Top Companies 2023: The 25 best workplaces to grow your career in Kenya
LinkedIn Top Companies is a ranking of the 25 best workplaces to grow a career. Backed by unique LinkedIn data measuring different elements of career progression, the list reveals companies like Safaricom PLC , Copia Global and 英美烟草 that are helping their employees build careers that will set them up for long-term success.
This year continues to bring waves of disruption in the labour market with the rise of the ‘quiet’ trend (‘quiet quitting,’ ‘quiet hiring,’ ‘quiet firing.’) As workers continue to adapt after the Covid-19 pandemic changed working habits, many professionals continue to seek their best next career move, while employers rethink how they attract, retain and develop talent.
Our second annual LinkedIn Top Companies Kenya list is the resource to find the 25 best Kenyan workplaces to grow your career right now. The methodology looks at components like how employees are advancing both within a company and when they leave, how they’re upskilling while employed there, and more — revealing companies that help set people up to get ahead in their careers.?
When compiling the list, we also consider factors like attrition and layoffs. Companies that have laid off 10% or more of their workforce between Jan. 1, 2022 and the list launch, based on public announcements — or that have attrition greater than 10%, based on LinkedIn data — are ineligible to rank. A number of the companies on the list have had layoffs under that threshold over the past year.
Wondering how to use the rankings in your own career or job search? This list is filled with actionable insights and resources for professionals at every level. For each company, you’ll find data around most notable skills, largest job functions and more (tip: clicking on a skill will bring you directly to a relevant LinkedIn Learning course). If a company sparks your interest, take a look at their current job openings and connect with employees you may know, or turn on job alerts to stay on top of future opportunities.?
Here are this year’s 25 #LinkedInTopCompanies in Kenya.
Safaricom PLC is the parent company of M-PESA Africa, Safaricom Investment Co-operative, Safaricom Foundation and others.
Most notable skills: Industrial Design, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Telecommunications Persuasion | Most common job titles: Customer Service Representative, Software Engineer, Customer Service Executive | Largest job functions: Sales, Customer Success and Support, Business Development Engineering | About Safaricom PLC: Safaricom PLC is a Kenyan-based integrated communications company. Safaricom offers mobile telephony, mobile money transfer - MPESA, consumer electronics, ecommerce, cloud computing, data, music streaming, and fibre optic services.
Most notable skills: Retail Management Consulting, Telecommunications, Product Marketing & Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) | Most common job titles: Salesperson | Largest job functions: Sales Operations, Customer Success and Support Marketing | About Copia Global: Copia Global is a business-to-consumer e-commerce platform intended to serve the rapidly growing millions of middle and low-income African consumers.
Most notable skills: Environmental Consulting, Product Development, Retail Management Consulting | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Marketing & Business Development | About BAT: BAT is a British multinational company that deals in the manufacture and selling of cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products. The company is the biggest tobacco company in the world purely based on net sales.?
Most notable skills: Commercial Banking, Software Testing, Capital Markets | Most common job titles: Bank Manager, Business Development Officer, Banker | Largest job functions: Finance, Sales, Accounting | About Equity Bank Limited: Equity Bank Limited is a financial services institution providing banking products and services for the personal, commercial and corporate sectors. The company is a subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings Limited and its head office is in Nairobi.
Most notable skills: Agricultural Production, Earth Science, Recruiting | Most common job titles: Customer Service Representative, Registered Nurse, Banker | Largest job functions: Sales, Customer Success and Support, Operations | About Apollo Agriculture: Apollo Agriculture is a technology company that helps small-scale farmers through their agricultural platform designed to help farmers with modern farming in emerging markets. The company's agriculture platform utilises agronomic machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile technology to access credit, high-quality farm inputs, and customised advice, thereby increasing their profits.
Most notable skills: Physical Security, Personal Coaching, Retail Growth Strategies | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Accounting | About Majid Al Futtaim: Majid Al Futtaim is a UAE-based? holding company that owns and operates shopping malls, retail, and leisure establishments in the Middle East and North Africa. The company has operations in 13 countries.
