Smartcomply, an African-built digital trust and cybersecurity technology company, has entered the Kenyan market with the launch of The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast. This forum set for 26 February 2026 at the Radisson Blu in Nairobi.
Over 7 billion cyber threat events were detected between January and June 2025 according to data from the Communications Authority of Kenya. Incidents surged by 80% between Q1 and Q2 mostly driven by sophisticated system attacks.
Government institutions, financial services, internet service providers, cloud platforms, education and end-user and IoT devices are some of the most targeted sectors in the country.
In 2025, Kenya lost nearly KSh 29.9 billion to cybercrime. Most of these losses were a result of payment fraud and advanced social engineering schemes that take advantage of weak controls, poor governance structures and even human vulnerabilities.
Smartcomply sees these figures as posing a structural risk challenge rather than isolated IT incidents.
“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.
The AI Risk Shift
The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast aims to convene regulators, fintech founders, CEOs, CITOs and CROs for closed-door conversations around AI-enabled risk, data protection and digital trust.
The timing is deliberate as AI-generated phishing campaigns, deepfake scams and automated fraud tools are rising globally and Kenya’s digital financial ecosystem makes it a prime target. As institutions deploy AI internally for operations and customer engagement, attackers are simultaneously leveraging the same technology to scale exploitation.
Smartcomply’s position is that technology adoption must be matched with governance maturity, compliance frameworks and ecosystem collaboration.
The event will include the following:
- A keynote on AI, regulation and resilience posture
- Research-led panels on practical AI applications in fraud mitigation
- A regulatory fireside dialogue focused on digital trust frameworks
- Recognition of institutions advancing cyber readiness
A major highlight of the event will be the launch of a new desktop research report titled:“AI & the Cyber Frontier: Securing East Africa’s Digital Future” which compiles insights from regional cyber leaders on emerging AI threats, regulatory evolution and trust engineering strategies.
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