Sh30 Billion at Risk: Smartcomply Launches Kenyan Expansion with Strategic AI and Digital Trust Summit

Smartcomply, an African-built digital trust and cybersecurity technology company, will convene The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast, a high-level, invitation-only gathering scheduled to hold on 26 February 2026 at the Radisson Blu, Nairobi.

The event also marks Smartcomply’s formal entry into the Kenyan market, reinforcing the company’s long-term commitment to supporting East Africa’s financial and digital infrastructure through trusted technology, ecosystem collaboration and capacity development. 

The Sh30 Billion Cost of Digital Vulnerability

As Kenya’s digital economy accelerates, so do the risks. CyberSecurity Reports by the Communications Authority of Kenya over 7 billion cyber threats were detected between January and June 2025 with incidents rising by 80% from Q1 to Q2.  The surge was largely driven by sophisticated system attacks, with the most targeted sectors including government, financial services, internet service providers, cloud services, education, and end-user/IoT devices.

These escalating threats represent a tangible economic issue rather than a mere IT concern. Those threats translate into concrete business impact. Last year alone, Kenya’s economy absorbed nearly KSh 29.9 billion ($230 million) in losses due to cybercrime. This financial hemorrhage was driven primarily by a surge in payment fraud and increasingly sophisticated social-engineering attacks, which continue to exploit critical vulnerabilities across the nation’s most vital sectors.

To address these systemic risks, The Secure Horizon will bring together an elite cohort of senior leaders from Kenya’s financial and digital ecosystems—including regulators, fintech founders, and C-suite executives (CEOs, CITOs, and CROs). To preserve the quality of high-level dialogue and peer engagement, attendance is strictly by invitation, focusing on strategic conversations around AI-driven risk, data protection, the future of digital trust and how organizations from reactive defense to proactive resilience.

“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 Secure Horizon is designed to energise that shift with practical, strategy-focused dialogue rooted in the realities organisations in East Africa face today.” 

A Forum Built for the AI-Era Risk Landscape

The Secure Horizon Executive Breakfast is a platform for leadership dialogue that will focus on how organisations can transform their approaches to AI, cyber risk, data protection and digital trust. Across the region, both defenders and adversaries are using AI at scale. 

Against a backdrop of rising AI-generated phishing, deepfake scams and automated fraud schemes, attendees will explore how technology adoption must be matched with governance, compliance and partnership imperatives if institutions are to thrive rather than simply survive.

Event Highlights: 

• Launch of “AI & the Cyber Frontier: Securing East Africa’s Digital Future” A new desktop research report co-developed with TechCabal that captures insights from regional cyber leaders on AI threats, regulatory evolution and trust engineering strategies.
  
• Keynote addresses on the intersection of AI, regulation and resilience posture across financial services and digital ecosystems.
  
• Research-led panel sessions on practical applications of AI in cybersecurity and fraud mitigation.
  
• A regulatory fireside dialogue with key policymakers shaping digital trust frameworks in Kenya and across East Africa.
  
• Recognition of institutions driving stronger cyber resilience, with a spotlight on local leadership in cyber readiness.

Confirmed speakers include the National Commissioner/CEO Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), the Commissioner of Police, Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Center CISO and DPO, Coronation Merchant Bank and many others.

“Our goal is to create a credible, ecosystem-driven space for practical, future-facing conversations that help leaders secure sustainable digital growth,” added Gbemisola Osunrinde, Chief Executive Officer of Smartcomply. 

The event is supported by Smartcomply’s technology ecosystem, including Seequre, Adhere, and Oculus, and Tech Cabal as the headline media sponsor.