AMY BANDA'S BLOG: July 2015

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Marketing Manager , Spirits GCSA Diageo - Douala - Cameroon

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VACANCY(Internal/External)Job Title: Marketing Manager, Spirits (Guinness Cameroon)
Department: Marketing
Reporting to: Marketing Director, Guinness Cameroon & WACA
Category: 11 (Level 4)
No of positions: 1
Contract: Permanent CONTEXTGuinness Cameroun S.A. (GCSA) is a subsidiary of Diageo PLC, with an outstanding track record of success since its creation.
The Cameroon alcohol beverage market is highly competitive - GCSA is currently the No 2 player in the country by value in beer market and N1 in Spirits market, behind SABC/Pernod Ricard and ahead of UCB, with a clear ambition to be No. 1 in value in Total Beverage Alcohol. Operating in a market that is highly competitive with a significant value to mainstream segments, current GCSA Spirits portfolio includes: J&B, Johnnie Walker, Baileys, Tanqueray, Dimple, Cardhu Singleton of Duff town, Black & White, VAT 69, White Horse.

PURPOSE

Identify growth opportunities and drive strategy and execution to deliver value to the business
Lead the development of profitable growth strategies for spirits brands
Support the Marketing Director in the development of a consumer and portfolio strategy for GCSA in line with business growth strategy.
Ensure brilliant execution of superior marketing programs

Deliver the key projects and activities to achieve this growth

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREDQualificationsCommercial graduate Qualification, Minimum Bac + 4.
Experience

5-7 years leadership and execution experience in a similar role, ideally within an FMCG environment
Cross functional experience across commercial / marketing

KEY SKILLS

Comprehensive commercial and financial decision making experience including channel profitability and targeted trade investment
Understanding of spirits and of competitors, distributors and key customers: their businesses and their shoppers/consumers in the Spirits universe
Great relationship skills: proven ability to influence across functions
Authentic communicator with experience of working with external stakeholders
An expert coach and trainer of both functional and leadership capability development

ACCOUNTABILITIESAs Marketing Manager, Spirits, you should be able to:

Create strategies that win
Drive enduring competitive advantage from customer and consumer insight
Drive value commercially for Diageo and our customers

Guinness Cameroon, which is ISO 9001/2008 and ISO 22000/2005 certified, is committed to meritocracy and inclusiveness and will not unfairly discriminate in recruitment, training, career development and promotion on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, marital status, disability, religion or belief and age
Interested candidates should apply mentioning the subject.
APPLICATIONAll applications to be made through the website: www.Diageo-Careers.Com . Candidates should please load in their CV and covering letters.

CLOSING DATE24.07.15 Joseph BASSAGALHuman Resources Director
JB/HK/08.07.15

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CELEBRATING LIFE - EVERY DAY, EVERYWHERE. Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of international brands across spirits, wine and beer. Our global priority brand portfolio consists of Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Baileys, J&B, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and many more. Diageo trades in approximately 180 markets and employs over 25,000 talented people around the world. With offices in 80 countries, we also have manufacturing facilities across the globe including Great Britain, Ireland, United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Africa, Latin America, Australia, India and the Caribbean. Our great range of brands and geographic spread means that people can celebrate with our products at every occasion no matter where they are in the world. This is why 'celebrating life every day, everywhere' is at the core of what we do.

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Reward Manager, SEA & GTME Diageo - Singapore

Job Title: Reward Manager, SEA & GTME
Level: Level 4
Reports to: HR Director, SEA

Context/Scope:The geographical remit for this role will be in 3 areas:

SEA (including Singapore Hub) - There are currently 10+ markets with a wide variety of ownership structures and RTMs ranging from fully resourced IMCs, JVs to distributors. There are also multiple distribution structures within a single market (e.g. Malaysia, Vietnam).
Global Travel and Middle East - Global travel is a highly attractive growth market, giving unparalleled access to affluent, global consumers. As such, Global Travel & Middle East (GTME) is a substantial and growing business for Diageo with a disproportionate focus on growing our luxury portfolio. The business is operated through 4 regions – Western, Key Accounts, Asia Pacific and Middle East/North Africa (MENA).

