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AccessKenya Newsletter
GROUP May/June 2007, Issue 8
Winner of 3 COYA Awards
IN THIS EDITION A Message from the MD
Dear Client,
• A Message from the
Time is certainly moving quickly once again and another newsletter has come
MD around. It seems like yesterday since I last wrote for our last edition. As no doubt
• Launch of our Initial you’ve seen in the press, our IPO was very successful and was oversubscribed by al-
most 4 times, with over Kshs. 3 billion being applied for against the Kshs. 800 million
Public Offering
we had on offer. I feel this is an enormous “thumbs up” from the informed investor
• BUNDU—a VSAT community and I am particularly pleased that the responses from the institutional
solution for investors was very positive. I hope and believe that we as AccessKenya have laid the
groundwork to make it easier for other companies to list on the NSE. We will use the
Remote Sites
IPO proceeds to expand and enhance our existing Corporate Internet offering and we
• Appointment are also working aggressively on three new areas to add to our existing busi-
• KNCCI Business ness. Post IPO we will also do the following:
1. Deploy a high end residential broadband solution which will include telephone
Luncheon
services.
• Corporate Social Re- 2. Enter into the IT Services market by acquiring an existing IT Services company
sponsibility and bringing those services to you.
3. Position our Yello Telephone services as the alternative telephony provider of
• Wildlife Club of
choice to become the largest voice services provider in Kenya after the existing three
Kenya large players.
• COYA 2007
It is very exciting times at AccessKenya yet we are very focused on ensuring that with
• Cisco Systems
some new areas of focus that we continue to maintain our core values that we provide
• AccessKenya at the to you of reliable and efficient services as an affordable price.
Cross Country Cham-
It is your support that has got us where we are today. I believe that we have much to
pionships—Mombasa
add to what we provide to you today to improve and enhance your ICT in many dif-
• AccessKenya/DHL ferent areas and it is our goal to provide the best services possible in the market for
Partnership internet, voice and IT services.
• Our 1500TH Client
Thank you for your support.
• Internal News—New Kind regards,
Employees Jonathan Somen
Managing Director
• Events
Launch of our Initial Public Offering TESTIMONIAL
"Access Kenya has consis-
AccessKenya Group launched its IPO on is to accelerate growth in our core cor-
tently provided value
the 19th April. 2007. porate internet sector, by increasing the
added, proven and quality
The Group made the decision to list last size of our sales team and making our
year based on the need for extra capital customer proposition even more attrac- Internet services for busi-
to implement some aggressive strategic tive to build the number of customers ness continuity and
plans. The Group plans to invest the enjoying our Go and Broadband Max 2 growth. This unrivalled
capital raised from the IPO to further services.” position has positively im-
strengthen its market leadership posi- Applications for shares was then offi- pacted on the surging cli-
tion in the corporate Internet market cially closed the 30th April 2007.
ents’ competitive advan-
and its also wants to extend its services
tage and service provision.
to high end residential customers.
The Electricity Regulatory
Board can attest to this."
The Group’s Managing Director ex-
plained, “We believe that the market for
broadband internet services to corporate Godfrey Osotsi,
and high end residential customers, is Information Systems
only about 10% penetrated today, leav- The Hon. Dr. Bitange Ndemo (Permanent Secretary, Administrator,
Ministry of Information and Communication) shares
ing enormous growth for the future. Electricity Regulatory
a light moment with Jonathan Somen (left) and
The first thing that we will do post IPO David Somen during the official launch of the Ac-
cessKenya IPO at a Nairobi hotel. Board
Share Allocation Listing of the Shares on the NSE
The AccessKenya Group announced on the 24th of May
2007, at the Norfolk Hotel, the successful completion of
their Initial Public Offering with subscription of 2.9 bil-
lion shillings – 363% of the targeted amount of 800 mil-
lion shillings.
