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How we create value using the six capitals
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Social and relationship capital
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Highlights of our education programme
Our approach to social investment
The launch of the MTN South Africa Foundation by former President Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2001
marked the formalisation of MTN’s commitment to creating shared value in the communities in which we
operate. In the 15 years since then, as we have expanded across
the emerging world, we have established 13 more foundations.
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We finance projects that build people’s capacity and self-
reliance using digital technology.
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We work mainly in education, but also in the health sector and
assist with the development of small enterprises and other
national priority areas.
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In 2016, we committed R295,4 million
LA
in social investment,
almost half of which was to improve access to education.
We implemented a number of digital teaching and
learning initiatives. In many markets, we established
multimedia centres, with PCs, workstations, servers,
printers, projectors and internet connectivity to
enable remote access to tutorials, such as the
Cyber Cloud solution in
Cameroon
. We rolled out
similar centres in
Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Rwanda
and
Congo
.
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We also set up computer labs for special needs
learners in
South Africa.
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In
Sudan
, we installed interactive whiteboards
and trained teachers on how to use them.
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We set up mobile libraries in
Cameroon
, and
opened the first of eight libraries planned for
Congo-Brazzaville.
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In
Guinea-Bissau
we helped parents pay school
fees through a secure MTN Mobile Money fees
system, which also helped schools safeguard
their revenues.
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In
Swaziland
, MTN’s Educare programme
broadcasts maths and science lessons, delivering
content via social media, allowing learners to
interact with teachers in real time.
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In
Cyprus
, we launched MTN Read – an app with
a digital library offering more than 70 eBooks
spanning primary and secondary school curricula.
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In
Ivory Coast
, we partnered with Succes Assuré
to make quality education content easily
accessible. Learners received free online access
to curricula, educational videos, courses, tests,
previous exams, exercises and model answers.
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In
Uganda
, the MTN Internet Bus toured the
country and exposed people in rural areas to ICT.
We also supported the government’s drive to
digitise secondary school learning material.
The MTN Internet Bus in North Uganda.
The handover of three primary schools in Kumba, South West
region of Cameroon.
A multi-media laboratory at Bongani High School,
Douglas, Northern Cape, South Africa.
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