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NinjaKawasaki
#31 Posted : Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:36:50 AM
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Its true that:

Hp does not manufacture computers
dell does not manufacture computers

..but they are not mere assembling organisations, it is the easiest thing to do!

They leave the hardware production where it is much cheaper - Taiwan - Quanta, Clevo

Focus on business, Research and development especially on software eg security, cloud, analytics, big data etc.

Therefore Jkuat should focus on more strategic issues like business models or research.

I was lucky to attend a few months training in huawei. While going for lunch, a very large number of chinese appeared from the other blocks of the complex, so I inquired from the chinese administrator. His answer

"..those are staff members in Research and development, almost 50% of huawei staff"

further inquiry, I learnt that as we are currently rolling out 4g, they are now researching on 5g..or whatever it will be called" I was astonished, I took my lunch nevertheless and assured myself ill keep on working hard., at least in my individual capacity.
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murchr
#32 Posted : Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:54:01 AM
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nakujua wrote:
murchr wrote:
nakujua wrote:
murchr wrote:
I notice some thirst for a "Made in Kenya" something. A while back KTN showcased some dude claiming that he created the first "Kenyan Drone" what they didn't do was to research and find out that the euro-copter was on sale on Amazon. I won't bash JKUAT for assembling a laptop, but did they design it, the specs apart from the logo? Universities in Kenya should FOCUS on researching on materials that can produce a cheaper microprocessor than the one Intel is offering right now. A screen/keyboard that is dust proof etc But this could be the beginning. Bashing is what led to the death of the Nyayo pioneer

Who remembers Mahindra the car that sold to the Kenya police back in the 90s? You should see the Mahindra of today.

I think the kenyan universities are already disadvantaged, especially technology wise - the big guys the likes of akina intel will not partner with our local institutions, not any time soon anyway.

The challenge with modern research is the real world feedback that is needed at different iterations, the big universities benefit from those partnerships.

But I think we need to copy and study those copies, our universities should actually focus on copying and localizing the technology and with time they will have enough knowledge and data to provide solutions that work efficiently for our environment.

Hata the americans copied the Russian rocket technology, sasa angalia NASA.smile


IBM has partnered with Catholic University

Didn't know that, in what area and is the partnership research oriented ama its them selling software to the university - if they are using Catholic University to do their software research then that would be great, though software is easier to develop and research without a big outlay on physical resources.


IBM has become more of a data company than a hardware company. To create/come up with software that can serve a purpose, you have to collect data and extrapolate it and come up with a software solution to solve a problem. We gather so much data using our phones cars etc which can be very interesting
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Rollout
#33 Posted : Tuesday, June 16, 2015 6:37:56 PM
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JKUAT should first start with researching on how to manufacture fertilizers, Kenyans are starving for heavenly sake, start with the "A" before you get to the "T".
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Impunity
#34 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2015 8:27:49 AM
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Rollout wrote:
JKUAT should first start with researching on how to manufacture fertilizers, Kenyans are starving for heavenly sake, start with the "A" before you get to the "T".


Say manufacture manure, fertilizer is too complicated for them as yet.

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Money Whisperer
#35 Posted : Friday, June 19, 2015 4:22:58 PM
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nakujua wrote:
Finally a laptop that can be claimed at least to have originated hapa kenya.

Its a 14' display, with a core i3 processor clocked at kindu 2.4Ghz.
iko na ka hdmi port, optical drive na inakuja na 4GB za RAM, a 500GB sata hard drive and comes pre-installed na windows 8.1.

all that for an asking price ya Ksh. 49,000 and if unajua someone huko jkuat Ksh. 47,900

the logo looks familiar and I don't think the ka flag at the corner will do their marketing any good, but overall it looks like a decent deal - to the patriotic guys nunua kenya.smile

Details hapa

logo looks familiar because it is same font as sony viao
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