Airtel Nigeria, a leading telecommunications services provider, has
won the coveted Partnership of the Year award at the 17th edition of the
prestigious Sustainability, Enterprise, and Responsibility Awards (SERAS) held
at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday, December 15, 2023. The
accolade was in recognition of Airtel’s the Re-imagine Education initiative, a
consequential collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
According to the SERAS organizers, the jury’s
selection of Airtel is in recognition of the benchmark set by the telecom giant
in synergy, impact, and innovation through its visionary collaborations, noting
that Airtel's partnership with UNICEF has delivered commendable improvement to
the education system of Nigeria.
The Airtel/UNICEF
Re-imagine Education program, which officially kicked off in Nigeria in
December 2022, aims to transform education, leveraging the power of technology
to enhance teaching and learning experiences for children across the country. Currently,
working with UNICEF, Airtel has helped to equip more than 620 Nigerian primary
schools with data and digital devices to enable them access educational content
related to their classwork on government approved platforms on the Web. In
September, Airtel announced plans to increase the number of beneficiary schools
by 600.
Speaking during the award ceremony, Director,
Corporate Communications and CSR, Airtel Nigeria, Femi Adeniran, said
“Transforming communities is not just a catchphrase for Airtel and CSR is not
just something we do occasionally; we understand the importance of earning our
social license by making CSR a way of life, hence we constantly do all we can
to touch the lives of people.”
The
SERAS Awards is the foremost event recognizing achievement in CSR in Africa, and
for 17 years has raised awareness on the roles that organizations play in
community development and sustainability across the continent. SERAS has said
its purpose is to substantiate the case that socially responsible corporations
stand to gain considerable economic, social, and environmental capital.
The
2023 edition of the awards gala brought together renowned sustainability
experts, public relations practitioners, brand custodians, and government officials.
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