Shared Value Africa Initiative

	Shared Value Africa Initiative Shared Value Africa Initiative (SVAI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and implementing the concept of shared value in Africa. SVAI aims to drive sustainable economic development on the African continent by fostering collaboration between businesses, governments, and civil society organizations. Overview and objectives SVAI operates as a regional platform that advocates for and supports the adoption of shared value principles across Africa. The organization recognizes that businesses can create long-term value for themselves and society by addressing social and environmental challenges through their core operations and strategies. SVAI seeks to raise awareness and understanding of shared value among businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. By providing resources, training, and thought leadership. SVAI encourages the integration of shared value principles into strategic decision-making processes. SVAI facilitates collaboration between s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Creating Shared Value Creating shared value (CSV) is a business concept first introduced in a 2006 ''Harvard Business Review'' article, ''Strategy & Society: The Link between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility''. The concept was further expanded in the January 2011 follow-up piece entitled ''Creating Shared Value: Redefining Capitalism and the Role of the Corporation in Society''. Written by Michael Porter, Michael E. Porter, a leading authority on competitive strategy and head of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, and Mark R. Kramer, of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Kennedy School at Harvard University and co-founder of FSG, the article provides insights and relevant examples of companies that have developed deep links between their business strategies and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Porter and Kramer define shared value as "the policies and practices that enhance the competitiveness of a company while simultaneously ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With nearly billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Demographics of Africa, Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100. Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including Geography of Africa, geography, Climate of Africa, climate, corruption, Scramble for Africa, colonialism, the Cold War, and neocolonialism. Despite this lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Civil Society Organization A civil society organization (CSO) is a group of people that operates in the community in a way that is distinct from both government and business. Please see: Civil society Non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ... * Social movement organization References {{set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Safaricom Safaricom PLC is a listed Kenyan mobile network operator headquartered at Safaricom House in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the largest telecommunications provider in Kenya, and one of the most profitable companies in the East and Central Africa region. The company offers mobile telephony, mobile money transfer, consumer electronics, ecommerce, cloud computing, data, music streaming, and fibre optic services. It is most renowned as the home of M-PESA, a mobile banking SMS-based service. Safaricom controls approximately 65.7% percent of the Kenyan market as of 2024 with a subscriber base estimated at approximately 47 million.Sector Statistics Report 2019 go.ke In terms of voice market and SMS market share Safaricom controls 69.2% and 92.2% respectively. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]