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We are thrilled to announce that Vodacom Group has been shortlisted for the SAB Beyond Awards in the Sustainability Report category!🎉 This recognition celebrates the most comprehensive, relevant, honest, and engaging sustainability reports. 📈 The awards will be held on 2 October at the ESG Africa Conference, a platform for business leaders across Africa to discuss, debate, and find solutions to the most pressing issues in driving sustainable practices. Our purpose to connect for a better future is brought to life through targeted actions aimed at empowering people and protecting the planet while maintaining stakeholder trust. 🤝 Transparency is essential to our ESG approach, and we strive to provide comprehensive disclosure. Our ESG reporting suite, shaped by the needs of our stakeholders, reflects our passion for being purpose-led. It highlights how we contribute to the development goals of the countries in which we operate while upholding responsible business practices. We look forward to celebrating with all the finalists and the announcement of the winners! Read our ESG reporting suite here: https://lnkd.in/eDPRhDpB #BeyondAwards #ESGAfricaConference #Sustainability #Vodacom #ConnectingForABetterFuture

Halala! 👏🏼👏🏼 Well done to our Group Chief Technology Officer, Dejan Kastelic for being nominated for the ‘CXO of the Year’ award at the 2024 #AfricaTechFestivalAwards. This award celebrates exceptional leaders in Africa for their innovation, ability to build strong teams, and visionary leadership in a rapidly changing landscape. And we’re immensely proud to have one of our own represent. 🏆 Vote for Dejan here: bit.ly/3B6ayZz

We made the cut! 🤩🏆 We’re excited to announce that we’ve been nominated for the ‘Sustainability Project of the Year’ award at the 2024 #AfricaTechFestivalAwards. With your vote, we can bring it home.🏆 Vote here: bit.ly/3B6MIwW

A day for unity, pride, and good vibes only. 💯 #HappyHeritageDay, South Africa! 🇿🇦❤️ #VodacomTurns30

We’re thrilled to announce that we have been nominated for the ‘AIconics Award for AI’ at the 2024 #AfricaTechFestivalAwards.🤩🏆 Being nominated is a notable milestone, but with your vote, we can go further. Vote here👉 bit.ly/3XtJZoW

As the impacts of climate change intensify, people and businesses are increasingly recognising the need to address the crisis unfolding around them. Urging businesses, governments and individuals to take immediate climate action. This year’s theme for #ClimateWeekNYC (22-29 September 2024) is, ‘It’s Time’.⌛ Vodacom supports this call for action through our ongoing efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, develop a climate transition plan and ensure we are building an inclusive and sustainable future. As part of our commitment to a low-carbon future, we aim to match 100% of the grid electricity we use with electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and achieve net zero GHG emissions from our operations (scope 1 and 2) by 2035. By addressing pressing environmental challenges and collaborating with other stakeholders including governments, we can drive meaningful change and safeguard our planet for generations to come.🌍   Vodacom’s Climate and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report details key climate-related risks and opportunities and how we are managing these, which can be read here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eDPRhDpB

Dripping in heritage, glowing with pride. ✨🇿🇦 Vodacom celebrates the unique style and spirit of South Africa. #HappyHeritageMonth Southy! #VodacomTurns30

Today marks the start of Global Goals Week, an annual week of action, awareness, and accountability for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - a blueprint for a better, more equitable future for all. At Vodacom, we are committed to doing our part in advancing the 17 SDGs. Through our purpose-led strategy, we are accelerating connectivity and digitalisation to enable impactful and lasting solutions to social, economic, and environmental challenges. Our initiatives are designed to support the achievement of the SDGs by empowering people and protecting the planet. Global Goals Week reminds us that the journey towards a sustainable future is a collective effort. By working with like-minded enterprises, governments, civil society, and individuals, we can enable inclusive opportunities and scale solutions that leave no one behind. To find out more about how Vodacom is contributing to the UN SDGs, download our ESG report: https://lnkd.in/eDPRhDpB #GlobalGoalsWeek #PurposeLed #FurtherTogether

Programmers: they're not just code-crunching machines, but actual humans 🤖💖. Throw back to #ProgrammersDay where we gave the team their 15 seconds of fame, to dish out the dirt on their 'secret' lives🎬👩💻. #VodacomTurns30 

A report by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development in 2022 argued that lowering the cost of devices is key to increasing access to smartphones. Vodacom South Africa has introduced a cloud-based phone to reduce the cost of smartphone access in the country and to accelerate the migration of customers from legacy networks to modern 4G networks. Retailing at only R249, the cloud-based phone comes standard with popular applications, all accessed via the cloud, giving users a “smartphone lite” experience. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dy-Qmdrc Here’s to the next 30 Years of Connecting South Africa, affordably. #FurtherTogether