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Staff at Technical University of Mombasa demonstrate during the strike on September 18, 2024. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Services are more brittle than products. Surprised? If a glass breaks, you replace it with another.

If a car crashes, you just replace it. If a patient is misdiagnosed or mis-educated, you can't get a replacement. If there is a power outage, you can't recover the lost time or productivity. Still surprised?

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