The Danish philanthropist JP Bak came with the idea as a jobs-creation scheme while he was working in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, Boute says, but the trigger was the much-hyped low-cost Aakash tablet manufactured in India. "We thought, why can't we do the same here in Haiti? Using components bought in Asia, just like Apple and other companies?
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/27/haiti-android-tablet-maker-surtab-production-increase
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