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TECHNOLOGY
AT A GLANCE:
ADRIAN KENYA’S CSR PRACTICES
Adrian hosts a number of initiatives and is a member of bodies that champion environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and sustainable development goals (SDGs).
• BeingaResponsibleCorporateCitizen–ItisamemberoftheUNGlobal Compact and signatory to the ‘Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation’.
• Championsustainableenergy-ThefirstcompanyinEastAfricato adapt solar energy to power BTS sites. 150 BTS stations currently run entirely on solar.
• MwanafunziAdoptaTree–MwanafunziistheSwahiliwordforstudent. Adrian has renovated schools and planted trees together with students, who then look after the trees, thus building awareness and respect for the environment. The programme has been a great success, having planted over 3,000 trees in our surrounding and our goal is to plant more than 25,000 trees by 2023.
• AdrianTechAmbassadorProgramme-TechAmbassadorProgramme for young women graduates takes them through training in leadership, sales and marketing. In 2019, 15 out of 20 women who went through this training, joined as full-time employees.
• WomeninBusiness–Adriansupportsfemale-ownedbusinessesinthe region where it provides mentorship to women who are starting their journeys into the tech and telecommunication industry.
through an intensive technical training and hands-on work experience by our technical teams.”
These trainees are later inducted into the company’s operations with
a percentage of them joining the company as full time employees - now a core part of Adrian’s work force. Additionally, the company boasts employee reward programmes for surpassing targets, such as taking
its management team to Dubai in celebration of great performance during 2019.
“I’m also a firm believer in healthy families for personal and societal growth,” Njoroge says.
“We therefore have a programme where we reward our employee’s children who perform well in national exams. We fully sponsor their high
school education if they manage to gain admittance into a national school.”
The company aims to maximise the opportunities and potential of the younger generations through its Adrian NextGen Leadership Programme. The programme consists of younger individuals participating in sessions with the company’s Managing Director on entrepreneurship and leadership.
“It’s important to introduce children from a young age to relatable people around them who they can emulate especially in STEM careers. I see this as empowering the next generation who will either lead, partner with, or innovate together with the Adrian of the future.” Njoroge tells us proudly.
And into the future Adrian Kenya
is focusing on the growth of its locations and projects throughout the continent. Adrian is looking to expand to other countries, and has completed significant projects in Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, has an upcoming project in Ethiopia, and the company has set up an office in South Africa.
For Adrian, this is just the beginning of their journey to expand to Africa and is worth watching.
ADRIAN KENYA
Tel: +254 701 971 818 info@adriankenya.com www.adriankenya.com
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