“We are delighted to announce that our IPO has been
significantly over - subscribed.” commented Jonathan
Monday the 4th of June 2007 saw the official listing
Somen, Managing Director of the Group. “We are par- of AccessKenya Group on the Nairobi Stock Ex-
ticularly pleased to note that every single subscription change. The ceremony was marked with speeches
from a number of people including the Chairman of
category – employees, retail investors, high net worth the NSE, Mr. Jimnah Mbaru.This was then followed
investors and institutions – has been fully subscribed by the official “Ringing of the Bell" at 10.30 and a
champagne toast.
and that we have achieved one of our key IPO goals AccessKenya made history by being the first ISP
which is to have a healthy mixture of different sorts of company listed on the Exchange. By close of business
that day the share price of the stock had gone up by
investors represented on our shareholder register.” nearly 40%.
– A VSAT solution for Remote Sites
As infrastructure continues to expand across Kenya, AccessKenya can now of-
fer a Direct Out VSAT solution for remote users who need to get connected
NOW HAS from their remote sites to the Internet. Clients who have either no local infra-
NEW ADDITIONAL structure or the infrastructure available is not suitable, now have a quality al-
PHONE NUMBERS ternative. This solution is for clients whose primary requirement is to connect
to the internet. Clients who primarily require connectivity to connect to their
Pilot Line Nairobi or Mombasa offices to carry out tasks such as VoIP or connectivity to
36 00 000 their accounting platforms should deploy a solution that connects directly back
to Nairobi.
Support
36 00 200 AccessKenya’s BUNDU solution is the premier remote VSAT solution in
Kenya for connecting internationally. Unlike other solutions in the market,
Sales BUNDU is designed with Corporate Clients in mind. By utilising C band (as
36 00 800 opposed to Ku band) satellite connectivity, the uptime of the solution is higher
than other solutions offering Ku band as it will not be affected by weather. In
Yello addition, similar to our existing terrestrial solutions, BUNDU offers guaran-
teed bandwidth and not shared bandwidth, there is no data cap so you pay a
36 00 700
flat fee per month and our pricing is the most competitive on the market.
BUNDU offers all the additional benefits that you current receive from Access-
Blue Kenya on our existing services which include a 99.8% Service Level Agreement
36 00 500 and our highest quality support.
Building Solutions For any remote locations in Kenya, BUNDU is the Premier VSAT Solution in
Hotline Kenya today.
36 00 850
Appointment KNCCI Business Luncheon—MSA
Jimmy Wahome has been appointed the General Manager for
Network Services at AccessKenya Group.
He will be responsible for all the Group Network Operations as well
as continue managing the company’s Data Network service – Blue
He was until his appointment the General Manager of Blue, and has Jacque Mate ( Business Development Manager—AccessKenya Mom-
previously held positions as Commercial Manager and Business basa) takes Mr. Mustakim Shivji (Terminal Manager—Grain Bulk
Development Manager for the same division. Handlers Ltd) through the product brochure.
He holds a Master Degree in International Business and has also This took place during the presentation AccessKenya made to the
undertaken training in Network Systems. members of the Kenya Chamber of Commerce and Industry
His experience spans 8 years in the IT Industry. (Mombasa Branch)
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cisco teams up with AccessKenya Wildlife Club of Kenya
Cisco will be opening an academy in Kibera in the month of In our commitment to the reservation of our
June; as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility work.
The aim of the Kibera Cisco Academy project is to empower resources, AccessKenya provided WCK with
the disadvantaged slum dwellers of Kibera through educa- internet access facilities at very subsidized
tion and training, developing useful skills that can translate
into jobs and income. rates toward the end of April 2007. This service
Apart from training, the academy will also be equipped with will facilitate operational efficiency at WCK by
internet access facilities to be offered to the community at a
fee as a source of income for sustenance. particularly improving communication to their
partners and donors, as well as facilitating
As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, AccessKenya
will be partnering with Cisco to provide free internet access their research work.
facilities to the academy. To date, Cisco runs 25 academies in
the country with the Kibera initiative as the 26th academy. Company of the Year
The two organizations are looking at partnering on a much
larger scale. Awards 2007
One of Cisco Vice Presidents, AccessKenya officials, and the The COYA Awards are here again with us and
area MP among others will be in attendance at the launch /
we have decided to submit our entry for the
opening ceremony of the academy.
