During 2023, Advania SA achieved the following results for these programmes:
- Achieved a youth employment rate of 90.20% (with a minimum requirement of 80%) for the Business Process Services Incentive Programme, and 73.37% (with a minimum requirement of 60%) for the Global Business Services Incentive Programme.
- Employed 98 new staff members during 2023, of which 73 were youth, into various roles across all functions of the business: support services, human resources, finance, and internships.
For Advania SA to be included in these programmes, they are required to maintain a compliant broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) certification. The fundamental objective of B-BBEE is to advance economic transformation and enhance the economic participation of black people in the South African economy. To ensure economic equality among different race groups within businesses we practics preferential procurement, supplier development, enterprise development, and socio-economic development.
Efforts carried out in these areas during the year 2023:
- Preferential procurement: the focus lies on supporting companies that fall into certain categories:
- 100% of Advania SA’s suppliers are local businesses
- 22 suppliers fall into the category "51% black-owned businesses"
- 11 suppliers fall into the category "30% black female-owned businesses"
- Supplier development: Advania SA supported two 100% black-owned EMEs (one catering and one maintenance supplier). Monetary support was also provided for these small-scale companies to enable them to grow and create more employment opportunities.
- Enterprise development: Advania SA supports a local non-profit enterprise and supplier development incubation organisation that partners with entrepreneurs, investors, and communities, to drive an inclusive economic future by enabling the success of emerging SMEs. In 2023, Advania SA graduated one of the beneficiaries of the incubation programme to become an Advania SA supplier.
- Socio-economic development: Advania SA supported a local, 100% black learner primary school by donating office furniture. The furniture was used to set up a second computer laboratory and library corners in each class, and to enhance the staff room.
Advania SA invests in the skills development of unemployed youth through their internship programme. The purpose of the programme is to provide on-the-job skills training and accredited certification to youth, with the aim of potential full-time employment within the industry after graduating from the programme. The Advania SA internship programme commenced in 2017 with their first intake of five interns. In 2023, 22 interns successfully completed their internship programme through Advania SA, and 15 of the interns were placed into permanent roles within industry.
