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Machakos University students develop app that assists visually impaired people

A section of university students work on their projects during the inter-university Hackathon 2023 competition held at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A team of five students from Machakos University has won the Hackathon 2023, a national competition that challenges students to create innovative solutions using cutting-edge technologies.

The winning team, Blind Eye, developed a mobile application that guides visually impaired people to walk around.

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