George Murage

I write on African Tech and Business with a focus on the mobile industry covering consumer devices like mobile phones, and PCs, and the Internet services Space like Cloud and web services. You'll also find some stuff on How To Do Business in Africa. Hoping to help you demystify everyday technology. Find me on Twitter as @JuuChini

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YouTube – 2nd Fastest Growing Brand in 2022 at 83%

George Murage

August 29, 2022

According to an analysis by TradingPlatforms.com, YouTube is the second fastest-growing brand, with a growth rate of 83% in 2022. This is partly due to the fact that YouTube is a visual platform that allows ...

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How Blockchain Can Benefit Emerging Markets

George Murage

September 28, 2020

I think we can all agree that one of the main things that continues to eat at the efficiency of public offices and how they use tax-payer funds around the World, but mainly in emerging ...

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Top Tech Skills To Fight Unemployment During COVID-19

George Murage

July 14, 2020

The pandemic outbreak has put thousands of companies in a difficult situation. Businesses were caught unarmed when facing these tough times and were forced to go through it all in isolation. Employees were then affected ...

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Managing Your Credit Through A Time Of Financial Hardship

George Murage

June 23, 2020

With Kenya under partial lockdown, millions of consumers and businesses are facing some tough financial choices – but it’s vital that people stay in control of their credit through this stressful time. According to TransUnion’s ...

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DIGITAL MEDIA

Search Engine Optimization Tricks To Avoid

George Murage

June 12, 2018

About a decade ago, the concept of optimizing content for search engine ‘find-ability’ wasn’t a hugely popular approach here in Kenya, but today search engine optimization is an essential part of successful business marketing in ...

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IT BUSINESS

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Alternative Circle Secures USD 1.1 Million Investment From Creditinfo Group

George Murage

March 30, 2017

Alternative Circle, a Kenyan Mobile FinTech innovator has signed an agreement with the international credit risk management company – Creditinfo Group, that has seen the local company secure $1.1 Million in seed capital; money that ...

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Kenyan Fintech Innovators Benefit From Global Conference

George Murage

March 30, 2017

Kenyan Fintech innovators had the chance to learn from each other and network with other Fintech innovators from across the continent at the 2017 Africa Fintech Unconference in Ghana. The first-of-its-kind two-day event kicked off ...

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IT BUSINESS

Sophos Still Leads In Endpoint Protection Platforms – Gartner

George Murage

February 8, 2017

Sophos has announced that Gartner, Inc., has once again positioned Sophos as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms1 (EPP). With the recently launched next-generation anti-exploit product Sophos Intercept X and ...

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IT BUSINESS

Is Your Business Secure From Ransomware Attacks?

George Murage

February 7, 2017

What is Ransomware? Ransomware is a special kind of malware that works by limiting or effectively preventing users from gaining access to their computer system by either locking access to important files or locking a ...

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IT BUSINESS

Password Best Practices To Avoid Being Hacked In 2017

George Murage

December 21, 2016

In light of the huge Yahoo hack that has reportedly affected 1 BILLION User accounts, these following “best practices” have been developed to help guide people who think they may be affected on how to ...

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Cyber Security In 2017

George Murage

December 21, 2016

2016 saw a huge number and variety of cyber-attacks, ranging from a high-profile DDoS [Distributed Denial of Service] using hijacked Internet-facing security cameras to the alleged hacking of party officials during the US election. The ...

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DIGITAL MEDIA

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Sophos’ 8 Ways To Stay Safe During Black Friday

George Murage

November 24, 2016

Black Friday is upon us once again! Instead of creating the traditional ‘top tips to protect yourself from cyber-criminals this Black Friday’, Sophos has turned it on its head to create the Black Friday security checklist which will highlight ...

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Sophos leads in Endpoint Security Protection – Forrester Research

George Murage

October 28, 2016

Sophos has been positioned as a ‘Leader’ in Forrester Research, Inc.’s new report, The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Suites, Q4 2016. The organization received the highest scores in the Strategy category for delivering the most enterprise-friendly ...

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Press Releases

Sophos Leads Again In Threat Management – New Gartner Report

George Murage

September 9, 2016

Sophos has announced that it has once again been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s Aug. 30, 2016, “Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management.” The quadrant, based on an assessment of a company’s ...

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IT BUSINESS

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Demystifying Encryption And Strategies To Apply It Successfully

George Murage

June 21, 2016

Data is the new age currency and extremely valuable to organizations. But there is somebody else who also has an eye on this data – the cyber-criminal. While you leverage the potential of your organizational ...

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Simba Pay For Africa Increases Payment Limit To Four Million Kenya Shillings Single Transfer JUUCHINI

SimbaPay Increases Remittance Limit To Africa To KES 4.6 Million

George Murage

May 4, 2016

SimbaPay is working to revolutionize the remittance space. How are they doing this? By officially raising the single transaction limit to a whopping $45,000 (Approx. KES 4.635M) which is 15 times higher than the previous ...

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DIGITAL MEDIA

Free Data Recovery For iPhones and iPads With EaseUS MobiSaver

George Murage

April 19, 2016

If you have ever lost important data on your iPhone or iPad then you’ll know very well how it can change the way your day works out. The possibility of losing all your data is ...

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DIGITAL MEDIA

Orange Invests 75 Million Euros In Jumia’s Parent Company

George Murage

April 6, 2016

Orange just announced the acquisition of a 75 Million Euro equity interest now joining AXA, Goldman Sachs and MTN Group, Millicom and Rocket Internet as the owners of the Africa Internet Group. Through this investment ...

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