KCB Group is the parent company of National Bank of Kenya and others.
Most notable skills: Commercial Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance | Most common job titles: Banker, Business Development Officer, Direct Sales Specialist | Largest job functions: Finance, Sales, Customer Success and Support Operations | About KCB Group: KCB Group is a financial services holding company with a presence in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burundi, Uganda, and Rwanda. The company offers banking, insurance, and other financial products and services. KCB Group operates through a network of automated teller machines and branches across its markets.
Most notable skills: Commercial Banking, Criminal Law, Capital Markets | Most common job titles: Business Development Officer, Banker, Client Manager | Largest job functions: Finance, Sales, Business Development | About Standard Chartered Bank: Standard Chartered Bank is a financial provider that offers consumer, corporate, and institutional banking, and treasury services.?
Jumia Group is the parent company of Jumia Kenya and others.
Most notable skills: Customer Service Systems, Sales Leads, Growth Strategies | Most common job titles: Salesperson, Customer Service Representative, Sales Consultant | Largest job functions: Sales Operations, Customer Success and Support, Marketing & Information Technology | About Jumia Group: Jumia Group is a technology firm that offers a marketplace, logistics service and payment service. Their logistics services enable the delivery of packages through a network of local partners, while their payment services facilitate online transactions within its ecosystem.
Most notable skills: Debt Collection, Customer Service Systems, Commercial Banking | Most common job titles: Collections Officer and Banking Officer | Largest job functions: Finance, Accounting, Sales | About 4G Capital: 4G Capital is a Kenyan-based microfinance firm that provides loans to micro, small and medium enterprises across Kenya and Uganda. The company also provides financial education and training.u
Most notable skills: Debt Collection, Commercial Banking, People Management | Most common job titles: Finance Officer and Banking Officer | Largest job functions: Finance, Customer Success and Support Accounting, Quality Assurance | About Watu Credit: Watu Credit is an operator of a non-bank finance company intended to financially assist entrepreneurs across Africa through financial inclusion and accessibility. The company also provides group lending solutions such as short-term and business loans.?
The Coca-Cola Company is the parent company of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa and others.
Most notable skills: Product Development, Personal Coaching, Advertising | About The Coca-Cola Company: The Coca-Cola Company makes and distributes carbonated soft drinks, hydration, sports, coffee and tea products, and juice, dairy and plant-based beverages. It is the world’s largest beverage manufacturer.
CIC Insurance Company is the parent company of CIC Asset Management Ltd, CIC General Insurance Limited, CIC Africa Group Limited, and others.
Most notable skills: Insurance, Persuasion, Capital Markets | Most common job titles: Financial Advisor & Underwriter | Largest job functions: Sales, Operations & Marketing, Accounting | About CIC Insurance Company: CIC Insurance Company is a Micro and Co-operative insurance provider in Kenya with subsidiaries mainly involved in fund and asset management, general, medical insurance and life insurance, pension and annuities.?
Most notable skills: Environmental Engineering, Power Systems, Enterprise Software | Most common job titles: Sales Engineer | Largest job functions: Sales, Engineering, Operations | About Davis & Shirtliff: Davis & Shirtliff supplies water-related equipment in the East African market. It mainly focuses on pumps, water treatment, swimming pools, renewable energy and power products.
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Co-operative Bank of Kenya is the parent company of Kingdom Bank of Kenya and others.
Most notable skills: Commercial Banking, Capital Markets, Robotics | Most common job titles: Banker, Business Development Officer, Banking Officer | Largest job functions: Finance, Sales, Customer Success and Support | About Co-operative Bank of Kenya: Co-operative Bank of Kenya engages in corporate banking, retail banking, investment and asset management services in Kenya. The group operates in both Kenya and South Sudan.