2nd year running.
Based on last years recommendations the com-
AccessKenya at the World Cross pany has gone a long way to implement some
of the suggestions that were made by the
Country Championships in
COYA team. This has enabled us improve the
Mombasa way we run our systems and processes in the
AccessKenya was one of the companies that provided the company.
World Cross Country Championships with 512/1024 kbps We are hopeful that this year will see us get an-
links to a number of different venues for their setup. These other set of trophies.
included the Voyager beach Hotel, Sarova Whitesands Ho-
tel and the main venue at the Mombasa Golf Club.
We are proud to be part of the success that saw the World
Championships in Kenya for the very first time.
Our 2006 COYA Awards
Jacque Mate ( Business Development Manager—AccessKenya
Mombasa) Chairman of the Organising Committee Honourable
• Human Resource Management SME of the year
Minister Isaiah Kiplagat and Mr. Isaack Kalua - CEO 35th IAAF • Information Management SME of the year
World cross country Championships- Msa 07 • 1st Runner up SME of the year
AccessKenya/DHL Partnership
DHL has introduced a new on-line tool - Import Ex-
press Online (IEO) - that automates and supports the
Import Express product offering. DHL’s IEO allows
Customers to prepare and manage shipment details
directly over the internet and gives DHL Import
Customers total control of their in-bound shipments
without leaving the comfort of the desks. AccessKenya
is among the first Kenyan Companies to use DHL’s IEO
product.
From Left to Right: Jonathan Somen, Managing Director of AccessKenya,
Shiro Nganga-Gachanja, Customer Automation Coordinator at DHL and
Howard Goldfield, DHL’s Area Commercial Manager for Equatorial Africa,
discuss the benefits of DHL’s new product, Import Express Online
Our 1500TH CLIENT
Jonathan Somen the Managing Director of AccessKenya Group, joins
Navin Satish of Corporate Sales in ringing the bell to celebrate Navin’s
signing up of Regal Pharmaceuticals as the Group's 1500th Leased Line
Client.
TESTIMONIAL Internal News—New Employees
“After changing to Access-
Peter Mwaura (Network Engineer)
Kenya, we have realized Wanjiku Wainaina (Projects Coordinator)
what customer service Wycliffe Ouke (Stores Assistant)
is. AccessKenya is a cus- Tabitha Ithandi (Jnr. Technical Support Engineer)
tomer focused organization Joseph Omondi Oketch (Jnr. Credit Control Officer)
Radhika Mediratta (Customer Relations Executive)
and they really value the
Catherine Ruguru Kinyanjui (Jnr. Technical Support Engineer)
customer and what he is
Leonard Odhiambo Wambura (Jnr. Technical Support Engineer)
paying for.”
Anthony Nthiwa Nduva (Jnr. Technical Support Engineer)
Samuel Ochieng Onduto (Jnr. Technical Support Engineer)
Sharon Temu Kihumba (Snr. Customer Relations Executive)
Vishnu Sankaran, David Irungu Mwangi (Credit Control Officer)
Team Leader (Information Anthony Njagi Muriithi (Yello Services Installer)
Communication Technology)
Edward Gitau Ndurungi (Driver, Projects Department)
Bidco Group Of Companies
Events
2nd June—Rhino Charge
4th June—AccessKenya gets listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
17th June—AccessKenya at the ICT Race Day
Nairobi Office
Tel: (020) 374 9599 (020) 375 0200
ISDN Lines
Pilot Line (020) 360 0000
Support (020) 360 0200
Sales (020) 360 0800
Yello (020) 360 0700
Blue (020) 360 0500
Building Solutions Hotline (020) 360 0850
Fax (020) 374 2107
Mombasa Office
Tel: (041) 222 2054, 223 0661
Fax: (041) 222 6478
Email: info@accesskenya.com Web: www.accesskenya.com
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