LAGOS: Eugene Ayitey, head of Trade Marketing RLG, has stated that RLG Communications has targeted GH 400 million in revenue this year. If achieved, the projection will represent a 350 per cent rise in revenue for the previous year 2011. He made this statement during an interaction with the media in Accra as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the company. According to Ayitey, the company was not relenting in efforts at satisfying the needs of its customers, adding that attention was now going to be focused on the rural and markets. RLG Communications is a Ghanaian-owned limited liability company (LLC) engaged in the assembly of communications equipment such as mobile phone handsets, electronic notebooks, and desktops. The company is the first in Sub-Saharan Africa to assemble mobile handsets. RLG has operations in the Gambia and Nigeria, and too, plans to expand into Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia. Sam Fletcher, Corporate Affairs Manager of the company, disclosed, in a welcome address that the company is committed to empowering youth in Ghana and Africa with applied ICT skills to aid development. RLG trains people under the National Youth Employment Program in mobile phone repairs and maintenance as well as in the sale and servicing of mobile phones nationwide. According to Eugene Ayitey, RLG is focusing on students and rural areas with less sophisticated – with moderately-priced handsets produced and made affordable for all customers including low-income wage earners. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/2HFg8 Tags: Big Revenue, Ghana, RLG, Seeks Section: Latest News, Tech, West Africa