Most notable skills: Oil and Gas, Enterprise Software, Management Accounting | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Customer Success and Support | About TotalEnergies: TotalEnergies is a company that generates energy from various sources, including natural gas and green gases, oil and biofuels, and renewables. It operates in a variety of industries, from supplying feedstock to other companies to trading renewable energy derivatives.?
Most notable skills: Project Management, Research, Business Management | Largest job functions: Engineering, Operations, Research | About Geothermal Development Company: The Geothermal Development Company is a state-owned company that speeds up the development of geothermal resources. It explores geothermal resources and conducts production drilling. It also develops steam fields, selling geothermal steam for electricity.
Deutsche Post DHL Group is the parent company of DHL Express and DHL Supply Chain and others.
Most notable skills: Delivery Operations, Procurement, Inventory Management | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Customer Success and Support | About Deutsche Post DHL Group: Deutsche Post DHL Group is a mail and logistics company that offers national and international parcel delivery services, e-commerce shipping and fulfilment solutions, international express, road, air, and ocean transport, and industrial supply chain management services.
Most notable skills: Financial Accounting, Business Management, Digital Literacy | Most common job titles: Sales Executive | Largest job functions: Sales, Finance, Business Development | About AAR INSURANCE KENYA: AAR INSURANCE KENYA is a health insurance company with a primary focus on providing health insurance products for travellers on safari, tourists, and professionals working in remote areas.? The company currently provides outpatient healthcare services all over the East African region to both members of its insurance schemes and the public.
I&M Bank is the parent company of I&M Burbidge Capital Limited, I&M Bank Tanzania, and others.
Most notable skills: Commercial Banking, Capital Markets, Software Testing | Largest job functions: Finance, Sales, Operations | About I&M Bank: I&M Bank provides banking, financial and related services through its banking subsidiaries in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Mauritius. Its premium banking business offers services to high-net-worth individuals.
Amazon is the parent company of Audible, Whole Foods Market, Amazon Web Services, Zappos, Ring and others.
Most notable skills: Business Management, Digital Literacy | Largest job functions: Sales, Administrative | About Amazon: Amazon is a technology conglomerate operating one of the world’s largest e-commerce platforms. It also provides a range of services within cloud computing, artificial intelligence and digital streaming.?
Standard Bank Group is the parent company of SBG Securities (Pty) Ltd. and others.
Most notable skills: FinTech, Robotics, Industrial Design | Most common job titles: Banker, Business Development Officer | Largest job functions: Finance, Sales, Customer Success and Support | About Stanbic Bank Kenya: Stanbic Bank Kenya is a commercial banking firm based in Nairobi. The firm offers services such as deposits, saving accounts, cards, cash management, trade finance, treasury, business, corporate, and personal banking services.
Most notable skills: Communication, Leadership | Most common job titles: Registered Nurse | Largest job functions: Healthcare Services, Research | About Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital: Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital is a healthcare institution specialising in nursing, training, and research services.
Most notable skills: Auditing, Tax Accounting, Financial Accounting | Most common job titles: Audit Associate, Audit Supervisor | Largest job functions: Accounting, Finance, Information Technology | About KPMG: KPMG is one of the world's largest professional services companies, offering audit, tax, and advisory services to businesses, governments, and non-profit organisations. Headquartered in the Netherlands, KPMG operates in more than 147 countries and has a global network of member firms.
NCBA Group is the parent company of NCBA Bank Kenya, NCBA Bank Tanzania and NCBA Bank Uganda
Most notable skills: Commercial Banking, Capital Markets, Software Testing | Most common job titles: Office Associate, Business Development Officer, Product Strategist | Largest job functions: Finance, Operations, Sales | About NCBA Group: NCBA Group is a financial service provider offering retail, corporate banking, brokerage, bank assurance, property and investment banking services.