This role determines the competitive mix in our total rewards package to attract and retain talent whilst controlling overall employment costs.
Determines competitive ranges for base compensation.
Develops incentive plans to reward performance that adds financial value to the business/function.

Market Complexity:Manages multi-faceted relationships within Reward, with HR business partners, HR Solutions, people managers, employees and external providers. There are 3 different groups to consider, and whilst there is a large population sitting in Singapore, there are employees based all over the globe to consider.

It is expected that Diageo’s footprint and employee numbers in the region will grow significantly over the next 3 years and developing the right reward offering is a key enabler to this expansion. Data in some emerging markets is not as robust or accessible as in mature markets. Therefore, the Reward Manager needs to think broadly about stakeholder management and “global versus local” issues and opportunities and be able to use great judgment to get the right solution.

Purpose of Role:The Reward Manager is accountable for developing reward solutions that enable Diageo to attract and retain talent and to motivate our people to deliver superior performance.

Top 3-5 Accountabilities:

Leads the development of reward strategies that the business can apply to attract, motivate and retain the best talent. The role holder will ensure that their development will have a commercial focus and that cost competitiveness is maintained in maximizing our reward spend.
Develops a depth and breadth of expertise and provides internal consulting on all key reward enablers – including market data acquisition and analysis, salary management, job evaluation, competitive mix determination, incentive plan design, policy development, employee retention plan and total reward communications.
Embeds reward management principles and ensures the overall integrity of the reward frameworks within the region. Provides first line of governance on executive (L3+) packages, reviewing reasonability and consistency and securing the necessary sign-off.
For the annual reward cycle, integral in developing the budget recommendation for countries in this region, develops the reward guidelines and leads the reward process with the HRDs for these businesses. Advises on how benchmark data will be used and provides guidance on reward decisions as well as developing reward communications for a variety of audiences (Executive teams, line managers, HR, employees etc).
Builds reward capability in HR business partners, people managers and employees to enable the attraction, retention and motivation of our people.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

A minimum of 10 years HR experience including at least 5 years managerial and professional
Reward experience with a focus on reward design and implementation.
Degree qualified. Experience within Asia Pacific is highly preferred.

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HR Business Partner, Singapore Hub Diageo - Singapore

Role Title: HR Business Partner, Singapore Hub
Level: 4
Reports to: HR Director, SEA

Context/Scope:Singapore Hub is the central hub for the Asia Pacific Region. The hub includes a number of global teams who support various markets in APAC based in Singapore including a Supply Centre hub as a part of International Supply Centre. This comprises of approx. 125 employees, across functions with people in regional and global roles.

Singapore hub also houses 2 markets - GTME and SEA. These businesses put together employ approx. 150 employees in Singapore (including secondees to JVs across SEA and representative office in Indonesia, and Sri Lanka). SEA contributes approx. 75 employees including representative office in Indonesia.

This role leads the Singapore HR Business Partnering Agenda for all the Above-market teams and SEA business teams in Singapore (approx. 200 employees). This role has responsibility for Multi-year Talent Planning, Leadership Development and Organization Effectiveness for these teams.

Purpose of Role:Lead and apply strategic and tactical interventions at an organization and individual level to achieve the business goals

Top Accountabilities:

Strong leadership impact – As a member of Global HR community, and as a key member of the SEA HR Leadership team, create possibilities and the best conditions to engage, lead and develop people in the business by releasing their potential. Pivotal contributor to following leadership teams- South East Asia Emerging Markets & JVs, Key Accounts and Indonesia Business Unit
Organization effectiveness: As a Business Partner for Above Market teams and SE Asia business teams enables this group to be high performing. Contribute towards business strategy, and drive organization design to transform the objectives, structure, processes, resource, performance and capabilities of each market. Ensure high levels of employee engagement and an appropriate level of turnover.
Multi-year Talent Planning: Develop a clear strategy and drive the talent agenda to meet current and future capability requirements.
Reward: Work closely with the SEA Reward Manager to ensure reward is used effectively as a lever to attract, retain and drive performance. Bring consistency to the way in which reward is utilized in the Singapore Hub and SEA, through benchmarking and best practice standards.
Culture and Leadership Development: Embed the spirit and principles of a strong performance ethic. Drive a culture of continuous improvement, ownership, and agility on the basis of strong employee management. Build world-class People management and Leadership Capability as well as engagement practices.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

