Our contribution to sustainable development
Committed to value-creating social programmes, CFAO contributes to 5 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, reinforcing its main commitments to Africa.
ACT TO ENSURE QUALITY HEALTHCARE
As the leader in the African pharmaceutical market, CFAO Healthcare supplies medicines and pharmaceutical products in more than 27 countries thanks to a highly efficient organization of the supply chain. It thus ensures their integrity from the storage site to the pharmacies.
Through its health coverage and the Health by CFAO programme, the Group helps to raise awareness and promote prevention among employees, their families and those most at risk. The programme focuses on communicable and non-communicable diseases that have a significant impact in Africa.
CFAO meanwhile continues to strengthen its commitment to healthcare through partnerships with NGOs. Since 2021, CFAO supports the NGO ALIMA, a medical humanitarian organization whose objective is to provide medical care in emergency situations or health disasters.
ENCOURAGE ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Education and training are two essential levers for the development of the continent.
Through Education by CFAO, the Group offers a scholarship programme for children of employees in secondary and higher education. The Group also contributes through its investments in the training of its employees. The development of each individual is encouraged by local management support, training, mission development and mobility.
CFAO also encourages the development of young people’s skills and promotes their employability by supporting training structures adapted to the needs of the continent. Since 2013, CFAO has been a partner of the NGO IECD, whose objective is to enable young people to benefit from training leading to qualifications and diplomas.
PROMOTE RENEWABLE ENERGY
The Group is contributing to the development of renewable energies on the African continent by offering renewable energy and facility management solutions for enterprises and by supporting renewable energy and infrastructure projects for society.
Respectful of its environment, the Group is committed to a carbon neutral approach in order to reduce its CO2 emissions. Through Solar4Savings project, CFAO aims to equip all its sites with photovoltaic panels.
PARTICIPATE TO ECONOMIC GROWTH
As an economic stakeholder, the group is contributing to the emergence of the middle class by creating jobs through its various activities in the 39 countries where it operates.
Because innovation and digitalization are accelerators of economic and social progress in Africa, CFAO launched Mobility54 in 2019, with TTC, followed by Health54 in 2022. These two corporate venture capital funds aim to invest in start-ups dedicated to mobility and health.
The Group also promotes entrepreneurship by supporting training programmes adapted to local needs and linked to its activities.
SUPPORT INDUSTRIALISATION
By contributing to the development of Africa’s industrial fabric, CFAO contributes to the continent’s economic growth by offering quality products at affordable prices and by developing industrial know-how.
To achieve this, the Group relies on several assets: its historical roots, local expertise and knowledge.
