AccessKenya Group

AccessKenya Group is a Kenyan company specializing on internet service provision, with headquarters at Purshottam Place in the Westlands suburb of Nairobi. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data Holdings. The company’s services are classified under the 5C strategy focus of Internet Solutions i.e. Cloud, Communication, Connectivity, Carrier and Customer focus.

Access Kenya Group

Type	Private Subsidiary
Industry	Internet
Founded	1995
Founder	Jonathan Somen David Somen
Headquarters	Nairobi, Kenya
Key people	Richard Hechle Group CEO
Products	Internet services, Converged Communications and IT Services
Revenue	KES: 1.9 Billion (2012)
Net income	KES: 151.4 Million (2012)
Total assets	KES: 2.27 Billion (2012)
Total equity	KES: 1.25 Billion (2012)
Number of employees	400+
Parent	Dimension Data Holdings
Website	Home Page

AccessKenya Group Overview

Access Kenya Group comprises Communications Solutions, Broadband Access (Blue), and Openview Business Systems. The Group has 6,000+ corporate leased lines across Kenya and employs over 400 people mainly stationed in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret.

AccessKenya has numerous partnerships including Cisco (Premier Partner), Motorola, Oracle, Net App Gold Partner and IBM (Premier Business Partner).

In 2008, Openview Business Systems, AccessKenya was 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.

AccessKenya Group History

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 at February 2008, AccessKenya had a corporate client base of 3000; a residential base of 1500, and small/medium enterprises 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 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 Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) including DCNO, ISP, PDNO, and Local Loop Operator licenses.

In February 2018, AccessKenya officially re-branded to Internet Solutions Kenya.

Subsidiaries and Investments

The companies that comprise the AccessKenya Group include, but are not limited, to the following:

• Communication Solutions Limited – 100% Shareholding
• Broadband Access Limited – 100% Shareholding
• Access IT Limited (formally Openview Business Systems) – 100% Shareholding
• TEAMS Kenya Limited – 1.8% Shareholding

AccessKenya Group Governance

AccessKenya 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

AccessKenya Group Contacts

South Africa (Head Office)

The Campus, 57 Sloane Street, Bryanston
Johannesburg

Tel: +27 11 575 0000

Central Building, Black River Park, Observatory

Cape Town

Tel: +27 (021) 486 5500

Moffet Office Park, Cnr Overbaakens Road and William Moffet Express Way, Fairiew

Port Elizabeth

Tel: +27 (041) 398 5300

6 The Boulevard, Dawncliffe, Westville

Durban

Tel: +27 (031) 204 8400

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Kenya

Tanzania

10th Floor Amani Place, Ohio Street

Namibia

Dimension Data Building, c/o Tal & Garten Street

Botswana

Diamond Technology Park

Uganda

5th Floor, EADB Building, Plot 4 Nile Avenue

Zambia

2nd floor, Blue House, Plot 2374, Great East Road, X0004 

United Arab Emirates

Dimension Data Middle East LLC, Al Niyadi Building, Airport Road, Floor 8, Office no.803, 804

Saudi Arabia

Zone C Building 4, The Business Gate

Angola

Largo Manuel Bernardo Luanda 34

Mozambique

Ghana

Ground Floor, Premier Towers, Pension Road, Ministries

Nigeria

FaxBack Center, 3b, Ligali Ayorinde street, Victoria Island