Awards
2026
2026 Top Employer
Vodacom Group has been ranked by the Top Employers Institute as the continent’s number one employer for the third consecutive year.
2025
2025 Sustainability Awards
Vodacom Group was awarded the Large-scale Impact Award and Sustainability Report Award at the 2025 Beyond Awards. This recognition celebrates the company’s commitment to driving sustainable business practices and for creating comprehensive, transparent and engaging sustainability reports.
2025 Technology Excellence Awards
Vodafone Egypt was honoured with two prestigious accolades at the Middle East Technology Excellence Awards 2025, recognising its leadership in digital telecommunications, network and broadband excellence.
2025 Umlaut Best Mobile and Fixed Broadband Network
Vodafone Egypt won Best Mobile Network Award and Best Fixed Broadband Network Award for its continued strength in network performance and broadband quality, marking its third consecutive win for mobile and second for fixed broadband.
2025 Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Vodafone Egypt was awarded the SHRM MENA Star Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion for the third year in a row, achieving the highest Diamond Tier in 2025 after earning Gold in previous years.
2025 Innovation Award for Communication Service Providers
Vodafone Egypt was named a runner-up in the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards for Communication Service Providers. This award recognises the company’s pioneering work in network resilience, specifically through its proprietary AI-powered solution, the Multi-Radio Access Technology (MRAT) Availability Booster.
2025 #1 Best Place to Work for Women
Vodafone Egypt was named the #1 Best Place to Work for Women in Egypt, a prestigious recognition celebrating the company’s unwavering commitment to creating an inclusive, equitable and supportive workplace for women.
2025 Best Telco and Most Admired Brand
Vodacom Lesotho received two Brand Africa awards: Best Telco and Most Admired Brand, a recognition celebrating the company’s brand strength, market reputation and continued connection with customers and stakeholders.
2025 Affordable Connectivity to Schools Recognition
Vodacom Tanzania Foundation received recognition at the Internet Governance Forum, winning an award for providing affordable connectivity to schools in rural Tanzania.
2025/26 Mobile Operator Industry Winner
Vodacom South Africa was named the Mobile Operator Industry Winner at the 2025/26 Ask Afrika Orange Index Awards, reflecting the company's performance in customer experience within South Africa's long-running customer experience benchmark.
2025 Most Trusted Enterprise Telecommunications Provider
Vodacom Business has been awarded the title of Most Trusted Enterprise Telecommunications Provider of the Year for 2025 at the BusinessTech Awards.
2025 Top Company as Ranked by Other Companies
Vodacom took the number one spot for the ninth consecutive year in the developmental impact category of Top Company Ranked by Other Companies, based on research conducted by Trialogue.
2025 GradStar Student Choice Award
Vodacom South Africa was named the 2025 Students’ Choice Winner in the Telecommunications category at the GradStar Awards, affirming its status as a top graduate destination as voted for by South African tertiary students.
2025 SAGEA Employer Awards
Vodacom received multiple honours at the SAGEA Employer Awards, including 2025 Employer of Choice, Best Integrated Campaign and Best Digital Campaign, recognising its excellence in employer branding and engagement with young talent.
2025 SAEE Energy Awards
Vodacom South Africa won the Commercial Corporate Company of the Year Award for its virtual wheeling platform and the Energy Management Leadership Award for its ISO 50001 credentials, celebrating the company’s energy management and innovation achievements.
2025 Top Employer
Vodacom Group has been ranked by the Top Employers Institute as the continent’s number one employer for two consecutive years.
2024
2024 Sustainability Project of the Year Award
Vodacom received recognition at the 2024 Africa Tech Festival Awards, with the Net Zero Project winning the Sustainability Project of the Year Award. This award celebrates achievements in sustainable energy solutions and highlights Vodacom’s leadership in environmental responsibility and innovation.
2024 SAB Beyond Sustainability Report
Vodacom Group was a finalist for the SAB Beyond Awards in the Sustainability Report category. This recognition celebrates the most comprehensive, relevant, honest, and engaging sustainability reports.
2024 Remuneration Reporting
Vodacom secured second place at the South African Reward Association Awards for the SARA Remuneration Reporting, recognised for its clear and strategically aligned approach.
2024 Best Listed Company of the Year in Embracing ESG Principles
Vodacom Tanzania received a Dar es salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) award for Embracing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Principles for Sustainable Capital Markets.
2024 Community Core Ad Award
Vodacom South Africa’s purpose-led Hearing Challenge campaign, which raised awareness about the impacts of hearing impairment and encouraged the public to test their hearing was awarded Gold at the inaugural TikTok Ad Awards.
2024 Best Mobile Money App
Vodacom Tanzania was awarded for its innovative financial solutions at the Tanzania Digital Awards, with the M-Pesa Super App recognised as Tanzania's leading super app for the fourth year. M-Koba was celebrated for empowering over millions of customers of which majority were women, to manage their savings securely and transparently.
