jkuat launches the first Kenyan-made laptop

Purr_27 · June 13, 2015, 5:13pm

Alafu tuwatch aje movies za cd kwa bed …mmmmh

Mkufuu · June 13, 2015, 5:36pm

Dunya:

For those playing down this innovation as a mere assembly and what not, let it be known that you cannot reinvent the wheel rather you rework it to become more efficient, reliable, adaptable to your unique requirements or conditions and be produced at much cheaper cost. You guys are rather short sighted. You see, these innovators cannot discover a computer or many of its components as its already been done. They can however rearrange it to meet certain targets or requirements as needed such as efficiency and do so at a cheaper cost. This rearrangement is the innovation otherwise everyone would be coming up with a laptop every week if it were so easy for even laptop repairmen to handle. More importantly in this is the potential. The wide array of products that such encouraged innovators can come up with from phones to cameras to biometric readers to medical equipment all of which government and citizens require. The trick is not that you manufacture a product from A to Z. A product contains hundreds of components which are supplied by different companies that specialize in specific components. The trick is to have them manufacture and sypply those components according to your specifications based on your design. Now, those suppliers maybe based in different countries some in kenya others in europe asia americas or africa. That is innovation

This product doesn’t warrant the presence of a cabinet secretary or a vice chancellor of a leading university during it’s launch. It’s not an innovative product. It’s a “me too” product at best with a tacky logo which summarizes the whole production process. Kenyan’s love stylish things that come at a bargain-just look at the mobile phone, laptop or TV markets. This product is nowhere near stylish, is not competitively priced and is likely to be accompanied by very poor customer service. I predict it will be as reliable as those shaina products but at a premium price. And btw Kenyans are ready to assemble locally branded products however there are little incentives from the government and we’ve seen companies like land Rover close assembly plants. South Africa has incentivized local and international companies that are willing to assemble or manufacture products within it’s borders.

aviator · June 13, 2015, 5:53pm

That taifa dummy is as expensive as the ENIAC!

Dunya · June 13, 2015, 8:28pm

Fellow africans, Im afraid to say with that kind of pessism we are beyond help

Mkufuu · June 13, 2015, 11:19pm

If they had prized it competitively, or incorporated an in-built modem, or used a hybrid system to power it (solar/electricity) then I would consider it innovative. People are going to buy it out of patriotism or sheer hyperbole of course led by the government (which is a good thing). But any logical Kenyan looking to buy a laptop and values his money will skip it in a heartbeat.

nairobilay · June 14, 2015, 4:16am

Watch them off a flash disc my dear…but the bed is for making movies not watching them :p;)