Be authentic; be able to lead both teams and other leaders through strong influence and interpersonal skills, which are further refined with an exceptionally high level of cultural awareness and sensitivity (given the diversity of cultures involved)
Create possibilities through a powerful combination of functional expertise, intellectual and strategic insight, and change management experience (including new business development through acquisition or joint ventures)
Bring the Diageo purpose to life by leading change in a fast paced and diverse region
Create the conditions for people to succeed; be able to orchestrate and influence organization change through the leaders of the region
Experience, gravitas, business understanding and maturity to manage senior stakeholders, excellent stakeholder engagement, relationship building and influencing skills
A keen interest in understanding the business to be able to predict, understand and manage talent needs for future
At least 10 years of experience in HR across different areas including Talent, Business Partnering, Learning and Development, Reward and HR Solutions. At least 5 years in leadership capacity with direct people management responsibility

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Talent Engagement Business Partner GCSA and WACA Diageo - Douala - Cameroon

ACANCY(Internal/External)
Job Title: Talent Engagement Business Partner GCSA and WACA
Department: Human Resources
Reporting to: Talent Engagement Lead ARM
Category: 10 (Level 5)
No of positions: 01

Contract: Permanent
PURPOSEThe Talent Engagement BP GCSA and WACA is responsible for delivering the end to end Talent Management process (Resourcing, talent programmes, Learning and Development L&D).

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

6 years + experience in Human Resources/Recruitment
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or Human Resources
Understands and has a deep knowledge of Resourcing Process and associated policies, procedures and practices and advises on them
Exposure to resourcing activity and processes
HR Administration experience
Ability to analyse, interpret and use data
Detail oriented
Excellent communication skills in French and English (verbal and written)
Excellent stakeholders management
Strong leadership capabilities
Team Management experience a plus
Able to demonstrate superior customer service skills
Superior organizational skills and capabilities
Experience in using recruitment systems like Brassring and/or associated resourcing technology

ACCOUNTABILITIESAs Talent Engagement BP GCSA and WACA you should be able to:

Embrace the Management of the Resourcing Process

The Talent Engagement BP GCSA and WACA will need to provide world class recruitment service within the African Markets and support the internal and external recruitment process (responsible for managing the recruitment process for all internal and external openings) The role will also work closely with the HR Business Partners and Hiring Managers in delivering resourcing plans for the market.

Embrace the Management of the Talent/Performance Management and L&D Processes

The Talent Engagement BP GCSA and WACA is also responsible for managing the Talent and Learning elements of HR delivery to the business. This includes coordination and logistics of non-functional training and managing the Diageo Academy content. He / she will be working in close partnership with In-Market HRBPs and Functional Capabilities Leads, as well as the Africa / Global Talent Team.

Guinness Cameroon, which is ISO 9001/2008 and ISO 22000/2005 certified, is committed to meritocracy and inclusiveness and will not unfairly discriminate in recruitment, training, career development and promotion on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, marital status, disability, religion or belief and age.

Interested candidates should apply mentioning the subject.

APPLICATIONAll applications to be made through the website: www.Diageo-Careers.Com . Candidates should please load in their CV and covering letters.

CLOSING DATE
27.07.15 Joseph BASSAGALHuman Resources Director

JB/HK/ 13.07.15

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DHL and SOS Children’s Villages benefit over 3,500 youths from half a decade of partnership in Africa

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 Youths from 11 countries reached out to through sponsorship and employee engagement activities

 To date, over 2,000 employees have volunteered in various activities to participate in the partnership

 Inaugural regional conference organized to discuss challenges and future plans

NAIROBI, Kenya, July 21, 2015/ -- Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL Group) (http://www.dpdhl.com), the world’s leading logistics company, together with non-governmental organization SOS Children’s Villages, have celebrated half a decade of a successful partnership that has helped to improve the employment prospects of disadvantaged young people from SOS Children’s villages across 11 countries in Africa. The partnership between DPDHL Group and SOS Children’s Villages began in 2010 in South Africa and Madagascar and has since expanded to nine other African countries – Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mauritius, Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda.

