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For our providers of capital
We paid a total of
R14.5 billion
to equity
shareholders and debt funders in 2017, with
R11.7 billion
paid in dividends
and
R2.8 billion paid in interest.
307.4
%
Since listing on the JSE, we’ve
delivered a total shareholder return of
We are serious about
diversity in South Africa
73%
of our employees are black, and 47%
are women. 58% of our Executive Committee members
are black.
R277
million
We spent
graduates in our graduate programme across the Group.
128
on skills development and enrolled
For our people
Our business
Operating context
Delivering on our strategy
Our governance structure
Administration
01
In our societies
We spent
R114
million
on corporate social investment across the Group.
Level 4
Black Economic Empowerment contributor status
in South Africa.
In procuring goods and services
R24 billion weighted
spend on BEE-status suppliers
and
R5.7 billion
to >30% black woman-owned suppliers in South Africa.
We launched the
Siyakha platform
to promote
digital inclusion offering zero-rated content on
specific education, health and employment websites,
as well as a free, text-based version of Facebook.
R16.1
billion
We contributed
total cash contribution to public finances.
For our customers
M-Pesa with
12.9
million
customers
and
M-Pawa with
1.2
million
customers
are providingmoney transfer, savings and credit services
to people outside the financial system.
99.2
%
We’ve extended
3G coverage
to
75.8
%
and
4G coverage
to
of South Africans.
888
3G sites
536
2G sites
In our International operations we added:
284
4G sites
To drive affordability, our blended average effective price per
minute reduced
14.3%
and our average effective price per MB reduced
16.0%
in South Africa and
Tanzania
32.5%
DRC
29.3%
Mozambique
10.0%
Lesotho
34.2%
Source: Factset