Richard Mureithi

Facebook groups are the new source of information for budding farmers

Richard MureithiJuly 13, 2016

Of late we have started seeing the youth taking agribusiness seriously. This is a welcome change in attitude towards farming given that a few years ago most tho...

Airtel partners with India’s Apollo hospitals to launch a web doctor service

Richard MureithiJuly 12, 2016

Airtel Africa has partnered with Apollo Hospitals to provide a service ‘Ask Apollo” that enables easy access to medical specialists. Ask Apollo is a web & m...

A Lipa na M-PESA debit card is apparently in the pipeline

Richard MureithiJuly 12, 2016

Some time back we wrote an article about how Safaricom was under-utilizing the Mpesa platform. One of the aspects highlighted was the lack of a debit card which...

Kenyans online eat humble pie after bashing Madonna on Kikuyu Valley

Richard MureithiJuly 8, 2016

On Sunday last week, Kenyans woke to the news that Madonna was in the country. This was after she tweeted & Facebooked a “Good Morning Kenya” photo of count...

Safaricom diabetes walk set to go down this weekend

Richard MureithiJuly 6, 2016

Diabetes which was once viewed as a disease for the rich has in recent times become a major problem in developing countries. This situation has largely been inf...

Kilimanjaro Blind Trust in a funds drive to provide braille machines to visually impaired school children

Richard MureithiJuly 5, 2016

According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) 2002 report, there are 161 million people who are visually impaired of whom 124 million were people with low visi...

Bosch partners with Equity bank to provide Jua Kali artisans with powers tools

Richard MureithiJuly 4, 2016

Bosch Group a leading supplier of technology and services has partnered with Equity Bank with a view of providing the Jua Kali sector access to Bosch power tool...

Safaricom to use Ready Business to help SMEs adopt technology in their operations

Richard MureithiJuly 4, 2016

According to a survey carried out by Safaricom Business on 181,000 businesses spread across 21 counties. Lack of capital, cash flow management and an inability ...

Safaricom appoints Sateesh Kamath from Vodacom Tz as their new CFO

Richard MureithiJuly 1, 2016

Safaricom has today announced the appointment of Sateesh Kamath as its Chief Financial Officer and executive board member effective August 1st 2016. Mr. Kamath ...

NIC will not be taking over Imperial Bank

Richard MureithiJune 30, 2016

NIC Bank was appointed to be the Assets and Liability consultant for Imperial Bank (IBL) by the Central Bank (CBK) last week. This perplexed many given that it ...

Safaricom to compensate customers for dropped calls

Richard MureithiJune 29, 2016

In a bid to enhance their customer experience, Safaricom has today launched a suite of products. The aim is to give customers more control on how they use voice...

Invest in Africa launches Kenyan chapter with an aim of simplifying how to do business

Richard MureithiJune 27, 2016

An initiative aimed at easing/simplifying how business is done was launched last week. The initiative is aptly named Invest in Africa (IIA) and is private secto...

Students set to get better internet speeds after KENET’s partnership with Liquid Telecom

Richard MureithiJune 24, 2016

Students are about to start enjoying better internet speeds following the partnership between Kenya Education Network (KENET) and Liquid Telecom Kenya. New conn...

5 things to note as you file your returns on iTax

Richard MureithiJune 23, 2016

Given that the iTax system is a computer system like any other, you are bound to encounter a few challenges here and there. I have put together a few tips on ho...

Africa prize for engineering innovations is now accepting applications

Richard MureithiJune 23, 2016

Africa Prize is a challenge that encourages ambitious and talented Sub-Saharan Africa engineers to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local cha...

Buni Tv has been acquired by Trace

Richard MureithiJune 20, 2016

Buni Tv is better known for the comedy series ‘XYZ ’ has been acquired by TRACE TV. This is apparently in preparation for the launch of their own Video on Deman...

Consequences of malnutrition to a country

Richard MureithiJune 17, 2016

Malnutrition can be defined as lack of proper nutrition that can be caused by not having enough to eat or not eating enough of the right things. The immediate c...

Kaka Sungura among the mentors for the first BLAZE summit in Eldoret

Richard MureithiJune 16, 2016

Safaricom will tomorrow kick off a series of countrywide youth empowerment and mentorship summits for its youth platform, BLAZE. The summits give the youth aged...

Mwalimu sacco to offer laptops to teachers at discounted prices

Richard MureithiJune 16, 2016

Mwalimu National sacco has partnered with Intel to provide teachers with low interest loans to enable teachers acquire modern computers under an initiative dubb...

5 things to avoid while driving a manual car

Richard MureithiJune 13, 2016

Automatic cars have become so popular nowadays that it is hard to find a new manual car. Coupled with the fact that people are also generally lazy nowadays, and...

mCHEZA partners with Shujaas to host rugby 7s festival

Richard MureithiJune 9, 2016

mCHEZA the sports betting firm has today announced a partnership with Shujaa the national 7s team to host the mCHEZA Rugby 7s festival slated for 25th June 2016...

