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 edit

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

International companies with African headquarters in Nairobi edit

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 [2]
  AVIC International Westlands Africa [3]
  BASF Ruaraka Sub-Saharan Africa [4]
  Bank of China Kilimani East Africa [5]
  Bharti Airtel Africa [6]
  United Nations Gigiri Africa [7]
  BlackBerry Ltd East Africa and Central Africa [8]
  Bosch East Africa [9]
  Cisco Systems Upper Hill East Africa [10]
  Chartis Westlands Africa [11]
  China-Africa Development Fund East Africa [12]
  China Central Television Hurlingham Africa [13]
  China Daily CBD Africa [14]
  China Radio International Hurlingham Africa [13]
  Coca-Cola Upper Hill Africa [15]
  Diageo Africa [16]
  Eltek Upper Hill Sub-Saharan Africa [17]
  GEMS Education Langata Africa [18]
  General Electric Westlands Africa [19]
  GSM Association Upper Hill Africa [20]
  Hapag-Lloyd East Africa [21][22]
  Heineken High Ridge East Africa and the Indian Ocean [23]
  Hill International Sub Saharan Africa [24]
  Huawei Upper Hill East Africa [25]
  IBM Africa [26]
  ICAO Gigiri East Africa and Southern Africa [27]
  IMF Upper Hill Africa [28]
  Intel Corporation Westlands East Africa [29]
  ITF Westlands Africa [30]
  IUCN Mukoma East Africa [31]
  Jotun East and Central Africa [32]
  Kaspersky Lab East Africa [33]
  Kiva Africa [34]
  LG Westlands East Africa and Indian Ocean [35]
  MasterCard East Africa [36]
  Merck KGaA Africa [37]
  Mitsubishi Motors Africa [38]
  Motorola Solutions Sub-Saharan Africa [39]
  Nestlé East Africa, Central Africa and West Africa [40]
  NIIT East Africa and Central Africa [41]
  Nokia East Africa [42]
  Nokia Research Hub Africa, India and the Middle East [43]
  Panalpina East Africa [44]
  Pfizer Industrial Area East Africa [45]
  Qualcomm Sub-Saharan Africa [46]
  Rockefeller Foundation Upper Hill Africa [47]
  Red Cross [48]
  RTI International Westlands Africa [49]
  Sage Group Westlands East Africa [50]
  Scania AB Africa [51]
  Sony East Africa and Central Africa [52]
  Standard Chartered Bank Westlands Africa [53]
  Stockholm Environment Institute Gigiri Africa [54]
  TNT Upper Hill East Africa and Central Africa [55]
  Toyota Mombasa Road Africa [56]
  Visa Inc. Sub Saharan Africa [57]
  World Bank Upper Hill Africa [28]
  Xinhua News Agency Upper Hill Africa [13]

See also edit

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