Nigerian-founded cybersecurity and digital trust technology firm Smartcomply has formally announced its entry into the Kenyan market, positioning itself as a strategic partner in helping East African organisations manage a rapidly growing cyber threat landscape.
The company is launching its presence in Kenya with an invitation-only executive forum scheduled for 26 February 2026 in Nairobi. The move underscores its ambition to deepen engagement with financial institutions, regulators and technology firms in the region.
Smartcomply’s launch event, dubbed The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast, will take place at the Radisson Blu hotel in Nairobi, bringing together senior leaders across Kenya’s financial services, fintech, regulatory and technology sectors.
The forum is designed to help institutions reframing cybersecurity as a strategic business imperative rather than a purely technical concern, particularly as artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates and cyber threats become more sophisticated.
We believe the next phase of digital growth in East Africa will be defined by who builds trust and resilience deliberately.
~ Gbemisola Osunrinde, Chief Executive Officer, Smartcomply
The Secure Horizon event will also feature the launch of original research “AI & the Cyber Frontier: Securing East Africa’s Digital Future” developed in partnership with TechCabal Insights. The report aims to provide insights on how AI-driven threats are reshaping the region’s cybersecurity landscape and what organisations must do to stay ahead.
What Smartcomply Does
Founded in 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria, Smartcomply specialises in automated, AI-powered cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance technology for enterprises. Its solutions cover a range of frameworks and standards — including ISO 27001 (information security management), PCI-DSS (payment card industry compliance), SOC 2, GDPR, NDPR (Nigeria’s data protection regulation) and continuous monitoring to detect fraudulent, anomalous or malicious activity.
Smartcomply’s platform suite is built to help organisations reduce exposure to digital risk by automating compliance checks, threat detection, governance processes and incident response. According to its company profile, the firm also provides fraud-detection tools, API compliance monitoring, risk assessment automation and real-time visibility into cyber events — all tailored to help businesses across sectors protect data, infrastructure and customer trust.
Alongside its core technology offerings, Smartcomply also runs the Smartcomply Academy, a training and certification arm that has previously earned international accreditation, enabling professionals in Africa to attain globally recognised credentials in cybersecurity and data protection.
Market Entry Strategy: Kenya and Beyond
Smartcomply’s choice of Kenya is strategic: the country has one of the region’s most digitised economies, with widespread mobile banking, fintech adoption and AI-powered technologies becoming commonplace — all of which expand the cyber-risk attack surface.
Data shared in related reporting indicates that Kenya recorded billions of cyber threat events in 2025, with financial services and digital platforms among the major targets.
Rather than entering with a simple product rollout, Smartcomply is anchoring its market entry around executive education, research-led dialogue, and ecosystem collaboration. The Secure Horizon breakfast is invitation-only, designed to encourage frank discussions about how organisations can integrate AI-enabled defence strategies, governance frameworks and proactive risk management into their operations.
The event will include keynote addresses, research-led panel discussions and regulatory dialogues, with participation from senior officials from Nigeria’s Data Protection Commission, the Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre and executives from banking and technology sectors.
Smartcomply is led by Gbemisola Osunrinde as CEO, with a leadership team focused on delivering AI-enabled solutions that help organisations move beyond traditional, reactive cybersecurity postures. The company has evolved its product ecosystem in recent years including strategic acquisitions and restructuring to integrate real-time threat intelligence, compliance automation and enterprise security capabilities across multiple industries.
By establishing a presence in Nairobi, Smartcomply is signalling its intent to be more than a vendor; it wants to be a trusted partner for Kenyan organisations navigating the fast-moving cyber frontier where digital innovation and risk intersect.
