Business Network Installation and Support in Kenya
We design, install and manage network infrastructure from a single office LAN to multi-site WAN, dual-ISP failover and next-generation firewalls. Built around Kenya's connectivity reality: cable cuts, contended links and power that goes.
Who we build for
- 14organizations, from ISPs and payment platforms to a national regulator
- 6flagship engagements published in full, with the numbers counted
- 4thof all contributors to the open-source payment switch national systems run on
Everything in Our Network & Connectivity Service
Every engagement covers the full scope: no hidden extras, no upselling.
Network Design
LAN/WAN architecture designed for your space and growth, structured cabling, switch placement and AP positioning planned for scalability.
Firewall & Security
Next-generation firewalls with IPS, application control, SSL inspection and centralized logging, tuned to your traffic rather than left on vendor defaults.
Wireless (WiFi)
Business WiFi with fast roaming between access points, VLAN-based guest isolation and cloud AP management across multiple floors and buildings.
VPN & Remote Access
Site-to-site VPN, WireGuard and SSL VPN for secure hybrid-work access, encrypted tunnels between offices and remote staff.
Network Monitoring
24/7 monitoring, bandwidth analysis and alerting so issues are caught before they become outages.
ISP Management
ISP selection advice, dual-ISP failover configuration, SLA management and vendor coordination for Kenya and East Africa.
Technologies we use
Enterprise Networking for East African Businesses
A poorly designed network is one of the most common causes of business downtime in Kenya. Dual-ISP failover, proper VLAN segmentation and enterprise firewalls are no longer optional. They are business continuity requirements.
Office Network Design & Installation
We design structured cabling layouts, switch placement, access point positioning and rack configurations, then install, test and document everything before handover.
- Structured cabling Cat6 / Cat6A with full labeling and patch panel termination
- Managed switches with VLAN segmentation for staff, guests, servers and IoT
- Enterprise WiFi: Ubiquiti UniFi, Cisco Meraki, Ruckus or Aruba depending on scale
- Server room setup, rack layout, cable management and UPS integration
- Network documentation: IP register, topology diagrams and runbooks
ISP Failover & Redundancy
We configure dual-ISP failover so your business stays online when one provider goes down: automatic switchover with traffic restored to the primary link once it recovers.
- Dual-ISP configuration with Safaricom, Faiba, Zuku, Airtel and other Kenyan ISPs
- Automatic failover under 30 seconds using Mikrotik, Cisco or Fortinet routing
- Load balancing across links to maximize bandwidth during normal operation
- SLA monitoring and ISP escalation support on your behalf
Firewall & Security
Next-generation firewalls with intrusion prevention, application filtering, SSL inspection and centralized logging, configured to your risk profile rather than left on defaults.
- Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA or pfSense / OPNsense deployment
- IPS/IDS rule tuning, geo-blocking and application-layer filtering
- SSL/TLS inspection for encrypted traffic visibility
- Centralized syslog, SIEM integration and firewall audit reporting
- Regular rule-base reviews to remove stale policies and reduce attack surface
VPN & Remote Access
Secure connectivity for multi-site offices and remote teams, from always-on site-to-site tunnels to per-user SSL VPN and modern WireGuard deployments.
- Site-to-site IPsec VPN connecting offices, warehouses and data centers
- WireGuard for fast, lightweight remote-worker access on all devices
- SSL VPN portals (Fortinet, OpenVPN) for browser and client-based access
- Multi-factor authentication integration for VPN login
- Split tunnelling and policy-based routing for efficient remote access
Multi-Site & SD-WAN
For businesses with multiple locations: branches, county offices, warehouses. We design and manage wide-area network architectures that balance cost, performance and resilience.
- SD-WAN - intelligent traffic routing across multiple ISP links, prioritizing critical applications
- Site-to-site VPN - securely connecting offices, warehouses and remote sites across Kenya and East Africa
- MPLS alternatives - cost-effective private connectivity between sites without expensive leased lines
- Centralized management - single-pane visibility and config across all sites from one dashboard
- QoS policies - bandwidth reservation for VoIP, video conferencing and business-critical applications
Built for Kenya's Network Reality
Networking in Kenya and East Africa comes with challenges that generic IT providers overlook. We design for them from the start.
