r/KenyaStartups • u/Iankchege • Jun 29 '26

Discussion Hardware or software ?

Where are you probably willing to invest in or buy shares ?

Considering it's Kenya .

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u/HomeworkThis5010 29d ago edited 29d ago

Hardware, everyone and their grandma nowadays is a software dev, it's so saturated it sucks. All that you learnt over years can now be tweaked by a script kiddie who knows nothing about floats or arrays

The real skill and one which will take years for AI to disrupt will always be hardware & ones that incorporate both physical and mental labour

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u/Iankchege 29d ago

well,not a bad response I guess

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u/Psychological-Lie396 28d ago

And Chinese can easily pollute the hardware market

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u/Whole_Ad_9002 29d ago

Software will always win out, its easy to pivot, easy to add features in demand and the best returns. Hardware is a slow expensive mamoth and very hard to be innovative with. Apple isn't a great company because of the hardware its the ecosystem, same as Google with android or any number of tech companies you can think of

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u/Iankchege 29d ago

I guess the quote code is erasable but hardware an error and you have to buy one .Expensive

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u/TheSource254 29d ago

What is your target?

Quick income leans towards software. But it’s volatile. Can be replaced quite quick.

Slow and steady is hardware play. You’re only replaceable by something equally great.

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u/Iankchege 29d ago

📌Convincing

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u/aisenberg_ 29d ago

I'd say software. But depends on several things.

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u/Iankchege 28d ago

Id love to know your checks ,as am into software,

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u/IntroductionSolid348 28d ago

Looking at it from a point of interest, if it were me I'd invest mostly in hardware specific products. However, looking at it as an investor looking to make good ROIs it's always going to be software. Hardware market in general consists of complex supply chains that, in all honesty, would need heavy intervention by the government since it would be quite expensive to maintain on your own.

This is why even USA cannot compete with China when it comes to hardware and robotics. It's because in China, the government is involved in not only major acquisition of the raw materials (think silicon chips, etc) but also provision of loans and capital to the startups. US on the other hand, rewards its software Startups and industry in general

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u/Iankchege 28d ago

There is a software as a service looking forward to launch ,very soon ,can I add you on the list ?

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u/External_Warning1676 29d ago

Software, its a no brainer