COMPANY PROFILE
 
Afsat Communications was formed in 1992 to provide high‐end satellite broadband solutions for the African
Market. Afsat is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with its subsidiaries in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria,
Zambia  and  offers  its  service  through  a  network  of  41  distributors  in  30  countries  across  the  Sub‐Saharan
Africa continent. Afsat is part of Mweb Africa, a member of Telkom Group. 
 
Afsat’s business is divided into two – corporate enterprise networking and broadband access. The latter is
marketed under the flagship brand ‐ iWay. This is an innovative initiative for Africa through offering Business
Quality Broadband connectivity.  iWay connects customers directly to the Internet backbone in Europe, USA
or Southern Africa on a single‐hop basis.  Afsat has 10 fully redundant Network Operating Centers (NOCs). All
10 are remotely managed from our Network Management Center in Nairobi. We have over 7,000 VSATs on
the network representing over 60,000 corporate users. iWay is an affordable solution for anyone requiring
fast and reliable broadband anywhere across Sub‐Saharan Africa.
 
Other  than  iWay,  Afsat  also  offers  iWay  Dedicated,  a  service  designed  for  large  corporates  that  require
specific  uplink  and  downlink  bandwidth  capacity  available  constantly.  Others  include  iWay  Corporate
Networks designed for high‐end satellite Corporate data networks for customer specific Wide Area Network
solutions and the iWay VoIP which enables users make quality VoIP calls on the iWay platform.
 
Afsat is a World Class telecommunications service provider with over US$12 Million worth of investment in
network infrastructure. Hughes Network Systems considers us to be one of their premier partners whom
have  accorded  us  “most  favoured  nation  status”.  Our  key  differentiators  are  our  technical  expertise,
customer support and service delivery all of which are consistently scored very highly by our customers as
per  the  annual  customer  satisfaction  survey  results.  Our  key  resource  is  our  people  who  undergo
continuous training with key suppliers of equipment and professional organizations to ensure that we have
the  most  knowledgeable,  innovative,  committed  and  customer  service  oriented  employees  in  the
telecommunications sector. 
 
Our Corporate Values
     • The Customer
     • Excellence
     • Know‐How
     • Stewardship
     • Leadership
     • Integrity
Awards Received
Afsat has received numerous global recognition awards for its contribution and position in the ICT Industry
which include;
     1. The Best Operator in a Developing Market – World Communications Award (WCA), 2007.
     2. Africa’s largest VSAT based ISP in Africa – Comsys VSAT Market share Report, 2007.
     3. VSAT Operator Award for the Best Company of the year – SatCom Stars Awards, 2008.
     4. White House Communications Agency Commendation to Afsat Tanzania, 2008.
     5. VSAT Operator  of the Year Award   – SatCom Stars Awards 2008, 2009 & 2010
     6. Best Skills Developer in Satellite Communications for Africa Award 2010

iWay’s Coverage Map
The  outline  below  shows  total  satellite  footprint  on  PAS‐10  (now  IS‐10)  satellite,  NSS‐5,  NSS‐7,  NSS‐12
satellite and the G11 satellite defining iWay’s coverage area in Africa.  
 

Contacts
Headquarters
AIS Building, Wilson Airport, Langata Road
P.O. BOX 27554-00506, Nairobi, Kenya

Main Tel:	+254 020 608617
Marketing Tel:	+254 20 6750220
Fax:	+254 020 602826
Cell:	+254 733 400024
	+254 722 474829
Email:	marketing@iwayafrica.com