SAP Africa ranked the Best Employer on the continent
SAP Africa has been recognised as
Africa’s best place to work by the internationally accredited Top Employers
Institute at a gala awards ceremony held in Johannesburg. As well as securing
first place in the category ‘Overall Top Employer Africa’, SAP Africa also
secured first place in the ‘Industry IT Top Employer’ in South Africa category,
as well as fifth place in the ‘Overall Top Employers South Africa’ category.
The company was praised for its skills development efforts and its focus upon
education, learning and employee development.
The Top Employers Institute (formerly
known as Best Employers) certifies excellence with regards to the conditions
that employers create for their people. The global institute has just completed
this year’s research into the employee conditions of a large number of
employers in the Africa 2014 certification.
Key to the Top Employers review
process was that participating companies meet stringent research criteria in
order to receive certification. Participating organisations were assessed on
the following employee-specific criteria: primary and secondary employee
benefits and working conditions; training and development; career development
opportunities and culture management. Based on independent research conducted
by the Top Employers Institute, SAP Africa offers its employees outstanding
working conditions and looks after its staff exceptionally well.
“Optimal employee conditions ensure
that people develop themselves personally and professionally. Our comprehensive
research concluded that SAP Africa provides an outstanding employment
environment and nurtures and develops talent throughout all levels of the organisation,”
said Samantha Crous, Regional Director Africa & Benelux, Top Employers
Institute: “SAP Africa offers a wide range of creative initiatives, from
secondary benefits and working conditions, to performance-management
programmes, that are well-thought-out and truly aligned with the culture of
their company.”
One of the factors that distinguished
SAP Africa for these prestigious awards is SAP’s social investment strategy
which focuses on education, skills development and entrepreneurship. SAP
recognises that promoting education and training is one of the best ways to
improve the problem of skills shortages and chronic youth unemployment, an
issue affecting the technology industry as a whole.
SAP Africa launched their Skills for
Africa programme in May this year, to support EMEA-wide workforce of the future
efforts. Skills for Africa is targeted at five countries on the continent.
Working in close partnership with government, customers and partners, the
initiative aims to upskill students from disadvantaged backgrounds not only
with ICT skills, but with basic business acumen. Critical to its value
proposition is that it focuses on upskilling for employability and this is
where SAP partners and customers come into play, by offering internships to
students post-training.
“As part of SAP Africa’s ambitious
plans to accelerate SAP’s footprint into the African continent, it’s critical
that we are recognised as an employer of choice, in order to retain our
valuable workforce and attract the best talent,” said Pfungwa Serima, SAP
Africa CEO. “In order to be sustainably successful,winning organisations know
that they cannot only focus on profits, but that they must prioritise human
capital and motivate their employees. Putting measures in place to ensure that
employees’ professional and human needs are met is key to optimising the
overall employment experience.”
SAP prides itself on the development
of a diverse workplace environment which values risk-taking, respects
individual talents and allows employees to work in such a way that is conducive
to high performance in a fast-paced, global company.
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