Social

creating a better place to work for our people and embedding Vodafone Spirit into our everyday ways of working

Social

Our commitment to people and society is based on action that goes in two directions. At the core of our purpose is building a company that enables an inclusive digital society, creating a better place to work for our people and embedding Vodafone Spirit into our everyday ways of working. At the same time, to do that, we need a corporate culture that reflects our purpose, values and ambition. This is why building a dynamic and visionary workforce and supporting inclusive digitalization are two tightly interlinked areas, one impossible without the other.

Deep Inclusion and Diversity

At Vodafone Egypt, we believe that deep inclusion and diversity are ones that enable a fair and equal environment where everyone has a chance to do their best. They are about proactively understanding present gaps, removing barriers to participation and empowering those often excluded, such as youth, people living in isolated villages and people with disabilities. Through an engaged and forward-looking approach, we aim to lead on gender equality and build on the competitive advantage of strong and diverse teams.

Fekretek Ideathon

Vodafone Egypt launched Ideathon “Fekretek” for women entrepreneurs in March 2021 (the Woman Month). Fekretek offers Egyptian women the chance to win mentorship programs and cash prizes with a total of EGP 450,000 for the top 3 innovative ideas. The purpose of Fekretek is to:

- Allow Egyptian female entrepreneurs to propose their business ideas.

- Implement female-led sustainable and scalable initiatives.

- Support Egypt's 2030 Agenda.

- Boost digital transformative ideas.

1000+ women registered to participate

650 attendees of the Ideathon

170+ women applied with their ideas

EGP 450,000 Total prize budget

Awards: 1st place - 250k EGP, 2nd place - 150k EGP, 3rd place - 50k EGP

Number of ideas tackling specific SDGs

Partners

Engaging 44 million Customers for Good

Leveraging its technologies to contribute to the betterment of Egypt, Vodafone Egypt launched a donations SMS campaign encouraging our 44 million customers to support the efforts of the country and the Ministry of Health in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The awareness campaign resulted in the donation of EGP 10 mln to the Ministry of Health.

International Women’s Day

1,791 PARTICIPANTS

We delivered remote work food, yoga at your desk and women of Vodafone sessions for the women’s day. We conducted the Defining Your Worth campaign, rewarded and congratulated women for their effort throughout the years, as well as launched the Return-ship Program.

Disability Day

110 PARTICIPANTS

Vodafone Egypt Foundation worked on availing connectivity at many orphanages including including Banati Foundation through the provision of educational content & digital literacy as well as providing zero rated platforms in collaboration with the Ta3limy Initiative. Vodafone Egypt provided electronic devices such as desktops and laptops to allow for a better digital inclusion

Yalla Sharek

The program encourages volunteers to give back to their communities by donating time, skills, talent, effort, ideas and money to the causes that they choose. The initiative targets employees, business partners, students and customers. Learn more.

25 Missions Accomplished

2700 Volunteering hours

700+ Volunteers

Connectivity to Orphanages

Vodafone Egypt Foundation worked on availing connectivity at many orphanages including including Banati Foundation through the provision of educational content & digital literacy as well as providing zero rated platforms in collaboration with the Ta3limy Initiative.

Vodafone Egypt provided electronic devices such as desktops and laptops to allow for a better digital inclusion.

Catholic Relief

3700 STUDENTS

The program focuses on providing tablets and SIM cards to refugee students, so they are able to access online classes. Tablets come pre-loaded with educational solutions and tailored environments, granting students access to different content and functionality depending on the profile assigned to them. Also, the solution enables the administrator(s) to control what content is available through the tablets and check the status of each device.

Promoting a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all employees through our employment policies and practices. We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity in our workspaces so that we are as diverse as the customers we serve. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to age, gender, race, disability, gender identity, cultural background or belief. Vodafone Egypt practices fair hiring and advancement and equal treatment of employees with regard to their background while having zero tolerance for any kind of discrimination. We are a diverse company at every level and keep working on improving on gender empowerment, youth inclusion and other initiatives that help us build a strong workforce where everyone has a voice. Beyond employment practices, we implement a wide range of initiatives aimed at leveraging our impact at a greater scale targeting diverse social groups.

Based on the most recent data percentage of female employees decreased by 3% compared to the baseline, and particularly there has been a 10% decline in women under 30 years, despite efforts at supporting and proactively encouraging women, which suggests that we should further explore ways to attract, promote and retain women. However, the participation of female employees between 30 and 50 years increased by 10%, which represents both general demographic patterns and may also mean that women with more years of experience are more likely to be employed or retain their position at Vodafone Egypt. Overall, we have had a 1% increase in women hires since 2018. The total number of employees who took parental leave has been steadily increasing, except for the drop in 2020. There has, however, been a rapid drop in participation in the workforce by people with disabilities between 2017 and 2018, and we have been steadily increasing their share since then.

Fair Pay Principles

At Vodafone, our Fair Pay Principles govern our approach to reward across our business. We apply these six principles to every employee regardless of level, location, or role.

Market competitive

The pay of our people is reflective of their skills, role and function, and the external market. We annually review the pay of each employee and actively manage any who fall below the market competitive range.

Free from discrimination

Our pay should not be affected by gender, age, disability, gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, cultural heritage or belief.

Provide a good standard of living

We work with independent organisations, the Fair Wage Network, to assess how our pay compares to the “living wage” in each of our markets because we are committed to providing a good standard of living for our people and their family.

Share in our successes

All our people should have the opportunity to share in our success by being eligible to receive some form of performance-related pay, e. g. a bonus, shares or sales incentive.

Provide benefits for all

Our global standard is to offer all our people life insurance, parental leave and access to either company or state-provided healthcare and pension provision.

Open and transparent

We ensure that our people understand their pay. We do this through user-friendly guides, webpages and an annual reward statements to explain our peoples’ pay and outline the value of their core reward package.

Human Potential

Vodafone Egypt combines dedicated internal training and education activities with external outreach to grow professionals in their fields from people across generations and backgrounds.

We have particularly focused on ensuring ongoing learning, expanding access to core digital technologies, helping students make the most out of the virtual experiences and supporting teachers in being effective leaders for their students today and tomorrow.

Ta3limy

Ta3limy Online Education Platform by Vodafone Foundation

Digital learning platform “Ta3limy” which advocates for the usage of online learning for Egyptian students, parents and teachers reimagining the way they consume education through technology. It aims to digitize the learning experience while building skills.

1 800 000 USERS

@VodafoneEgyptFoundation

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Vodafone Egypt Foundation launched the digital learning platform, Ta3limy. Providing free educational and digital literacy learnings to build the skills relevant for the 21st century global citizens, empowering students to shape an inclusive and digital Egypt.

Through Ta3limy we aspire to provide students with cutting-edge cost effective and flexible educational resources to broaden their skills and enable them to actively shape the digital world around them in a fast-paced world.