2024 CEO Roundtable Award
Vodacom Tanzania received a CEO Roundtable award for collaboration and partnerships within the business community in championing initiatives that foster sustainable socio-economic development
2024 Gradstar Student Choice Award
Vodacom’s Discover Graduate Programme was awarded the Employer of Choice in the Telecommunications sector.
2024 Female Friendly Workplace
Vodafone Egypt has received the Female Friendly Workplace Award from the Best Places to Work Program, a recognition celebrating the company’s unwavering commitment to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and supportive workplace for women.
2024 Engineerex Employer of Choice Award
Vodafone Egypt won the Employer of Choice Award (6th consecutive year as a Gold Employer of Choice) and the Tech-up Women award for the most favourable workplaces for women in tech.
2024 Excellence in Inclusion, Equity and Diversity
Vodafone Egypt was awarded Gold for Excellence in Inclusion, Equity and Diversity at the SHRM MENA Conference and Exhibition.
2024 Award for Health and Safety
Vodafone Egypt received the Silver Award for Health and Safety, in recognition of its efforts in creating an inclusive and healthy work environment for all its employees at the SHRM MENA Conference and Exhibition.
2024 Top Employer
Vodacom Group has been ranked by the Top Employers Institute as the continent’s number one employer. While Vodacom Group has been listed as a Top Employer for seven consecutive years prior (2017-2023), this is the first time the company has attained first position in the overall Top Employer on the continent.
2023
2023 Great Place to Work
Vodafone Egypt is ranked as one of the best places to work in the Middle East by the Great Place to Work Trust Index Survey.
2023 Ask Africa Orange Index Best Mobile Operator
Vodacom South Africa was awarded the top position in the telecommunications industry category.
2023 Gold Award for Excellence in Inclusion, Equity and Diversity
Vodafone Egypt was awarded Gold for Excellence in Inclusion, Equity and Diversity at the Society of Human Resources Management’s inaugural Middle East conference.
2023 Earth Guards Awards
Vodafone Egypt was awarded Earth Guards Award sponsored by the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
2023 ICCO Global awards
Vodacom and WE Worldwide won Best Technology Campaign for the Africa.Connected campaign – Connecting everyone on the African continent.
2023 Africa Tech Festival Awards
Vodacom DRC Foundation recognised as overall winner of the changing lives award.
2023 Trialogue CSI research
Vodacom rated as top company for developmental impact as ranked by other companies and Non-Profit Organisations.
2023 Rising Woman Initiative
Vodacom Tanzania received an award for 40% leaders and women focused succession plan.
2023 Gartner Power of the Profession Supply Chain Awards
Vodacom Group received the Social Impact of the Year Award.
2023 19th annual Sunday Times GenNext Awards
The youth of South Africa named Vodacom as the Brand that Cares about my Community.
2023 Brand Africa, Africa’s Best Brand
Vodacom Lesotho recognised as the most admired brand in doing good for society, people and environment.
2023 Gradstar Student Choice Awards
Vodacom Lesotho recognised as top graduate employer in the Telecommunications sector.
2023 Engineerex awards
Vodafone Egypt won the Employer of Choice Award (6th consecutive year as a Gold Employer of Choice) and the Tech-up Women award for the most favourable workplaces for women in tech.
2022
2022 Workplace Equality Index Awards
Vodacom South Africa achieved silver/gold status in the South African Workplace Equality Index Awards.
2022 South African Graduate Employer Association and the GradStar Students’ Choice Award
Vodacom South Africa’s Discover Graduate Programme was awarded the Employer of Choice in the Telecommunications sector.
Credentials
2025
Vodacom has been officially endorsed by the Gender Equality Commission and UN Women through the Topco Media Standard Bank Top Women™ certification, recognising the company's commitment to gender empowerment as a core element of its business strategy.
2024
Two additional buildings at Vodacom South Africa’s headquarters received Green Building Council of South Africa 5-star accreditation.
2023
- Pilot AI-based solution to safeguard marine animals launched
- Launch of Eskom Virtual Wheeling Platform
- WWF-SA partnership expanded to protect our oceans
2022
- Joined the UNGC Africa Business Leaders Coalition
- Issued first TCFD report
- Introduced Good As New pre-owed device category in SA
2020
- Acquisition of Africa's leading mobile money service M-Pesa
- First ever six-star Green Star SA rated building
- Social contract underpins Vodacom’s COVID-19 interventions
- Vodacom joins the UN Global Compact
- ESG integrated into senior leaders' long-term incentives
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2019
- First telco in SA to secure a sustainability-linked loan
- Launch of purpose-led strategy. Purpose pillars: digital society, inclusion for all and planet
- Completed the largest BEE transaction in telecoms sector
2018
- Target set to connect more women
- Reached over 32 million mobile money users
2013
- Partnership with WWF-SA launched
2011
- First ever six-star Green Star SA rated building
2009
- Vodacom submits its 1st Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) survey
- Mobile money launched
1999
- Vodacom Foundation established for CSI impact

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