List of companies and organizations based in Nairobi

Nairobi is the business and financial centre of Kenya. This is highlighted by the number of companies and organizations headquartered in the city.

Companies headquartered in Nairobi

The following is a list of prominent companies and organizations with their main headquarters in Nairobi:

• East African Breweries
• Equity Group Holdings Limited
• Gulf African Bank
• KCB Group Limited
• Kenya Airports Authority
• Kenya Airways
• Kenya Commercial Bank Group
• Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen)
• Mumias Sugar Company
• Nation Media Group
• National Oil Corporation of Kenya
• National Social Security Fund
• NIC Bank Group
• Sameer Group
• Serena Hotels
• Standard Group
  1. The Standard
  2. Kenya Television Network
• Unga Group
• United Nations
  1. United Nations Environment Programme
  2. United Nations Human Settlements Programme
• Safaricom
• WPP-Scangroup

International companies with African headquarters in Nairobi

The following is a list of multinational companies and organizations, with their African (continent-wide or regional) headquarters in Nairobi:

Organization	Office location in Nairobi	Region covered	Reference
Asus		East Africa	[1]
AVIC International	Westlands	Africa	[2]
BASF	Ruaraka	Sub-Saharan Africa	[3]
Bank of China	Kilimani	East Africa	[4]
Bharti Airtel		Africa	[5]
United Nations	Gigiri	Africa	[6]
BlackBerry Ltd		East Africa and Central Africa	[7]
Bosch		East Africa	[8]
Cisco Systems	Upper Hill	East Africa	[9]
Chartis	Westlands	Africa	[10]
China-Africa Development Fund		East Africa	[11]
China Central Television	Hurlingham	Africa	[12]
China Daily	CBD	Africa	[13]
China Radio International	Hurlingham	Africa	[12]
Coca-Cola	Upper Hill	Africa	[14]
Diageo		Africa	[15]
Eltek	Upper Hill	Sub-Saharan Africa	[16]
GEMS Education	Langata	Africa	[17]
General Electric	Westlands	Africa	[18]
GSM Association	Upper Hill	Africa	[19]
Hapag-Lloyd		East Africa	[20] [21]
Heineken	High Ridge	East Africa and the Indian Ocean	[22]
Hill International		Sub Saharan Africa	[23]
Huawei	Upper Hill	East Africa	[24]
IBM		Africa	[25]
ICAO	Gigiri	East Africa and Southern Africa	[26]
IMF	Upper Hill	Africa	[27]
Intel Corporation	Westlands	East Africa	[28]
ITF	Westlands	Africa	[29]
IUCN	Mukoma	East Africa	[30]
Jotun		East and Central Africa	[31]
Kaspersky Lab		East Africa	[32]
Kiva		Africa	[33]
LG	Westlands	East Africa and Indian Ocean	[34]
MasterCard		East Africa	[35]
Merck KGaA		Africa	[36]
Mitsubishi Motors		Africa	[37]
Motorola Solutions		Sub-Saharan Africa	[38]
Nestlé		East Africa, Central Africa and West Africa	[39]
NIIT		East Africa and Central Africa	[40]
Nokia		East Africa	[41]
Nokia Research Hub		Africa, India and the Middle East	[42]
Panalpina		East Africa	[43]
Pfizer	Industrial Area	East Africa	[44]
Qualcomm		Sub-Saharan Africa	[45]
Rockefeller Foundation	Upper Hill	Africa	[46]
Red Cross			[47]
RTI International	Westlands	Africa	[48]
Sage Group	Westlands	East Africa	[49]
Scania AB		Africa	[50]
Sony		East Africa and Central Africa	[51]
Standard Chartered Bank	Westlands	Africa	[52]
Stockholm Environment Institute	Gigiri	Africa	[53]
TNT	Upper Hill	East Africa and Central Africa	[54]
Toyota	Mombasa Road	Africa	[55]
Visa Inc.		Sub Saharan Africa	[56]
World Bank	Upper Hill	Africa	[27]
Xinhua News Agency	Upper Hill	Africa	[12]

See also

• Companies portal
• Lists portal
• Kenya portal

• Economy of Kenya
• List of companies of Kenya

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