[kictanet] University of Nairobi Set Top Boxes

[Ali Hussein]

Kivuva

Good point you make there. The flip side though is that most American companies are realizing that outsourcing manufacturing totally to Asia was a mistake from an innovation perspective. They have lost out on one of the key components of innovation - Process Innovation. 

Of course from our perspective we don't even have that capacity to outsource yet so maybe a great opportunity to start without any legacy systems and thoughts...ala Mpesa.

Regards  

Ali Hussein
CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd

+254 773/713 601113

"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb

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On Feb 15, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> When the Digital boxes are designed in Kenyan universities, and manufactured in China, that is good enough. We don't need to setup a huge factory if we don't have the means. At least, that will be a starting point. Many USA and European companies have their manufacturing in China, including Apple, HP, DELL e.t.c.
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> Don't forget the golden rule  of innovation "Imitate then innovate". Tata and Huawei, and ZTE perfected the art, and now they are bigger than the economy of most African countries combines.
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