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A NEWSLETTER FOR THE STAFF OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUMMER 2016
Making our mark all over Africa
IN THIS ISSUE: Mall of Africa • Update on collaboration platforms • Gyproc launches Habito • New Weber products • Our modern skyline logo
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Editor: Therésa Lee
Layout and design: Lance Gunn Design Writing & editing: Wordwright
whAT’S InSIDE
Megamall built with
Saint-Gobain products 3 From David’s desk 4
Collaboration
• Saint-Gobain collaborates 5 • Affordable housing 6 • Working with customers 7 • Residential projects 8
Customers told us how they see us 9
Projects
• Silo District 10 • Stand 47 12 • Bullfrog Pan 13
Products
• Cast-iron pipes 14 • Habito 14 • Goodbye to mouldy grout 15
Africa Architecture Awards 16 Our footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa 17-20 Our new logo 21 The living space market 22 Admixtures now made in Ghana 23
Marketing
• Sound psychology 24 • Norton products sell themselves 24 • New houses without moving 25
If you can’t hear, you can’t learn 26 Saint-Gobain is a top employer 27 Blow the whistle 28 Compliance makes us competitive 28 Start your own business 29 Meet our Pride winners 30
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• Helping kids skate to success 32 • Hammanskraal school 32 • Schools for Africa 33
Around the world 34
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As part of Saint-
what I’ve learnt
Albert Einstein said, “A day without learning is a day wasted. There is so much to learn and so little time to learn it.”
Most of what I’ve learnt this year centres around the continent I’ve lived on all my life:
w About 1 billion people live in Africa; this gure is set to double by 2050.
w It is the continent with the population with the lowest average age: 45% of its people are between 0 and 14 years old.
w Although it currently has a low rate of urbanisation overall, urbanisation is growing at 3,5% per year, the fastest urbanisation rate in the world.
w Only 40% of its people live in cities, with high differences across countries. w 60% of its gross domestic product comes from South Africa, Nigeria and
Angola; a further 20% from the other seven of its top 10 economies. Urbanisation is increasing the need for clean water, ample electricity,
housing, education facilities, healthcare facilities and retail space. This is very exciting, because in all these areas, Saint-Gobain has solutions. Opportunities for growth are everywhere.
As you read through this issue of Buzz, I hope you also learn a few new things. Take time to look at the detail of our presence in Sub-Saharan Africa (pages 17-20). Enjoy nding out about our breathtaking projects and exciting new products.
We work for a company that operates in 67 countries around the world, with more than 170 000 employees. There is always something new to learn and be amazed by. You will never be bored if you work for Saint-Gobain! w
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Please let me have your feedback and suggestions by emailing Talk2us@saint-gobain.com or sending them to Saint-Gobain, Corporate Communication, PO Box 50416, Randjesfontein 1683.
hOT OF ThE PRESS!
In 2017 the Saint-Gobain Managerial Competencies will change to the Saint-Gobain Attitudes.
It is the ambition of Human Resources to anticipate the needs of the Group and to support the business strategy. The company has to adapt to an increasingly global, digital world. Mobility, diversity and training are success factors that require new forms of commitment to attract and develop talented
employees.
After much consultation and research, the new Saint- Gobain Attitudes have been launched. Watch out for more information in The Bridge and eBuzz. Discussion sessions and training meetings will also be scheduled in 2017.