Vodafone recognised as a Top Employer for 2023 by Top Employers Institute

The Top Employers Institute has announced Vodafone Ghana as a Top Employer for Ghana and Africa. The Institute recognized Vodafone Ghana as a Top Employer in Ghana ve years ago and in the four subsequent years thereafter as Top Employer in Ghana and Africa.

Each year, the Top Employers Institute identi es organisations that put their people rst through exceptional HR policies. The Institute's certication programme is based on the results of the HR Best

Practices Survey, which covers six HR domains and 20 topics, including People Strategy, Work Environment, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Diversity & Inclusion, and Wellbeing.

Top Employers Institute CEO David Plink said, “Uncertain economic times bring out the best in people and organisations. And we have witnessed this in our Top Employers Certi cation Programme this year: exceptional performance from the certi ed Top Employers 2023. These em- million Africans are living in energy poverty. He said.

"It is easy to achieve net zero in Africa, but first we must address the issues of energy poverty in many countries on the continent"

He reiterated the critical and leading role that wealthy nations must play in reducing emissions and getting the world to net zero.

"Secondly, we need to address what’s called a just transition." Wealthy countries have to do the heavy lifting in terms of re- ducing emissions and getting to net zero. They have the means to do so, beginning with reducing subsidies on carbon.

"We can all work together to get to net zero, but it has to be through a practical, equitable trajectory that puts a lot of the frontload burden on wealthy countries while giving low-income countries the opportunity to work towards net zero while doing so while reducing energy poverty."

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Source: ICCE www.charteredeconomist.org ployers have always demonstrated that they care for the development and well-being of their people. By doing so, they collectively enhance the world of work. We are proud to announce and celebrate this year's group of leading people-oriented employers: the Top Employers 2023.”

“We are honoured to be recognised as a Top Employer for Ghana and Africa, 2023 by Top Employers Institute,” said Hannah Ashiokai Akrong, Vodafone Ghana's Director of Human Resources.

“It is a testament to our commitment to creating a positive and inclusive working environment for our employees. We believe that investing in our people is not only the right thing to do, but it also drives the success of our organisation.”

This remarkable achievement re-a rms Vodafone as a leader in exceptional HR policies and outstanding working conditions and highlights the organisation's dedication to a better world of work through excellent people practices, even during uncertain economic times.

Top Employers Institute is the global authority on recognising excellence in People Practices.

Ghana has become the second country in Africa after Mozambique to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, commonly known as REDD+. The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) paid Ghana $4,862,280 for reducing 972,456 tons of carbon emissions for the rst monitoring period under the program (June to December 2019).

“This payment is the rst of four under the country’s Emission Reductions Payment Agreement (ERPA) with the World Bank to demonstrate potential for leveraging results based payments for carbon credits,” said Pierre Laporte, World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. “Subject to showing results from actions taken to reduce deforestation, Ghana is eligible to receive up to $50 million for 10 million tons of CO2 emissions reduced by the end of 2024.”

These actions are within a six-million-hectare stretch of the West Africa Guinean Forest, where biodiversity and forests are under