Gateway Communications - Connecting Africa

Gateway believes in contributing positively to social, environmental and economic development.

Our vision is ‘Connecting Africa’ - the future success of our business lies in the success of Africa. Our firm commitment to aiding projects that realise the potential of Africa, and its people, reflects this vision.

We’re committed to delivering the best IT, voice and data connectivity right here in Africa so we are investing heavily in infrastructure, products and services, even though we’re already number one. This will keep us at the forefront of African development – and help us to give our customers an even higher level of service.

Junior Achievers

“JA is all about educating and inspiring youth to achieve in a global economy, so it’s really important to involve eminent business leaders who are top of their game. It’s great to have someone like Peter onboard who has excelled in his career.” Lamech Mbise, JA Vice President, Africa Region

Junior Achievement (JA) focuses on teaching people the skills to develop their own careers and their communities. Junior Achievement is a global NGO, which has taught more than 50 million students since it was founded in 1919.

Combining theory and “learning-by-doing” approaches, the JA programs are built around three fundamental economic pillars: work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. These programs are further aligned with four (of the eight) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) taking business education to the grassroots level, to schools and communities across the world.

In Africa the statistics starkly illustrate the problem: 50% of Africa’s 900 million people are youth, while of the 310 million African youth, 21% (or over 65 million) are unemployed. A 2005 UNESCO study found that African youth spend 7.5 years in primary and secondary school compared to twelve years for their European and American counterparts.

Over the thirty years since JA was first introduced in Africa seventeen other African countries have joined the movement. In 2008, more than 100,000 African youth benefited from the JA experience, filling the gap between what they learn in school and what they need to prepare for the labour market. There are numerous success stories across the continent, and an evaluation conducted by the Center for Enterprise at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa found that 40% of JA alumni started their own businesses after completing JA.

http://www.ja.org/default.asp

Dignified Life International - Ghana IT School

Dignified Life International is an International Ghanaian Human Development Centred & Poverty Reduction Charity (founded in 2002 in Accra) working to improve the life of poor and underprivileged young people in Ghana, Togo, and Ivory Coast.

DLI’s charitable operations address the following area: Youth Empowerment, Education, Rural Community Development, Relief & Humanitarian Services, Skill Training, ICT Technological Education, Poverty Reduction and Sexual Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS. DLI as part of its poverty reduction program runs a subsidiary charity information technology training school in the Pig Farm area of Accra. DLI charity IT school trains more than 500 needy IT passionate young people a year. DLI has been incorporated in the UK as a charitable organization and this is to help facilitate the mobilization of resources from Ghanaians resident in the UK and other philanthropists and organizations to help transform lives in Africa.

Effort is currently underway to obtain an official charity registration number from the UK Charity Commission and subsequently starts official public fundraising activities in the UK.

http://www.dliuniversity.org

Future CSR projects

Gateway is in an ideal position to assist charitable organizations involved in skills development and education by providing a combination of resources to cover the costs of teachers, materials and infrastructure as well as the provision of connectivity services and IT systems.

Gateway Communications runs an open policy for CSR. Programs can be proposed by anyone from within the organization. Projects are assessed on a case by case basis and must meet the funding criteria.

OUR CORE VALUES

Focus on Africa: We are focused exclusively on the provision of services to telephone companies and businesses in Africa

High Quality: Our goal is to deliver world class communications services in Africa through quality of services, network, systems and people

Customer Value: We aim to deliver affordable & valuable services to our customers through investment in infrastructure, economies of scale and efficient operations

Fast & Responsive: We strive to provide excellent account management and support to meet our customer’s individual and evolving requirements

Constant Innovation: We have a long track record of innovation and delivering new services to the African market. We continually strive to be a market leader in the development and deployment of new technology and services.