Frankline Okata, Acting Chief Enterprise Business Officer at Safaricom on Tuesday during the high-level media forum.
By Peace Muthoka.
Nairobi, Kenya – August 26, 2025 – Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) Business Unit on Tuesday hosted a high-level media forum to highlight its role in enabling businesses across Kenya to stay connected, protected, and transformed through technology.
The forum provided media stakeholders with an opportunity to engage directly with Safaricom Business leadership and gain insights into how its tailored digital solutions are driving growth, efficiency, and resilience for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as well as large corporations.
Frankline Okata, Acting Chief Enterprise Business Officer at Safaricom, underscored the company’s mission of ensuring enterprises of all sizes have access to affordable and effective digital tools. He noted that technology remains a key driver of inclusive business growth, while the media plays a vital role in amplifying these efforts.
“At Safaricom Business, we believe that access to the right digital tools can level the playing field for MSMEs, helping them compete, scale, and thrive,” said Okata.
Over the last 16 years, Safaricom Business has evolved into a trusted technology partner, offering solutions that address the unique needs of enterprises. These range from voice, data, and SMS services to advanced products such as cloud solutions, cybersecurity services, Internet for Business, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Okata explained that many enterprises continue to face barriers such as limited capital and restricted digital reach. Safaricom Business aims to remove these hurdles through affordable, easy-to-deploy, and locally relevant solutions that respond to the different stages of business growth.
The company’s enterprise strategy is anchored on four key pillars: Connect, Protect, Enable, and Transform. Through “Connect,” Safaricom provides reliable and affordable internet via fibre, 4G, and 5G. “Protect” focuses on securing businesses with web protection, firewalls, and endpoint security. “Enable” empowers enterprises through digital platforms such as M-PESA Ziidi, while “Transform” supports digitization to unlock future growth.
The event closed with a networking session, where participants interacted with Safaricom Business experts and explored opportunities for collaboration and continued engagement.
With solutions designed for micro, small, medium, and large enterprises, Safaricom Business reaffirmed its commitment to powering progress and advancing a digitally inclusive future for Kenya’s enterprise ecosystem.
