Richard Mureithi

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...

Actis and Shapoorji Pallonji launch a Ksh.12 Billion joint venture to develop affordable housing in Kenya

Richard MureithiMarch 6, 2019

Actis a growth markets investor and Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate a firm from India are set to launch a real estate joint venture in a bid to meet the demand f...

NSSF partners with Safaricom to enable payments via Mpesa

Richard MureithiMarch 4, 2019

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has announced a partnership with Safaricom in which members will be able to pay for their contributions via Mpesa. This...

CEO Fridays; Finserve’s Jack Ngare on mKey as the future of digital banking

Richard MureithiMarch 1, 2019

Finserve Africa Limited was Kenya's first mobile virtual network operator in Kenya with Equitel. Other than Equitel, other products that they have launched incl...

HMD Global launches 4 new android Nokia smartphones

Richard MureithiFebruary 28, 2019

HMD Global a Finnish company that holds the exclusive rights to the Nokia brand of mobile phones has launched 4 Android smartphones. These include Nokia 9 Purev...

Barclays Bank’s Timiza has hit 1 million downloads, surpassing expectations

Richard MureithiFebruary 27, 2019

Barclays Bank’s digital banking platform Timiza has surpassed the download target that had been set by the bank during launch after hitting over 1 Million downl...

Liquid Telecom’s network to enable fish farmers in Nyanza to monitor their ponds via an app

Richard MureithiFebruary 27, 2019

Liquid Telecom has deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Western Kenya and Nyanza that will help farmers to monitor and protect freshwater fish popula...

ASUS launches new laptops in Kenya as it eyes expansion in the region

Richard MureithiFebruary 25, 2019

AsusTek Computer Inc. (ASUS), the Taiwanese computer and phone hardware and electronics company has launched its new laptop models that is ZenBook, VivoBook and...

General Electric and YSK hold workshop for secondary school students

Richard MureithiFebruary 25, 2019

General Electric (GE) and Young Scientists Kenya (YSK) has hosted a workshop that was intended to sensitize secondary school students on the benefits of taking ...

The ShelterTech Accelerator holds its first “Meet the Corporates” event

Richard MureithiFebruary 22, 2019

Earlier in the week, ShelterTech Accelerator held its first event dubbed “Meet The Corporates” in which it brought together corporates and startups in the affo...

Safaricom Jazz festival hits the right notes with Marcus Miller

Richard MureithiFebruary 21, 2019

This past Sunday was the day for the long awaited Safaricom Jazz Festival that was held at the Kasarani Stadium. I say long awaited because it is usually the bi...

532 top KCSE students join Equity Bank’s paid internship program

Richard MureithiFebruary 18, 2019

A total of 532 students who scored a mean grade of A and A- in last year’s KCSE examination have joined the Equity Bank’s paid internship program. The 532 stude...

The Safaricom Jazz journey and the impact of the international artists on the Kenyan music scene

Richard MureithiFebruary 15, 2019

This year, Safaricom Jazz will be celebrating its 6th anniversary since inception. The journey started out back in 2013 when the Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore ask...

KAIST President Dr. Sung holds public lecture on impact of new technical university in Kenya

Richard MureithiFebruary 14, 2019

Yesterday, Dr. Sung Chul Shin, the President of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) held a public lecture at the University of Nairo...

Visa is expanding its Fintech Fast Track program to Africa

Richard MureithiFebruary 13, 2019

Visa the payments platform, yesterday announced that it will be expanding its Fintech Fast Track Program to the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Afri...

Kenya partners with South Korea to establish a university at Konza

Richard MureithiFebruary 12, 2019

Yesterday the Kenyan government through the ministry of education signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea towards the development of a graduate un...

Manyatta Boys and Ndhiwa Queens are the new Chapa Dimba Nyanza region champions

Richard MureithiFebruary 12, 2019

Manyatta Boys and Ndhiwa Queens emerged as the new Nyanza region champions in the matches played over the weekend at the Moi Stadium in Kisumu City. Manyatta...

