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Building Africa’s renewable
energy workforce
Employing local people Procuring locally
Creating sustainable and equitable economic Working with local suppliers strengthens regional
growth across Africa requires long-term employment economies while reducing our supply chain footprint.
opportunities. As we build and operate wind and solar Our supplier development programme helps local
plants, we’re providing opportunities for secure, well- businesses meet international standards while
paid jobs for local people. Our projects create diverse maintaining competitiveness in the renewable
roles from construction and operations to maintenance energy sector.
and security, through to specialised engineering
positions, creating pathways for local talent at all levels. We’ve run training programmes to help local businesses
grow, covering topics like finance, accounting and
We have a deliberate policy to employ local talent technical maintenance. Where possible, we’ve chosen
wherever possible and we’re proud to have exceeded local companies to be regular service providers. For
our own targets on this. In 2024, 44% of our operational example, we employ local community members as
workforce is from communities surrounding our sites, security personnel at several sites, benefitting from
while 99% are nationals of the project countries. By their knowledge of the local area and environment. In
prioritising local and national workers, we maximise Egypt, these local security teams contribute directly
the positive socio-economic impact of our operations, to our wildlife conservation efforts, particularly around
while building essential skills to support Africa’s growing migratory bird protection zones. Additionally, 185
renewables sector. local companies now provide services across our
sites in 2024, including equipment maintenance and
environmental monitoring.
99% of our workforce are nationals
of the project countries
