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How Companies Can Leverage Linguistic Talent in Africa as Part of a Corporate Social Responsibility Program

Welocalize

(NEW YORK) – The future of business, and how businesses run, is always evolving. An Aflac CSR survey shows that 77% of consumers prefer to buy from socially responsible brands, and 73% of investors say corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts contribute to their investment decisions.

One area where organizations can make a positive social impact is talent acquisition, particularly impact sourcing. Impact sourcing creates opportunities for global brands to hire talent from disadvantaged sectors as part of their CSR.

Benefits of Impact Sourcing

Impact sourcing provides job opportunities, professional development, and higher wages to disenfranchised workers, moving them and their families to middle-income status. Some of the business benefits include:

“Impact sourcing is really a win-win situation for employers and employees. Employers can hire a new workforce they can train, while the employees’ quality of life will improve as will their societies,” adds Frédérique Froment-Kelleghan, Senior Manager, Transforming Talent Program, Welocalize.

Impact Sourcing in Africa

There’s no shortage of talent in Africa. There is only a shortage of job opportunities. According to the African Bank Development Group, 10 to 12 million young Africans enter the workforce each year, however, only 3 million formal jobs are created annually. Africa presents a deep, untapped pool of young, educated, and motivated workers for outsourcers and multinational companies setting up shared services centers.

To assist organizations with their CSR and impact sourcing initiatives, Welocalize, a global language services provider, has produced a complimentary guide, “CSR and Impact Sourcing in Africa,” which covers the following:

“Through our Transforming Talent program, Welocalize practices impact sourcing in Africa through strategic partnerships with DDD and Sozo Consulting. Our partners bring their experience building infrastructures and hiring in country, while Welocalize provides the training and localization expertise,” comments Froment-Kelleghan. “The key to success here is training. You can bring young talents to the next level and give them the opportunity to grow their career in localization. The end results are evident: Welocalize now has three operational teams of upskilled translators in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.”

To learn more about impact sourcing in Africa, download Welocalize’s complimentary guide.

About Welocalize, Inc.

Welocalize, Inc., founded in 1997, offers innovative language services to help global brands reach audiences around the world in more than 250 languages. The company provides translation and localization services, linguistic talent management, language tools, automation and technology, quality, and program management. Its range of managed language services include machine translation, digital marketing, validation and testing, interpreting, multilingual data training, and enterprise translation management technologies. Welocalize is ranked as one of the world’s largest LSPs by language industry intelligence firms CSA Research, Nimdzi, and Slator.

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