This archive report was first published on 13 September 2019.
Cellulant Honored for Resilience After Kenyan Terrorist Attack ¶
On September 13, 2019, Cellulant, a pan-African payments firm, received the most effective recovery of the year 2019 award from the Business Continuity Institute Awards (BCI) for its resilience following the January 15, 2019, terrorist attack at the Dusit Complex in Nairobi, Kenya, which took the lives of six staff members.
The BCI Awards is the most prestigious event globally in the business continuity calendar and honors business continuity and resilience professionals and organizations worldwide.
Speaking during the award ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa, Cellulant's Group Head of Technical Operations, George Murage, dedicated the award as a tribute to the memory of the Brave 6 who, through their sheer valiance, laid their lives on the line to save their colleagues.
Cellulant's resilience in the face of adversity was a testament to its people-first culture, which allowed staff to come together and support one another during a difficult time.
According to Murage, the company's ability to maintain business continuity and sustain operations was due in part to its distributed infrastructure, which included co-location sites and cloud providers.
Cellulant also received support from its partners and suppliers, including Internet solutions, which provided co-location space.
Since the attack, Cellulant has continued to stand strong and has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be a people-first company.
The company has also set up a fundraising channel using its last software masterpiece, Mula (now rebranding to Tingg), to support the families of the Brave 6 and ensure that the children left behind will be educated, the families receive healthcare, and they have shelter for the foreseeable future.
