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Fifth-year mechatronics engineering students Dennis Mwai, Edgar Omwocha, Dennis Chang’ach and Sammy Karapia came up with the innovative tech product christened Makaridi. They did this after seeing farmers lose a significant quantity of their fresh produce due to lack of an affordable storage plan.
“Our main aim is to help achieve food security in the country and we pointed out that a major way to contribute is to improve the storage of fresh farm produce from local farmers,” explains Mwai, the lead in the team.
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