries
500 million new cell phones in Africa
The African cell-phone sector is the fastest growing in the world, with subscription growth between 2007 and 2008 at 41% annually. Cell phones currently account for 90% of telephone subscribers in Africa. At the beginning of 2008, there were 300 million mobile subscribers on the continent.
Mobile subscribers in Africa are also now more evenly distributed. In 2000, South Africa accounted for more than half of all Africas mobile subscribers. By 2007, however, almost 85 per cent were in other countries.
5. Zambia and Malaysia Team to OEM
In Zambia, A $10 million mobile phone manufacturing plant, known as M-mobile Telecommunications Zambia limited(M-Tech), has officially opened in Lusaka on March 12, 2009. It is the first cellular phone manufacturing company to open in the country and proof that the cell phone boom in Africa is real.
Employment Goal 200-300 Zambians
Manufacturing Goal 1,000 phones per day
Cost: About 200,000 Kwacha (about 36 USD) each
6. Motorola and U.S. Moving Backwards
7. China and Africa
8. African Exports To China Significant
9. Africa and China Becoming Partners
-China Accounted for 16% of Africas Total Exports
-19% of Exports from Sub Saharan Africa
-China is catching U.S. and EU
-China doubles trade with Africa to $100 billion by 2010
Technology is next logical step for Africa-China Trade
10. Next Steps Business Community
Wireless Device Joint Venture Development in Africa via
Creating means for U.S. small business, IT community, and parties interested to create joint ventures projects to capture new IT opportunities in Africa.
Worker Training, Manufacturing, Trade, Finance, etc.
11. Next Steps Public Policy
U.S. Trade, Investment, and Commerce Committee Action
Tax Credits U.S. and OECD for Trade and Manufacturing
Wireless Towers Via Wind, Solar, and Hydrogen
Enable Green Initiatives to Work
Disposable Devices
Enviro-Friendly Manufacturing
12. Experiment Open Zone Wireless
Partners with African Nation to Become the 1st Open Zone Communications Device Region in the World
Video Communications
Broadcasts
Wireless Voice
Competing Carriers
Apps
Remote Programming
Programmable Devices
13. Part II.Open Zone Wireless
New Idea!!!
Proliferation of New Technology, Growth, and Investment that is Network Neutral
Will be funded in part by Lionchase-
14. Goals of Open Zone Wireless Experiment
Bring African Nation to Forefront of Device Innovation
Security & Communications
Banking
App Stores
VOIP
New Content
Music, Radio, News
Data Collection and Reporting
New Manufacturing Standards
Smart Chip Architecture
15. Rules of Open Zone Wireless
Network Neutral Zone for Devices
1) Ties Manufacturing to Real Investment and Deployment
2) Mandates Public Policy that Will Not Allow Carriers to
3) Lock Devices to Any Network
16. Lionchase Holdings And Open Zone Wireless in Africa
$15 Million Project (3 year / 5 million annually)
10,000 Users - $200-400 annually
Growth Goals
- $1-4 million annually for ecommerce
- $1-4 million annually for banking
- $1-4 million annually for app sales
- $1-4 million for standard apps- voice, text, video, etc.
Multiplier Expectation - $100 million
New networks, new technology, test market value, new product introduction
17. Partners in Open Zone Wireless
Countries New Markets with 10,000+ Customer Sign-up
Companies Google, Motorola, and Qualcomm
Government- IMF, UN, OPIC, World Bank
Content Companies International Content Cos
Software Companies Adobe, Microsoft, Symantec
Aggregators Any and all!
18. Partners in Open Zone Wireless
Participation for $15,000,000 Pilot
$5 million Lionchase Holdings
$5 million NGO Participation
$ 5 million Private Markets Country Funding
19. Benefits
Africa Gains Fast Launch
Data Collection 1st in the World
Financed with Self-Funding Strategy
Bring Fast-Paced Technology to Africa and Host African Nation
20. Needs More Partners!
Advocacy Groups
Small investors, App companies, People here!
Help Creating 1st Fully Democratized Device Network
Any and all ideas
Other Self-Funding Projects