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“Education and employability are highly important topics for Deutsche Post DHL Group and, through our GoTeach program, play a central role in our Corporate Responsibility strategy,” said Christof Ehrhart, Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications and Responsibility, Deutsche Post DHL Group. “We are keen to support the direct development of future logistics talent, but we also firmly believe that education and employability make an important contribution to stability and prosperity in the world, Through five years of partnership with SOS Children’s Villages, we have already seen first-hand the benefits and positive impact that engagement between business and charities that create opportunities for young people can have.”

“Empowering youth and improving their employment prospects is the objective of the international partnership between SOS Children’s Villages and Deutsche Post DHL Group. The success of our partnership is rooted in the commitment of our employees who volunteer their time to mentor youths aged 15-25 and to help them get ready for their foray into the job market,” said Christoph Selig, Head of GoTeach Program, Deutsche Post DHL Group.

“Employees mentor youths from both SOS Children’s Villages and SOS Family Strengthening Programs, and organize a variety of tailored career development activities that deliver tangible results for the mentees,” he added. “It really has been a joy to see the partnership and correspondingly, our outreach to young people, grow. To date, our employees have engaged with over 3,500 youths in Africa.”

Over the past five years, DPDHL Group has organized a variety of activities in the 11 countries, including job shadowing exercises, mentorship programs between DHL employees and SOS children, skills transfer, internships, sports activities and environmental initiatives.

To discuss challenges and future plans, an inaugural conference will take place over four days in Kenya, with teams from both organizations coming together to jointly develop new ideas on how to further strengthen the partnership in Africa and the Middle East.

Speaking from the inaugural regional Africa DHL-SOS Children’s Villages GoTeach Conference in Karen, Nairobi, where more than 50 participants from both organizations are meeting from July 14 to 17, Tom Were, National Director, SOS Children’s Villages Kenya, said, “While SOS provides a loving home for the children that we care for, DHL enables their independence through their employee volunteer program. The program empowers our youth through exposure to the working world and educating them on the career options available. As a result, our youth become self-reliant, responsible, and contributing members of society. We are looking forward to deepening this partnership and extending our outreach to more youth in Africa over the next few years.”

As part of the DPDHL Group GoTeach program, the Group works with two global partners, Teach For All and SOS Children’s Villages, to improve educational opportunity and employability for young people.

Through its partnership with SOS Children’s Villages, which was established in 2010, DPDHL Group today works with Villages in 26 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.(1) Along with financial support for educational programs and youth facilities, the activities focus on career guidance, teaching basic professional skills and providing young people with their first exposure to the working environment. DPDHL Group collaborates closely with local SOS Children’s Villages to develop support measures tailored directly to the needs of the community.

In 2014, DPDHL Group volunteers organized more than 160 different activities reaching more than 1,600 young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, offering over 100 internships and finally permanently employing 25 young talents.

Corporate Responsibility is an integral part of DPDHL Group’s corporate strategy with “Living Responsibility” as its motto. It focuses on environmental protection (GoGreen), disaster management (GoHelp) and education (GoTeach) and supports employee volunteerism through Global Volunteer Day, and the Living Responsibility Fund.

(1) Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda and Vietnam.

Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Deutsche Post DHL.

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DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group. The Group generated revenues of more than 56 billion euros in 2014.

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11 Things to Quit Immediately

There are many things in life that cause us to feel stress and sadness. Here are 11 things you can quit doing right now in order to create a life that feels easier and lighter. Starting today you can give up on things that no longer serve you and embrace positive forward momentum instead.

Ready? Here we go:

1. Quit resisting change.

Change is a necessary part of progress and growth and happiness and life! When we resist change we are essentially denying the opportunity for more love and abundance and amazing things to come into our lives. Change has to happen if you want to reach a goal. It has to happen if you want to advance in your career. Change has to happen in order for your kids to grow and thrive. So quit resisting the inevitable! You have the power to guide those changes into a future that is incredible.