You can read more about how we compile the list at the bottom of the article — and you can also check out the Top Companies in?Australia,?Austria, Argentina,?Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia,?Denmark,?Egypt,?France,?Germany,?India,?Indonesia, Ireland, Israel,?Italy,?Japan, Kenya, Mexico,?Netherlands,?New Zealand,?Philippines, Portugal,?Poland,?Singapore,?Saudi Arabia,?Spain, South Africa,?Sweden,?Switzerland,?Türkiye,?the UAE,?the UK?and the U.S.
Methodology
Our methodology uses LinkedIn data to rank companies based on eight pillars that have been shown to lead to career progression: ability to advance; skills growth; company stability; external opportunity; company affinity; gender diversity; educational background and employee presence in the country. Ability to advance tracks employee promotions within a company and when they move to a new company, based on standardised job titles. Skills growth looks at how employees across the company are gaining skills while employed at the company, using standardised LinkedIn skills. Company stability tracks attrition over the past year, as well as the percentage of employees that stay at the company at least three years. External opportunity looks at Recruiter outreach across employees at the company, signalling demand for workers coming from these companies. Company affinity, which seeks to measure how supportive a company’s culture is, looks at connection volume on LinkedIn among employees, controlled for company size. Gender diversity measures gender parity within a company and its subsidiaries. Finally, educational background examines the variety of educational attainment among employees, from no degree up to Ph.D. levels, reflecting a commitment to recruiting a wide range of professionals. Finally, employee presence in the country looks at the company’s number of employees in the country relative to other companies, as a means of capturing companies that provide a diverse work environment and more opportunities for career advancement and networking.?
To be eligible, companies must have had at least 300 employees as of Dec. 31, 2022 in the country and attrition can be no higher than 10% over the methodology time period, based on LinkedIn data. Similarly, companies with layoffs that amount to more than 10% of their workforce, based on public announcements between Jan. 1, 2022 and the list launch, are also ineligible. Only parent companies rank on the list; majority-owned subsidiaries and data about those subsidiaries are incorporated into the parent company score. The methodology time frame is Jan. 1, 2022 through Dec. 31, 2022. This analysis represents the world seen through the lens of LinkedIn data, drawn from the anonymised and aggregated profile information of LinkedIn's members around the world.
We exclude all staffing and recruiting firms, educational institutions and government agencies. We also exclude LinkedIn, its parent company Microsoft and Microsoft subsidiaries.
About company insights
*Company insights were sourced from LinkedIn Talent Insights and include the parent company and majority-owned subsidiaries. Data reflects aggregated public member data from active LinkedIn profiles in the relevant country and includes employee profiles associated with the parent company and majority-owned subsidiaries on LinkedIn. We exclude members who identify as interns or contractors. All insights reflect a 12-month time period looking back from January 2023. Skills data was derived from measuring the most frequent unique skills among a company’s employees, relative to other companies. Most common job titles represent the occupations that are most common within each company. Largest job function measures the function area most prevalent within each company.?
Reported and proofread by: Winifred Okocha
Methodology and insights by: LinkedIn Economic Graph team
Managing Editor: Solange Uwimana , Lynn Chouman
Special Projects Leads: Marie Malzac (EMEA), Michele Pierri (International)
Regional Lead: Julien Wettstein
International Executive Editor: Sandrine Chauvin
Honoree companies: 1. Safaricom | 2.Copia Global | 3. BAT | 4. Equity Bank Limited | 5. Apollo Agriculture | 6. Majid Al Futtaim | 7. KCB GROUP | 8. Standard Chartered Bank | 9. Jumia Group | 10. 4G Capital | 11. Watu Credit | 12. The Coca-Cola Company | 13. CIC Insurance Company | 14. Davis & Shirtliff | 15. Co-operative Bank of Kenya | 16. TotalEnergies | 17. Geothermal Development Company | 18. Deutsche Post DHL Group | 19. AAR INSURANCE KENYA | 20. I&M Bank | 21. Amazon | 22. Stanbic Bank Kenya | 23. Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital | 24. KPMG | 25. NCBA Group?
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