upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . april 2016 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 is a kenyan company specializing on internet service provision with operations in every major city in kenya . the group s headquarters are located at the purshottam place on westlands road in the city of nairobi . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 subsidiaries and investments 4 ownership 5 governance 6 references 7 external links overview edit 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 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 . 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 . history edit 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 2007 accesskenya performed an initial public offering ipo of stock on the nairobi securities exchange nse which ended in april 2007 . accesskenya then became kenya s first publicly listed ict company in the nse . the ipo offered 80 million shares at a price of ksh 10 per share . 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 most of whom who are in the major kenyan cities ; nairobi mombasa kisumu and nakuru . in june 2013 the accesskenya group received a take over bid from dimension data holdings 1 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 . 2 the offer was accepted by the shareholders at an extraordinary meeting and the company exited the securities exchange on november 27 2013 . 3 subsequently the buyout was concluded successfully in january 2014 paving way for the company to merge with internet solutions kenya limited also owned by dimension data group . the two firms are presently in the process of integration into one entity over the next two year period . currently accesskenya services are classified under the 5c strategy focus of internet solutions i.e. cloud communication connectivity carrier and customer focus . companies within the accesskenya group hold four licenses from communications authority of kenya ca including dcno isp pdno and local loop operator licenses . subsidiaries and investments edit the companies that comprise the accesskenya group include but are not limited to the following 4 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 ownership edit accesskenya group is a wholly owned subsidiary of dimension data holdings . governance edit 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 . 5 references edit dimension data offer to access kenya group shareholders access kenya public announcement accesskenya exit leaves nse shy of sh2 trillion mark accesskenya group 2012 annual report pdf . accesskenya group . december 31 2014 . retrieved december 29 2014 . accesskenya group directors . http www.accesskenya.com . accesskenya group . retrieved 2014 12 28 . external link in website help external links edit http www.accesskenya.com http www.home.co.ke retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title accesskenya group & oldid 738010463 categories telecommunications companies of kenyacompanies formerly listed on the nairobi securities exchangecompanies based in nairobicompanies established in 19951995 establishments in kenyahidden categories cs1 errors external linksarticles needing additional references from april 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages kiswahili edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 11 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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