Our history in Kenya

From the first independent commercial representative to a global technology powerhouse
Milestones of business development
1931
Industry Ltd. is established in British East Africa to represent the interests of Siemens in Kenya and Uganda
1957
An agreement is reached with the branch offices of Jos. Hansen & Söhne, Hamburg, regarding a loose cooperation in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
1967
Siemens establishes a sales office in Nairobi: Siemens Kenya Ltd.
1971
Siemens’ interests in the region are managed from its East Africa headquarters in Addis Ababa. The region comprises the countries Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The sales office in Nairobi continues in operation
1973
Minority stake in Nairobi Electrical Industries Ltd. (NEI), Kenya
1973–1990
Siemens equips the Kenyan capital of Nairobi with traffic signal systems and traffic control technology in a three-stage project
1976
Siemens and J.M. Voith are awarded a contract by the East African Power & Lighting Co., Nairobi, to supply two turbine generators for a hydropower plant on the Tana River
1978
An agency agreement is concluded with NEI Kenya
1981–1982
The sales office in Nairobi is dissolved
1985
Siemens signs agency agreement with Joh. Achelis & Söhne GmbH & Co. in Bremen for the countries Kenya and Uganda (partially dissolved again in 1987)
1986–1987
Acquisition – together with a Kenyan investor – of Eastern Telecommunications Ltd. (ETL)
1996
Siemens acquires a 100 percent stake in ETL and changes the name to Siemens Communications Ltd. (SCL)
2000
Siemens is awarded a contract for the turnkey supply and installation of a mobile network for Kenya’s largest mobile communications provider, Safaricom
2002
Regional Company Siemens Ltd. is established in Nairobi and merged with Siemens Communications Ltd.
2004
Siemens constructs a complete Network Operation Center for Safaricom
2005
Siemens agrees to install switchgear for Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC)
2007
All Siemens activities in the countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi are now managed as the "East Africa Region," for which the Regional Company Siemens Ltd. in Kenya is responsible
2007
Siemens installs a compact water supply station with a SkyHydrant membrane filtration system in the remote Kenyan village of Obambo Kadenge
2008
OSRAM kicks off a one-of-a-kind project on Lake Victoria in Kenya to bring light to a region with no power grid: local inhabitants can recharge energy-saving lamps and other electric devices at small solar "filling stations" (OSRAM Energy Hubs), providing clean light at low cost
2008
Siemens supplies medical equipment to the Cancer Care Center in Nairobi, which treats patients from all over East and Central Africa
2011
Siemens is awarded a contract to extend both of the high-voltage transformer stations Rabai and Embakasi in Kenya, part of the power transmission project linking Mombasa and Nairobi. The customer is Kenya Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd. (KETRACO)