Telecommunications
Operators, tower companies and digital platforms navigating CAK licensing, spectrum and data-protection oversight.
Understanding the telecommunications operating environment.
Kenya's telecoms sector continues to lead Africa in mobile money and digital infrastructure. The regulatory environment, CAK, ODPC, KRA and the CA, is converging in ways that demand genuinely integrated counsel rather than siloed specialist opinions handed back and forth.
Operators are simultaneously rolling out 5G, monetising tower portfolios, opening APIs to fintech partners and absorbing the full weight of the Data Protection Act. Each of those workstreams touches licensing, tax, IP, employment and consumer-protection law at the same time, often on the same product launch.
We work as one bench across those disciplines. The partner negotiating a tower-sharing arrangement is the same partner thinking through the spectrum, the data-flow architecture and the KRA position before the term sheet is signed, so clients get a single, internally consistent answer rather than a stack of memos to reconcile.
- CAK licensing
- Data protection compliance
- Tower sharing arrangements
Opportunities we structure and protect.
How our practices serve this sector.
Corporate & Commercial
End-to-end counsel for the lifecycle of a modern African business.
EXPLOREIntellectual Property
Securing, defending and commercialising the ideas that build businesses.
EXPLOREDispute Resolution
Considered, strategic and relentless when the matter goes to court.
EXPLOREWhy telecommunications clients choose us.
Partners leading this industry.
Topua Lesinko
Partner. Advises on constitutional law, M&A, public procurement and election disputes across Kenya and the region.
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Sector questions, answered.
Can you handle CAK licensing end-to-end?+
Yes. From application strategy through ongoing compliance and renewals.
Do you advise on tower-sharing and infrastructure JV models?+
Yes, we have structured both passive and active sharing arrangements between operators.
Are you familiar with data-protection obligations for telcos?+
Yes, with CIPP/E-credentialed counsel and direct ODPC engagement experience across registration, audit, complaints and cross-border transfer mechanisms.
Can you support mobile-money and embedded-finance roll-outs?+
Yes. We work with operators, banks and fintech partners on the licensing, settlement, AML and consumer-protection layers, and on the commercial agreements that hold the partnership together.
Do you handle interconnect, spectrum and infrastructure-sharing disputes?+
Yes. We act in regulator-led proceedings, arbitration and judicial review, with the technical and commercial depth to brief expert evidence credibly.
Talk to counsel who knows this sector.
Whether you require a confidential consultation or a free case evaluation, our partners are ready to listen.