2. Quit thinking you can control everything in your life.

This comes right after no. 1 because it is necessary to be clear on what you CAN change. You can change yourself, your thoughts, your feelings, your actions, but you can't change anyone else. You can't change the weather, the stock market, or your parent's deep seated beliefs. When you go around trying to control other people's behavior you will only be disappointed. When you try to manipulate a situation it only leads to frustration. Just stay in control of your own self, and everything else around you will fall in line.

3. Quit making excuses.

When we get down to it, excuses are just so lame. Everyone else can see that you are making excuses to buy time, or to keep procrastinating, or just avoid doing something that you are afraid of doing. Excuses are a huge waste of energy. Decide to do the thing or decide to not do the thing and move on.

4. Quit blaming other people.

No one else is preventing you from getting what you want. You are 100 percent responsible for your own life. Other people are not putting thoughts in your head or barriers on your progress. In actuality, there are far more people out there who want to see you soar to success then people who want to see you fail or hold you back. Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams.

5. Quit complaining.

This is another huge waste of your precious time. When you are complaining you are focusing on what you don't want and all the things you don't like. Guess what? What we focus on expands...and if your focus is on all the things you just hate those are the exact things that you will get more of. Your power of focus can be used to bring in more of what you do want. The key is to concentrate on the good, the positive, and the life-affirming things.

6. Quit criticizing.

This happens when we mistakenly believe in perfection. If you tend to find faults in every little thing, or every person that you meet, you will never be able to feel truly happy. Criticism is super negative and judgmental. If you are in the habit of pointing out faults, try to switch the habit to finding the positive attributes. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have. Perfection is a myth...but beauty is everywhere. Search for that instead.

7. Quit telling so many negative stories to yourself.

All those stories that you have rolling around in your head become your life. If you are constantly telling yourself how much you suck, how you should be better, how you screwed up this that or the other thing you will keep undermining your happiness. To be happy, you must be able to tell the story of how everything is working out in your favor. You must tell the story of how much you are looking forward to that bright future that is in store for you. And then watch how things change....

8. Quit needing to always be right.

This is a function of ego. If you are always trying to prove to everyone else how right you are, soon there won't be many left to tell. No one likes to be put down, or argued with, or shown how you are always right and they are always wrong. The need to always be right ruins relationships and leaves you isolated. Compassion works way better.

9. Quit putting labels on things.

Again, this is about letting go of judgements. Letting go of needing to control others. When you find yourself labeling people and things and religions and whatever, its really just trying to understand them in relation to things that you have already experienced personally. We label things in order to try to make sense of our world. But the world is full of mystery and variety and 7 billion people's dreams and identities. Labeling makes the world smaller, but is that what you really want?

10. Quit fantasizing over the past.

Most of us have a tendency to either relive past experiences or create future scenarios in our mind all day long. It's a shame, because life is actually happening in the present moment. In this very breath you are taking in. Just this one. And if your mind is focused on the past and perhaps feeling regret or loss or anger over how things went down it is negatively affecting your present state. Please, do yourself a favor and say goodbye to the past. It had to happen the way it did for you to become who you are today. Today you have gifts to offer the world because of what you know, this is what to focus on now.

11. Quit living your life for other people.

Your life is unique. There is not another person on Earth who sees things the same as you or who has your beautiful insights. There are so many people who are living their life trying to please everyone else, or trying to fit in, or trying to prove their worth based on the standards of others. When you can start to incorporate everything I mentioned above, you can show up as a powerful and positive force in the world! You start showing up as YOU and living the life that only you can. Letting go of the past, of blame and guilt and shame and criticism of yourself and others frees you up to start making a positive impact. You can feel love and trust and happiness when you leave the need to control and the fear of failing behind.

