Data Centre was established in 1973 to provide bureau services for a variety of companies in Kenya. From its humble beginning it has grown over 30 years to become the leading computer outsource provider in East Africa.

Daystar a non-profit organization was co-founded in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, by Dr. S.E. Motsoko Pheko, a political refugee from South Africa, and Dr. Donald and Mrs. Faye K. Smith, an American missionary couple. During the next four years, they established a Christian publishing ministry under the name Daystar Publications. When Mr. Pheko moved Daystar Publications to Zambia in 1967, the Smiths launched Daystar Communications during the same year in Zimbabwe; they also incorporated the US in hope of finding possible solutions to major Christian communication problems.