Starr Computers: Putting a local face on the IT industry

Assembly line: Technicians assembling computers in Guyana

Starr Computers’ Mike Mohan reflects on the days when his company pioneered the assembling of computers here in Guyana and began marketing the ‘locally manufactured’ machines under its own brand – Starr. “That was 20 years ago and in those days we had to assemble the motherboards from scratch,” he said. These days, motherboards are modules. You acquire them and you install them as a part for a computer.”

He recalls too the days of working with the constraint of unreliable power supply. “It was tough and sometimes