Access Kenya Group

Access Kenya Group Description

Access Kenya Group is a Kenyan company specializing in an internet service provider with operations in every major city in Kenya. The Group’s headquarters are located at the Purshottam Place on Westlands road, in the town of Nairobi. Access Kenya Group comprises Communications Solutions, Broadband Access (Blue), one of Kenya’s largest data carrier network operators and Openview Business Systems, one of Kenya’s IT services providers. The Group has more than 6,000 corporate leased lines across Kenya and employs over 400 people mainly stationed in Nairobi and other big Kenyan cities, such as Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret.

Access Kenya has numerous partnerships including Cisco (Premier Partner), Motorola, Oracle, Net App Gold Partner and IBM (Premier Business Partner). Seven years ago, Openview Business Systems, Access Kenya has voted the Best ISP in Kenya while Openview was awarded the 1st runner up Solutions Provider of the Year by Computer Society of Kenya(CSK). Other awards include three awards at the COYA awards including Runner Up Company of the Year SME Sector and two further COYA awards in 2007. Openview is ISO certified and has won the CSK IT solution provider of the year in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Access Kenya Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dimension Data Holdings. Access Kenya Group is governed by a seven-person Board of Directors with Daniel Ndonye serving as the Chairman of the group and Richard Hechle as the Group CEO.

Access Kenya Group was founded in 1995 by brothers David and Jonathan Somen to provide information and communications technology for corporate clients within Kenya, under the name Communications Solutions Limited. The company changed its name in 2000 to AccessKenya. In April 2007, AccessKenya performed an initial public offering (IPO) of stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), becoming Kenya’s first publicly listed ICT company.

In 2007, AccessKenya Group acquired OpenView Business Systems. In February 2009, AccessKenya acquired Satori Solutions, a mid-sized virtual ISP to help promote the sale of the group’s new SoHo service which is focused on the small and home office market. As of February 2008, AccessKenya had a corporate client base of 3000; a residential base of 1500, and a small/medium enterprise base of 125.

In June 2013, the AccessKenya Group received a take over bid from Dimension Data Holdings for 100% of the stock that would lead to the delisting of the stock from the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The offer received an irrevocable undertaking from the three founders representing 30.28% of the voting rights. The offer was accepted by the shareholders at an extraordinary meeting and the company exited the securities exchange in November of the same year.

Following the buyout, AccessKenya merged with Internet Solutions Kenya Limited, a Dimension Data Group subsidiary. Companies within the AccessKenya Group hold four licenses from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) including DCNO, ISP, PDNO, and Local Loop Operator licenses.

For more information about Access Kenya Group see the contacts below:

Access Kenya Group Contacts

NAIROBI OFFICE:
♦  Physicall location: 4^th Floor, Purshottam Place, Westlands Rd.
♦  Postal address: P.O. Box 43588 – 00100
♦  City: Nairobi
♦  Tel: (+254) 20 360 00 00
♦  Fax: (+254) 20 360 00 01
♦  Email: info@accesskenya.com
♦  Web:www.accesskenya.com

MOMBASA OFFICE:

♦   Physical location: 14th Floor, TSS Towers, Digo Rd.
♦  Postal address: P.O. Box 81364 – 80100,
♦  City: Mombasa
♦  Tel: (+254) 20 222 20 54
♦  Fax: (+254) 20 222 64 78
♦  Email: msasales@accesskenya.com