Now we are talking....Would love to see this actualised. It can be done. Regards, Gilda Odera On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:28 AM, Paul Kukubo <pkukubo@ict.go.ke> wrote:
This idea has plausibility and because it employs both hardware and software, it fulfills the Tandaa funding requirment.
My suggestion, someone puts the teams together, designer, software and hardware engineers, project teams etc and prepares the implementation plan. This someone is called entrepreuner. I even go further to venture that the money might be available from multiple sources. Additive manufacturing (digital printing) makes the project very plausible as one of you has noted in this thread.
On another note, is we spread this debate wider tbrough a public blog we create knowledge.
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On Friday, February 15, 2013, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
But how much do you really need to assemble set top boxes? Is this that complex an operation? Start with a thousand units, scale with increased demand. Is this rocket science? The university or the lecturers involved (who mostly run private firms) couldnt raise seed money? We have a problem with wanting to start with a bang. No culture of starting small and growing.
On Friday, 15 February 2013, Kivuva wrote:
Phares, I'm a great proponent of local industrialization. It does a lot of good to a countries economy, number one being reducing capital flight.
But the scenario is this, UoN have said they have prototypes that are viable, but they don't have any means to produce them. Now, if we can crack it and do it locally, that's the best move. But suppose those strategic investors don't show up? Should the idea just die out and we remain mass consumers, or should we outsource manufacturing/licence the prototype to Asian and have a piece of the cake?
On 15/02/2013, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
Manufacturing locally would absorb quite a number of semi skilled individuals into the workforce. Always a good thing.
Outsourcing is not always a good idea. Check what happened to Dell & ASUS. Even the all mighty Apple Inc & Samsung.
Let's make them. Lets sell them. Lets figure out supply chain for the greater East African region. Then we can tinker with other electronics.
We have the capacity. Why not do it?
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On 15 Feb 2013, at 17:30, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
I dream when we will have outsourced manufacturing jobs overseas, and have big companies like Apple, HP, here in Kenya, then earn foreign exchange on the distribution and sells all over the world. But it sounds like a pipe dream.
US is not suffering from outsourcing since the companies earn abnormal profits from that. Only the poor jobless hands-man is the one who suffers.
But here in Kenya, we have non. No manufacturing companies outsourcing to Asia, and no outsourced jobs coming back home.
Regards
On 15 February 2013 15:38, <peres_were@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
+1 Ali. I noted in Obama's State of the Union Address a new initiative the US govt is setting up called "Manufacturing Innovation Hubs" aimed at spurring innovation in Manufacturing.
In addition, a number of US companies such as Apple and Ford are bringing back manufacturing to the USA.
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