[kictanet] Taifa Laptop

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

Agreed with you bwana Ndemo 100%

But the point of all this is that the Koreans didn't come to force us to
buy their units.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Bitange Ndemo via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Michael,
> I have bought six of Taifa Laptops for students who come to me for help.
> They are happy with the product.  I don't buy Taifa because it is cheap.  I
> buy to support the growth of light electronic manufacturing industry in
> Kenya.  We have bought garbage in form of tablets for many years from
> Asia.  We effectively supported Asians to go through the learning curve.
> Today they dominate the sector.  India is making the industry a priority
> and estimates show it will top more than $ 900 billion by 2020.
>
> Before we criticism these noble efforts we must look back and correct our
> attitude.  We supported Koreans perfect the Hyundai, Indians perfect the
> Mahindra, Japanese perfect the Toyota Mark II and Chinese perfect their
> electronic manufacturing capability.  Kenya will not wake up one day and
> produce a perfect product without going through a learning curve.  JKUAt
> has had to go through the learning curve since they produced their first
> computer, Madaraka with the support of the Ministry of Information and
> Communications.  We have a collective responsibility to be part of the
> solution to our perennial problems of unemployment.  Without the local
> market we cannot scale.  Patriotism means we make certain sacrifices while
> giving constructive criticisms.  Africa will never get out of poverty by
> being consumers of other people's products.  Go buy Taifa and give some
> advise on what they need to improve.  It has warranty and personally I have
> no problem with the lap top.
>
> Ndemo.
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Musya Michael via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Anyone using this laptop? Experiences so far?
>>
>> http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2016/08/22/parents-protest-
>> jkuats-imposition-of-taifa-laptops-on-students_c1407693
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael Musya.
>>
>>
>> I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
>> Philippians 4:13
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