Kenya Data Networks is a “Full Service, Data Communications Carrier” that was licensed by the CCK in January 2003 as a “Public Data Network Operator”.  KDN is a local company and uses local expertise to build world-class infrastructure in Kenya.  We believe that we have the ability to build our own future and we are investing millions of dollars in that future. We are the leading company in the telecommunication industry having laid out and covered most of the country with fiber, ranking as the second largest IP network in Africa.

Our guiding principle has been to remove the headache of data communication, to ensure excellent service, we have entered into strategic partnerships with leading organisations, through which we have been able deliver top-notch services, excellent quality and a high return on investment for our customers.

KDN has an annual turnover of Kshs.3 Billion, with an experienced workforce and well structured distribution network all over the country and the East African region. KDN has been awarded numerous awards over the years. We are constantly improving our products and services to make our customers happy. We will strive to ensure that the customers enjoy better service at lower costs, making it easier for them to focus on their businesses.

We are continuously striving to expand our operations through continuous upgrading on our network to support bandwidth intensive applications and to be able to give customers more capacity, expansion of coverage and provision of diverse products and services.

We aim to reach 80 per cent of Kenyans with affordable data communication networks by the year 2010.

Kenya’s leading infrastructure provider of choice

From the day we opened our doors for business 5 years ago, our guiding principle has been to remove the headache of data communication.  We have never promised miracles, but our partners know that when things go wrong, it is our problem and not theirs. Through these partnerships with leading organisations, we have been able show great value and have been able to demonstrate a high return on investment.

We have given IT professionals the tools and helped them to concentrate on developing and maintaining the crucial business processes that run their networks, while we focus on maintaining the 99 % network availability that we GUARANTEE to our customers.

Vision
To be the Pan-African ICT infrastructure of choice

Mission

Develop Africa’s ICT by providing 1st class infrastructure and to encourage knowledge transfer by encouraging research and development in Africa.

KDN’s Objectives

KDN empowers Kenyans to have a high quality and affordable ICT – infrastructure – KDN has built its infrastructure using WiMAX as well as fiber optics covering over 70 towns in Kenya

KDN believes in knowledge transfer – KDN offers internship programs for ICT students as well as conducting seminars for ICT professionals

KDN invites entrepreneurship and supports the same – KDN has outsourced several of its functions like installations and maintenance at client sites. With this programs we have enabled several entrepreneurs to start  companies and create employment

KDN has taken a social responsibility to build a National Fibre Optic ring for high end rural and urban delivery in its effort to provide universal access – KDN is investing over US $ 200 million to put fiber from to cover Kenya.

KDN is spreading its network to touch the lives of over 80 per cent of the Kenyan population using the Digital Village Network. This will enable the government and other service providers to bring their services closer to the people.

KDN is committed to give back to the community we live in. We have started a program that is intended to connect all the schools countrywide.

KDN recognizes the importance of our environment. Our fundamental guiding principle is the concept of sustainability as we move towards being neutral towards carbon emissions in our operations countrywide.

                                     
We build the ‘roads’ and empower the market.


It is not surprising that our customers have been making more profits and winning awards for their great performance. Our current focus can be illustrate in the following strategic pillars

It is not surprising that our customers have been making more profits and winning awards for their great performance. Our current focus can be illustrate in the following strategic pillars


1.    Carrier of Carriers
Infrastructure services to Mobile and fixed line operators, Gateway and last mile access solutions for the ISP market.

2.    Corporate Carrier
We provide corporate clients with Wide Area Network solutions. Additionally we have started offering telephone services using VOIP service and a HOMEOFFICE solution as an extension of the office to the homes of the staff members.

3.    Portal
We are developing a “shopping mall” concept for internet services where users get free access to the internet. Internet users will be able to communicate with each other (Voice and data) for free. Goods and services will be sold over this platform which will provide a trading platform and a payment system. Our guiding principle is to provide local content for free

4.    Mass Market
We also do provide services to homes, small offices and universities. This is through our Butterfly brand

5.    Distribution
We are working with the Digital Villages (as a Franchise Concept). Through this we generate adequate business cases for the franchise partners to sustain the business moreso in rural areas. We are therefore identifying products and services which are either KDN Service Related (PCs, Laptops etc) or are able to cross-market the Mass Market Brand of KDN.

6.    Power Solutions
Using the expertise that we have gained in setting up base stations across the country, we have initiated Micro-Power generation plants and we will start selling power generated from this sub-station through from distributors’ services like Solar Power, Wind, Street Lighting, House Lighting, and Water Heating.

7.    Hosting Centres
With our participation in the TEAMS and other Submarine projects, we shall extra and sufficient bandwidth to be used for Disaster Recovery Programs and Hosting services. This will not only be targeted at local clients but also international organisations.

8.    Security Solutions/Traffic Management
We have set up a number of traffic monitoring cameras in some areas of Nairobi which will help people make informed decisions before leaving their houses or offices. We will extend this offering to include security cameras and fleet management systems.

9.    Document Management
As the world moves to become a paperless society, and in line with environmentally friendly, KDN will soon offer a full service offering of scanning and archiving of documents to organisation effectively manage their documentation.