- Multi-ISP failover by default - Kenyan ISPs experience outages; dual-link failover is standard on every deployment we manage
- Power outage resilience - PoE switch and AP sizing that works with UPS and generator runtimes to keep the network up during KPLC interruptions
- Safaricom, Faiba, Zuku & Airtel expertise - we know each ISP's provisioning process, SLA terms and escalation contacts
- County and upcountry sites - we design and deploy for sites with limited local IT support, using remotely manageable equipment
- Security posture for the local threat landscape - East African networks are targeted by regional attack campaigns; firewall rules reflect this
- Right-sized hardware - MikroTik where the budget is the constraint and the requirement is modest, Fortinet, Cisco or Palo Alto where throughput, support or a compliance requirement genuinely calls for it
What a network build costs, and how the quote is split
A network quote separates into three parts and you should always be able to see all three: cabling and physical installation, hardware, and the engineering to design and configure it. Providers who present one blended number are usually protecting a hardware margin. We pass equipment through at supplier cost and charge for the work, so the comparison you make is on the engineering rather than on who marked up the switches least.
What drives each part
Cabling scales with the number of drops, cable runs and how difficult the building is: a new fit-out with open ceilings is straightforward, and a 1990s office block with no containment is not. Hardware scales with port count, wireless coverage from an actual survey rather than a guess, and the throughput your firewall needs to inspect traffic at line rate. Engineering scales with the number of sites, whether they interconnect and how much of the configuration has to survive a device failure without us on site.
The number people forget
Access point count is almost always underestimated, because it gets guessed from floor area instead of measured. Concrete walls, metal racking in a warehouse and glass partitions all change the answer, and so does density: forty people in a boardroom on video calls is a different problem from forty people spread over a floor. A survey costs a fraction of re-cabling a ceiling, which is why we will not quote wireless without one.
When we tell clients not to spend it
Network work is easy to oversell, because the kit list is long and the buyer usually cannot evaluate it.
- Under about fifteen people in one open-plan office, a well-chosen business router and two good access points will do the job. You do not need a managed switch stack and a next-generation firewall, and we will not quote one.
- If the complaint is slow internet, measure before buying. It is frequently the ISP link, a contended shared connection or one machine saturating the line, and none of those are fixed by new hardware. We would rather spend an hour diagnosing than sell you a firewall that changes nothing.
- SD-WAN below a handful of sites is usually more license and complexity than it returns. Two or three offices are generally better served by straightforward site-to-site tunnels and dual links at each end.
- If the building is about to change, wait. Cabling an office you are leaving in eight months is the most avoidable waste in this category.
What you own afterwards
The cabling certification results, the as-built network diagram with the VLAN and addressing plan, device configurations exported and stored where you can reach them, and administrative credentials in your own password manager. Hardware is bought in your name with the warranty registered to you, not to us. If you change provider, the next engineer gets a documented network rather than an archaeology project, which is the difference between a half-day handover and a re-survey.
Tell us about the sites
Enough for us to size the work and quote the hardware honestly. A site survey confirms it before anything is ordered, and retrofits always turn up something.
Ready to discuss Network & Connectivity?
A 30-minute scoping call, free, and it commits you to nothing.
How Every Network & Connectivity Engagement Starts
Survey the site
Floor plans, a wireless survey rather than a guess at access point count, cable routes, the comms room, power and where the ISP terminates. Retrofit sites always hold a surprise.
Design and cost it
Topology, VLAN and addressing plan, access point placement from the survey, firewall and failover design, with the cabling and hardware itemized at supplier cost.
Install and test
Structured cabling certified rather than assumed, kit configured from a template, then a real failover test where we pull the primary link in front of you.
Monitor and support
Remote monitoring on links, devices and tunnels, firmware kept current, and configuration backed up so a dead switch is a swap rather than a rebuild.