Richard Mureithi

Vivo V19, with dual punch hole camera, to launch in Kenya on June 24

Richard MureithiJune 18, 2020

Smartphone manufacturer Vivo has announced that it will launch its first ever dual punch hole camera phone in Kenya, the vivo V19, on June 24. The vivo V19 r...

Absa restructures Ksh. 54B in loans to cushion customers against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Richard MureithiJune 15, 2020

Absa has announced that it has restructured Ksh. 54B in loans in order to cushion its customers against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank announc...

Stanchart provides 5 women led tech business with seed funding

Richard MureithiJune 15, 2020

The Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has given five women-led tech businesses Ksh. 1 Million each as seed funding. This was after the the successful completion ...

GoBEBA partners with Twiga to deliver fresh farm produce to customers

Richard MureithiJune 11, 2020

On-demand ordering & delivery firm, GoBEBA has announced that it has partnered with Twiga to deliver fresh farm produce to its customers. The deal will s...

Equity Group posts Ksh. 5.2 Billion net profit for the first quarter

Richard MureithiMay 28, 2020

Equity Group has posted a Ksh. 5.2 Billion net profit for the period ended 31st March 2020. This marks a 14 percent drop in profitability from the Ksh. 6.1 Bill...

OPPO A92 smartphone & OPPO Enco W31 wireless earphones launched in Kenya

Richard MureithiMay 28, 2020

OPPO Kenya has announced that it has launched the OPPO A92 smartphone & OPPO Enco W31 wireless earphones in Kenya. The launch of the A92 adds to the growing...

CBK orders banks to verify contents of safety deposit boxes in a bid to curb money laundering

Richard MureithiMay 27, 2020

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) through a circular sent to all banks has ordered them to verify the contents of all safety deposit boxes in their custody. In th...

The Tecno Spark 5; a budget phone with awesome battery life

Richard MureithiMay 27, 2020

When one is looking to buy a phone, one of the key things that one looks out for other than the camera and storage is the battery life. This is simply becaus...

NBK donates masks to the National Police Service

Richard MureithiMay 21, 2020

National Bank of Kenya (NBK) has today donated masks to the National Police Service to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya. The 4,000 mas...

UAP Old Mutual, Uber & AutoXpress launches initiative to distribute masks to Uber drivers

Richard MureithiMay 21, 2020

UAP Old Mutual General Business, Uber & AutoXpress have partnered to distribute masks to Uber drivers to ensure they keep safe in the COVID-19 crisis. Th...

AMREF to begin manufacture of PPEs in Kenya with support from Coca-Cola

Richard MureithiMay 20, 2020

AMREF Health Africa in Kenya has began the manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Kenya to fight COVID-19 at its Dagoretti Fashion and Design C...

EABL donates Ksh. 50 million to the Kenya COVID-19 Emergency Fund

Richard MureithiMay 19, 2020

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has donated Ksh. 50 million in cash to the Kenya COVID-19 Emergency Fund. This is in addition to the Ksh. 50 million th...

Old Mutual launches a Facebook ChatBot for its customers

Richard MureithiMay 19, 2020

The Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG), the Asset Management business arm of the UAP Old Mutual Group, has launched a Facebook Messenger ChatBot called Arifa. ...

Telkom’s Dial Daktari to offer telemedicine to customers at subsidizes rates

Richard MureithiMay 18, 2020

Telkom Kenya has announced that it will offer access to telemedicine for its customers at susbsidized rates. The company will offer this through its medical con...

Safaricom FY 2019 profit after tax rises to historic to 74 billion

Richard MureithiApril 29, 2020

Leading Kenyan telecommunication company, Safaricom, has reported a Ksh. 74 billion for the financial year ended 31st March 2020. This is an increase from Ksh. ...

Huawei 2019 global revenue increases by 19.1% to USD 122 billion

Richard MureithiMarch 31, 2020

Leading ICT company Huawei Technologies has today released its financial report for the year 2019. The company's global revenue increased by 19.1% in 2019 t...

Huawei P40 Pro+, Huawei P40 Pro & Huawei P40 launched

Richard MureithiMarch 31, 2020

Huawei has the new range of smartphones in its headquarters in China, the Huawei P40 Pro+, Huawei P40 Pro and Huawei P40. The series will also come with P40 Lit...

Stream the Arsenal vs West Ham United match on Showmax this weekend

Richard MureithiMarch 5, 2020

Video on demand platform, Showmax, has been streaming live sports on their platform in Kenya since last year. This weekend, live sports on the platform include...

Huawei Y6s now available on pre-order in Kenya

Richard MureithiFebruary 24, 2020

Huawei Mobile Kneya has announced the availability of its new smartphone, the Huawei Y6s on pre-order from today 24th February 2020 to 3rd March 2020. The phone...

Dr. James Mwangi recognized in the 2019 Bloomberg 50

Richard MureithiDecember 10, 2019

The Bloomberg Businessweek has honored Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Group’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, by selecting him to be among the 2019 Blo...

Buy a Tecno Camon 12 & win a car, motorbike & bus tickets in new campaign

Richard MureithiNovember 30, 2019

The holiday season is here with us once again and Tecno Mobile has launched a campaign to celebrate its customers. The campaign dubbed #TECNOTakesMeHomewithBuup...

