Safaricom 2023 Sustainable Business Report

72 OUR BUSINESS KPI SUMMARY OUR MATERIAL TOPICS SAFARICOM SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS REPORT 2023 OUR STAKEHOLDERS and skills on Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) and Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care services (CEmONC) and spinal anaesthesia. CONSERVATION The ‘Securing the future of Kenya’s last remaining Roan antelope’ project is a pioneering collaborative effort between M-Pesa Foundation, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Wildlife Research Training Institute (WRTI) and Northern Rangeland Trust (NRT) to save the last of the remaining Roan antelope in Kenya from extinction. The Roan antelope (Hippotragusequinus) was once widely distributed through the savannah woodlands of east, central, southern, and western Africa. Currently in Kenya, there are only 17 Roan antelope in the Ruma National Park (RNP). Their numbers have reduced due to predation and poaching. To mitigate the threat, RNP management have identified and established a special Roan Sanctuary free of predators such as hyena and leopard which are a threat to Roan young. Water troughs and a predator proof fence around the park are already in place. Through the Roan Sanctuary fence, the maintenance of managed fire breaks and continued monitoring and security, it is expected that the threat to the Roan antelope population will be addressed. SUSTAINABLE PHILANTHROPY Our aim is to be a market leader in Corporate Social Investments (CSI) interventions in Kenya through enhanced visibility, touch the lives of at least 1.5m beneficiaries per year in all 47 counties and involve at least 90% of Safaricom staff in community activities. NDOTU ZETU Ndoto Zetu is an initiative which calls on Kenyans to partner with us to have their community dreams and aspirations brought to life. Since its inception in 2019, Ndoto Zetu has reached close to two million Kenyans. The Ndoto Zetu Phase 4 initiative supported 392 ideas in the three thematic areas of livelihoods, education and health, where an estimated 709 537 people benefitted. In FY23, for example, the Foundation: • Donated 10 laptops and eight projectors worth over KSh 1.5 million to Salvation Army Joytown Secondary School in Thika, Kiambu County. • Provided lockers and chairs to St Barnabas Kavengero Primary School in Embu County. • Equipped Sabasaba Catholic dispensary in Muranga County with an oxygen concentrator and flow meter, steriliser, delivery beds, resuscitator and suction machine. • Donated a poultry feed production machine to the Tumaini Self-help Group, a youth empowerment organisation. “Ndoto Zetu aims to support Kenyans who are keen to make an impact in their communities through social investments. Through the initiative, we ask Kenyans to share their dreams and aspirations that they hope to achieve in the areas of health, education, and economic empowerment. Each dream we help fulfil translates to thousands of lives being uplifted and transformed.” Peter Ndegwa, CEO, Safaricom, speaking at the handover to Salvation Army Joytown Secondary School