Smartcomply Enters Kenyan Market with High-Level Cybersecurity Forum in Nairobi
Smartcomply, an African-built digital trust and cybersecurity technology company, will host The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast on 26 February 2026 at the Radisson Blu, marking its formal entry into the Kenyan market and signaling a deeper push into East Africa’s financial and digital infrastructure.
The invitation-only forum will convene senior leaders from across Kenya’s financial services, regulatory and technology ecosystems to examine the growing economic cost of cyber risk and the shift toward AI-driven resilience strategies.
The event comes amid rising cyber threats in the country, with data from the Communications Authority of Kenya showing more than seven billion cyber threat events detected between January and June 2025, an 80 percent increase between the first and second quarters.
Cybercrime is increasingly becoming a balance-sheet issue rather than a purely technical concern. Kenya is estimated to have lost nearly KSh 29.9 billion to cybercrime last year, largely driven by payment fraud and sophisticated social engineering attacks targeting government systems, financial institutions, internet service providers, cloud platforms, education networks and connected devices.
Smartcomply said the breakfast will focus on how organisations can move from reactive cybersecurity models to proactive, AI-enabled risk management, with discussions spanning data protection, digital trust frameworks and governance in the age of automation. Attendance has been limited to C-suite executives, regulators and fintech founders to encourage closed-door, strategy-level dialogue.
“The ecosystem is at a pivotal inflection point. Organisations are adopting AI at pace, but so are malicious actors. Resilient institutions will be those that move beyond reactive risk responses to proactive, AI-enabled resilience and partnership-driven strategies,” said Gbemisola Osunrinde, Chief Executive Officer of Smartcomply.
A key highlight of the event will be the launch of a new research report titled AI & the Cyber Frontier: Securing East Africa’s Digital Future, developed in collaboration with TechCabal. The report captures insights from regional cybersecurity leaders on emerging AI-powered threats, regulatory shifts and trust engineering strategies.
The programme will also feature keynote addresses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, regulation and institutional resilience, alongside research-led panel discussions on practical applications of AI in fraud mitigation and cyber defence. A regulatory fireside conversation with policymakers is expected to explore evolving digital trust frameworks in Kenya and the wider East African region.
Confirmed speakers include senior officials from the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, the Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre and Coronation Merchant Bank, reflecting a cross-border approach to cyber resilience and compliance.
The event is supported by Smartcomply’s technology partners Seequre, Adhere and Oculus, with TechCabal serving as headline media sponsor. Smartcomply said the forum is intended to create an ecosystem-driven platform for practical, future-focused dialogue on securing sustainable digital growth in Africa’s AI era.