Stream the Chelsea vs West Ham United match on Showmax this weekend

Richard MureithiNovember 29, 2019

Video on demand platform Showmax recently launched sports live streaming on its service. This weekend live sports on the platform include the Chelsea vs West Ha...

Stream Aston Villa vs Liverpool and more live sport on Showmax

Richard MureithiOctober 31, 2019

In a first for video on demand platforms in Africa, Showmax is now streaming live sports. The video on demand service began piloting sports live-streaming in Ju...

The Tecno Phantom 9 phone review

Richard MureithiSeptember 29, 2019

I have been using a Tecno Phantom phone on and off since the days of the Tecno Phantom 5 and I have to say that so far I have not been disappointed. I recently ...

Moses Mwenda emerges as the champion in the BLAZE E-Sports tournament at the Coast region

Richard MureithiSeptember 2, 2019

Moses Mwenda emerged as the champion in the Coast region’s finals of the BLAZE E-Sports Tournament that was held on Saturday at the Kenya School of Government i...

Equity Afia launches two clinics in Ruiru and Nyeri

Richard MureithiAugust 14, 2019

Equity Afia which is owned by the Equity Group has launched two clinics in Ruiru and Nyeri. This is in a bid to increase access to quality and affordable compre...

Twitter tests feature that will allow users to follow topics in the same way they follow accounts

Richard MureithiAugust 14, 2019

Twitter has indicated that it will begin allowing users to follow interests, they will do this by letting users see tweets about topics of their choosing inside...

Safaricom Foundation partners with Mombasa County to renovate and equip new born unit at Coast General Hospital

Richard MureithiAugust 13, 2019

Safaricom Foundation has partnered with Mombasa County in a bid to renovate and equip the new born unit at the Coast General Hospital. Under its Maternal and...

Little Cab launches health insurance cover for its drivers

Richard MureithiAugust 9, 2019

Little Cab the taxi hailing service owned by Craft Silicon has launched a health insurance cover for its drivers in partnership with APA Insurance and MicroEnsu...

Africa is at the forefront of the flexible workspace revolution

Richard MureithiAugust 9, 2019

The African workforce is mushrooming, and by 2035, it is predicted that the numbers will have increased by more than the rest of the world’s regions combined. A...

15 places you can get quick loans in Kenya

Richard MureithiJuly 24, 2019

We have all at one point in time been in a situation where we needed some cash to sort out something urgently. The quickest source of this cash is family and fr...

Safaricom to take Masosko to other African countries by next year

Richard MureithiJuly 16, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it is planning to expand its e-commerce platform Masoko to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa by year 2020. This is on the back...

Nigerian musician Bez performs at the ASH Musical Show June Edition

Richard MureithiJuly 4, 2019

Nigerian musician Bez Idakula was the guest musician at June Edition of the music concert, The ASH Musical Show. The ASH Musical Show is an invite only music...

Safaricom recovers illegally acquired data bundles after system failure

Richard MureithiJune 29, 2019

Kenyans generally have a love for free things, it is just that they lack an opportunity to land their hands on such. This was very evident when the Safaricom da...

Safaricom partners with BuuPass to launch online bus booking service

Richard MureithiMay 28, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with BuuPass to launch an online service that will enable travelers in the country to book and purchase bus tickets. Currently the se...

Infinix Hot S4 review; Budget phone that packs a punch

Richard MureithiMay 21, 2019

The Infinix S4 was launched in Kenya in April 2019. The phone is available in 2 variants i.e. 32GB internal storage + 3GB RAM and 64GB Internal storage + 6GB RA...

14 places you can get quick loans in Kenya

Richard MureithiMay 7, 2019

We have all at one point in time been in a situation where we needed some cash to sort out something urgently. The quickest source of this cash is family and fr...

Telkom Kenya has appointed Steve Okeyo as Managing Director in the mobile division

Richard MureithiApril 17, 2019

Telkom Kenya has announced the appointment of Steve Okeyo as the MD for its mobile division. He will be taking over from Amer Atwi who has been in the position ...

Nokia 7.1 Review; a midrange phone that offers value for money

Richard MureithiMarch 27, 2019

Nokia has a long history of producing quality phones over the ages and for a long time they were the dominant players in the market long before the advent of th...

Kenyan student team takes second place in Huawei’s Sub Saharan Africa ICT competition finals

Richard MureithiMarch 15, 2019

Earlier in the week, one of the two Kenyan teams which participated in this year’s Sub Saharan Africa Huawei ICT Competition regional finals achieved second pla...

The Huawei Y5 Lite phone Review

Richard MureithiMarch 8, 2019

I have to start by saying that I have not used a Huawei phone before but they have a good reputation of producing quality phones. As such I was curious to see w...

Coca Cola, Trash Thread Textile and PETCO launch competition to help mitigate plastic waste management

Richard MureithiMarch 6, 2019

Coca Cola Beverages Africa in partnership Trash Thread Textile (T3) and PETCO have launched an innovation challenge that aims to provide innovative solutions to...