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Kudos Davis Ogega, Barbara Aron, and Talia Tamar

Posted on Jul 05,2026 by kisii-university
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Congratulations to Davis Ogega, Barbara Aron, and Talia Tamar on emerging as winners at the innovation challenge organized by Open University of Kenya and KISE! Their award-winning innovation, Rax AI, is redefining what's possible in artificial intelligence by optimizing AI models to reduce computer costs without compromising performance. This innovation is already making an impact with Rax 4.5 being the most downloaded open-source AI model from Kenya and ranks among the Top 10 most downloaded open-source AI models in Africa, with 100,000+ monthly downloads on Hugging Face. Kisii University continues to nurture innovative, creative and industry ready graduates who are changing the world one innovation at a time.


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