Kenai Secures Funding To Digitalize Access Control Systems
🚪 Meet Kenai
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Kenai is a South African tech company that automates how visitors and contractors sign into workplaces.
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The firm just closed a strategic investment round after growing quickly across the region.
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Investor check. Gallagher Security led the funding, also acting as a close security tech service partner.
📝 Ditching the Logbook
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Office entrances often involve paper logbooks and manual security checks. These traditiona systems cause long lines at the front desk and create privacy risks for anyone who signs in.
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By moving everything to a digital system, Kenai helps buildings stay compliant and keep their safety records accurate without the usual friction.
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Nedbank, Deloitte, Vivo Energy and Eskom are some big clients who trust Kenai to manage their access controls.
🤳 Faster and Safer Entry
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The platform uses facial recognition and instant ID verification to check people in.
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They unify visitor, employee, vehicle, and perimeter access with evacuation, booking, and safety induction — on one enterprise platform.
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Defensibility. They built a specific hardware and software setup with Gallagher. Once an enterprise signs up for Kenai, it's hard for competitors to get in.
🌍 Taking it Global
- The new money will help the company enter international markets, keep rolling out contextual access technology with Gallagher.