Huawei P9 launched in Kenya

Richard MureithiJune 9, 2016

Huawei has this week launched the P9 phone into the Kenyan market. This smartphone is targeted at photography lovers, which is practically everyone nowadays. To...

Car registration & ownership transfer will now be done online

Richard MureithiJune 9, 2016

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) will on Monday 13th June 2016 launch an online system meant to modernize motor vehicle registration. In the p...

Using the Code of Ethics for Business in Kenya to fight corruption

Richard MureithiJune 6, 2016

Many of us, myself included, have been wondering what this Code of Ethics of Business that some of the blue chip business like Safaricom, KCB and lately NSE hav...

The Mahindra XUV500 SUV launched in Kenya

Richard MureithiJune 3, 2016

Mahindra yesterday launched their all new SUV the New Age XUV500 in the Kenyan market. The car is apparently a game changer in the premium SUV market and has cr...

Safaricom is more than just a telco to most Kenyans

Richard MureithiJune 3, 2016

To say that Safaricom has permeated every sector of our lives is an understatement. It has become such a part of most Kenyan’s lives that some can’t function wi...

How to apply for a KRA PIN certificate on iTax

Richard MureithiJune 2, 2016

In Kenya, you need a KRA PIN if you are employed or are in business. You will also need it when you are filling your taxes. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) al...

Safaricom launches BLAZE, an innovative product for the youth

Richard MureithiMay 27, 2016

Safaricom has today launched BLAZE a communication and empowerment platform designed for the Kenyan youth. If you are like me who has been wondering what the BL...

The International Space Station will be visible in Kenya at 7.04 pm today

Richard MureithiMay 26, 2016

At approximately 19.04 hours the International Space Station( ISS), a world class lab orbiting the Earth at a distance of between 330 and 435 km will be visible...

Safaricom now has an app for Android & iOS

Richard MureithiMay 26, 2016

Safaricom yesterday announced the availability of its new interactive app named MySafaricom app for Android and iOS. The app will enable the 7.8 million smartph...

ICANN opens first Africa office in Nairobi

Richard MureithiMay 25, 2016

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched its African regional engagement office in Nairobi yesterday. ICANN is a not-for-profit ...

Kengen announces rights issue in a bid to raise funds for increased power generation

Richard MureithiMay 24, 2016

KenGen yesterday announced that they will be offering a total of 4,396,722,912 shares in a rights issue with a view of raising Kshs.29 billion. The new ordinary...

Lenovo and Intel partner to create a work life balance for women through technology

Richard MureithiMay 17, 2016

For the longest time working mothers have had a challenge creating a work life balance. In a bid ease this challenge, Intel and Lenovo have partnered to make th...

Safaricom announces results for the financial year 2016

Richard MureithiMay 12, 2016

The fact that Safaricom is East and Central Africa’s largest corporation was undisputed yesterday as the company released its results for the year ended 201. Th...

The benefits of the Proctor & Gamble water purification program to communities

Richard MureithiMay 12, 2016

Statistics indicate that upto 37% of Kenyans do not have access to clean water. This is evidenced by the fact that since last year water related diseases such a...

Intel & JOYWO to provide digital training to 1 million Kenyan women

Richard MureithiMay 12, 2016

As they say once you empower a woman you empower an entire community. As such Intel has partnered with Joyful Women Organisation (JOYWO) to train over 1 million...

5 things you can do to improve your car’s fuel economy

Richard MureithiMay 9, 2016

In these days of high fuel prices, one has to be careful to ensure that your car is a fuel efficient as possible. Though the prices are falling, thank God this ...

Safaricom pays out Ksh.152 million in Skiza tunes royalties to musicians

Richard MureithiMay 6, 2016

Safaricom has this week paid out a total of Kshs. 152 million to Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) and Premium Rate Service Providers (PRSPs). The paym...

Procter & Gamble celebrates provision of 10 billion litres of clean water to the needy

Richard MureithiMay 5, 2016

Procter & Gamble (P&G) through their Children Safe Drinking Water Program yesterday marked a major milestone in their quest to provide 15 billion litres...

Kenyan Amunga Esuchi wins the Commonwealth Photography Competition

Richard MureithiMay 5, 2016

In another first for Kenya, a Kenyan photographer Amunga Eshuchi has won the prestigious 2016 Commonwealth Photography Competition. The competition sought to sh...

Barclays Bank to invest Ksh. 230 million in youth empowerment projects

Richard MureithiApril 29, 2016

Barclays Bank Of Kenya has this week announced its decision to invest Kshs.230 million in youth empowerment projects to be rolled out under its Shared Growth Ag...

China’s leading mobile browser UC Browser launches in Kenya

Richard MureithiApril 29, 2016

China’s leading mobile browser UC Browser has been launched in the Kenyan market providing millions of Kenyans with the opportunity to experience fast browsing ...