Antananarivo, October 5th, 2022

The pan-African AXIAN Group is proud to publish its second Impact Report which highlights how it is achieving its mission of bringing a lasting, positive impact on Africa’s growth and sustainable development across the continent.

The Impact Report demonstrates how AXIAN has championed various initiatives and projects to transform the day-to-day lives of millions of Africans. The group’s advocacy for financial, energetic and digital inclusion has positioned it to confront present-day social and climate challenges.

“Our Impact Report once again underscores AXIAN’s dedication to creating a far-reaching positive impact by implementing inclusive and sustainable practices. This represents of our group’s core business strategy, which is to lift millions of Africans into a better life. We are committed to being an ethical and eco-conscious pan-African group; we hope to inspire others to do the same by sharing our best practices and educating people on our impactful real-time initiatives.” said Hassanein Hiridjee, AXIAN Group CEO.

AXIAN has developed this Impact Report to measure concrete and objective indicators to monitor and improve impact achievements in four key areas: talent and entrepreneurship; communities and inclusion; innovation and investments, and the environment.

“Our goal is for our work to have a sustainable, positive impact on the day-to-day lives of Africans and why we focus on delivering solar-powered electricity to tens of thousands, provide mobile banking to millions, and are committed to holding ourselves accountable in a sustainable way across the AXIAN Group” Hassanein Hiridjee, AXIAN Group CEO.

A Social Impact department was created in 2019 with the mandate of maximizing positive support across the group and implement a purpose-built scoring system. AXIAN partnered with international experts UTOPIES, a consultancy group that specializes in sustainable strategy to measure the socio economic impact, and I&P agency which developed a proprietary impact-scoring system.

Some key figures from the report include: 

•  AXIAN is the first pan-African conglomerate to conduct a 3-year scope-3 carbon audit
•  40 remote villages electrified with 60,000 people given access to electricity in rural areas
•  33 million mobile money users
•  34,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions sequestered
• 90% of AXIAN energy we consume will be renewably-sourced by 2030
• AXIAN helped create almost 204,000 full-time jobs in Madagascar

Read the full report here

ABOUT THE AXIAN GROUP

AXIAN is a pan African group that operates in ten countries and specializes in five industries with high growth potential; namely telecoms, financial services, real estate, energy and open innovation.

AXIAN is an engaged partner in the socio-economic growth of the countries where it operates. With over 6,000 daring and passionate staff, the group systematically ensures that its products and services have a positive and sustainable impact on the day-to-day lives of millions of Africans.

The AXIAN Group is a signatory of the United Nations’ Global Compact initiative and committed to the integration of its 10 Principles into group strategy, policies and operations.

Find out more about AXIAN: www.axian-group.com

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