Safaricom partners with KAPS to enable payment of parking fees via M-pesa

Richard MureithiFebruary 7, 2019

Ever been in a situation where you need to pay for parking but don’t have coins or notes in small denominations? Or had an old note that the machine kept reject...

Liquid Telecom enables the use of telemedicine at the Daadab refugee camp

Richard MureithiFebruary 7, 2019

Liquid Telecom has connected the Getrudes Children’s Hospital to the Daadab refugee camp via internet. The camp which hosts about 250,000 refugees across four c...

The Chapa Dimba Nyanza region finals to be played this weekend

Richard MureithiFebruary 6, 2019

The finals for the Nyanza region Chapa Dimba tournament are set to go down this weekend at the Moi Stadium in Kisumu City. The matches will see new winners crow...

Safaricom partners with NEMA in wetlands conservation drive

Richard MureithiJanuary 31, 2019

Safaricom has announced a partnership with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Wetlands International and other stakeholders. This is in a bid...

Mauritius Commercial Bank Group has opened a representative office in Nairobi

Richard MureithiJanuary 31, 2019

MCB Group a financial holding company from Mauritius has opened a representative office in Nairobi. The Group which operates the oldest bank in Mauritius, the M...

The NIC and CBA Bank merger to happen through a share swap

Richard MureithiJanuary 31, 2019

NIC and the Commercial Bank of Africa which are expected to merge held a joint press conference this morning in which they announced that discussions are still ...

Isuzu East Africa partners with Co-op Bank to provide asset finance for SME’s

Richard MureithiJanuary 31, 2019

Isuzu East Africa has announced a partnership with Co-operative Bank of Kenya which will see SME’s get access to 95% financing towards the purchase of commercia...

Safaricom to sponsor 100 needy students via its High School Scholarship Programme

Richard MureithiJanuary 24, 2019

Safaricom has today announced the launch of a high school scholarship programme which targets to sponsor 100 students at over 90 schools across the country. The...

The French Development Agency invests Ksh. 150 Million into M-tiba

Richard MureithiJanuary 23, 2019

The French Development Agency (AFD) has invested an amount of Ksh. 150 Million in M-tiba the healthcare platform. The funds will go towards growing the number ...

Sanlam Kenya to focus on growing its insurance services business in new strategy

Richard MureithiJanuary 23, 2019

Sanlam Kenya a non-bank financial services firm has outlined growth plans with a focus in its insurance business. The firm will seek to accelerate the growth of...

Safaricom launches a cyber security solution for its enterprise customers

Richard MureithiJanuary 21, 2019

The advent of technology and a higher internet penetration has made things easier and convenient for both businesses and individuals. However, this has brought ...

Safaricom’s Fuliza facility gives out loans worth over Ksh. 1 Billion in just 8 days

Richard MureithiJanuary 18, 2019

Just a few days after Safaricom launched Fuliza, it has caught on so well that it exceeded the telco's expectations. In just 8 days, it managed to acquire over...

Telkom Kenya to invest Ksh. 1 Billion in improvement and expansion of its network

Richard MureithiJanuary 17, 2019

Telkom Kenya has announced that it will invest an amount of Ksh. 1 Billion in the expansion and optimization of its 4G and 3G network. This should see an improv...

Airtel in talks for a possible buy out of Telkom Kenya

Richard MureithiJanuary 15, 2019

It appears that we are in the season of mergers and takeovers with reports indicating that Airtel has begun talks with Telkom Kenya for a possible buyout. This ...

How the Minet TSC cover has led to an improvement in the mental health of Teachers

Richard MureithiJanuary 15, 2019

Mental health can be defined as a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. For an individual to function optimally, they ...

CBA in talks to acquire Jamii Bora Bank for Ksh. 1.4 Billion

Richard MureithiJanuary 14, 2019

Just a few week after the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and NIC merger was announced, there are now reports that CBA is in the process of acquiring Jamii Bora...

Safaricom’s overdraft facility, Fuliza now goes live after getting CBK approval

Richard MureithiJanuary 10, 2019

Ever been in a situation whereby you bought say groceries in the supermarket but when It came time to pay via Mpesa, you get that annoying insufficient balance ...