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Novartis malaria treatment Coartem® 80/480mg receives WHO prequalification, enabling greater access for patients

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WHO prequalified Coartem® 80/480mg is the first and only high strength malaria treatment available for donor-funded public sector procurement

BALE, Switzerland July 16, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ --

· WHO prequalified Coartem^® 80/480mg is the first and only high strength malaria treatment available for donor-funded public sector procurement

· Coartem^® 80/480mg reduces the pill burden for patients, potentially improving adherence to treatment and clinical outcomes

· This follows the launch of the first fixed-dose ACT and the first child friendly ACT formulation, underscoring the ongoing innovation of Novartis in malaria treatment

Novartis (http://www.novartis.com) antimalarial medicine Coartem^® 80/480mg today received World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification, making it the first and only high strength (80/480mg) Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) antimalarial treatment available for public sector procurement. This new dosage strength*, has the potential to improve malaria management. WHO prequalification of Coartem^® 80/480mg now allows for broad-scale public sector procurement, possibly providing access to the treatment to as many as 25 million malaria sufferers across Africa.

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“Over the last ten years, Novartis has worked with partners to make Coartem^® treatments available to patients in the public sector and through donor-funded private sector programs,” said Joseph Jimenez, CEO of Novartis. “WHO prequalification of Coartem^® 80/480mg aligns with the longstanding work of the Novartis Malaria Initiative and confirms the company’s status as a leading innovator in malaria treatment.”

Although preventable and treatable, malaria was responsible for approximately 584,000 deaths in 2013(World Health Organization, Malaria. Available at: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/. Date accessed: April 2015). One Coartem^® 80/480mg tablet is bioequivalent to four tablets of Coartem^® 20/120mg** (Lefèvre G. et al, 2013. Evaluation of two novel tablet formulations of artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem^®) for bioequivalence in a randomized, open-label, two-period study. Malaria Journal, 12:(312): 1475-2875), resulting in a lower pill burden for patients – six tablets for completion of the course of treatment, compared to the previous 24. Studies have shown that patient adherence to ACTs varies considerably, from 39% to 100%(Banek K. et al, 2014. Adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy for the treatment of malaria: a systematic review of the evidence. Malaria Journal, 13(1): 7). Failure to complete the full treatment course may reduce treatment efficacy and allow malaria parasites to develop resistance to the drug. The reduction in the number of tablets associated with Coartem^® 80/480mg could increase convenience and overcome the challenges associated with therapies that require taking a large number of pills, therefore improving adherence to treatment and clinical effectiveness.

“We welcome the arrival of high-strength Coartem^® 80/480mg said Dr Nafo Traoré, Executive Director of Roll Back Malaria Partnership. “By reducing the number of pills that adults have to take, we hope to see better adherence to treatment regimens, helping us to combat this preventable and treatable disease which still kills hundreds of thousands of people.”

Coartem^® 80/480mg, which received Swissmedic approval in November 2013, was launched in the private sector in Nigeria in late 2013 and has since been launched in more than ten African countries. This latest formulation highlights the efforts of Novartis to expand access to essential malaria treatments for all ages: in 2004 Coartem^® 20/120mg was the first fixed-dose ACT prequalified by the WHO and in 2009, Coartem^® Dispersible was launched as the first dispersible ACT designed specifically for infants and children. Today, more than 700 million treatments, including 250 million Coartem^® Dispersible antimalarials, have been delivered without profit to malaria-endemic countries.

* Approved for adults and children (weighing above 35 kg and older than 12 years) with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria

** Coartem^®80/480mg is made up of 80mg artemether and 480mg lumefantrine. Coartem^® 20/120mg is made up of 20mg artemether and 120mg lumefantrine

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Trade integration key to reduce poverty and support growth in Africa

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Making Africa’s most remote regions accessible for trade will not only promote prosperity in those regions, but also elevate the continent’s continued growth path.

CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, July 16, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Africa continues to remain vastly unexplored, and making Africa’s most remote regions accessible for trade will not only promote prosperity in those regions, but also elevate the continent’s continued growth path.

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This is according to Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (http://www.dpdhl.com), commenting on The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty(All statistics sourced from The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty report, jointly written by the World Bank Group and World Trade Organisation -with the exception where stated) (https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/worldbankandwto15_e.pdf) report recently released by the World Bank Group and World Trade Organisation.

Explaining the role that international trade plays in development and poverty reduction in Africa, the report states that the value of trade is measured by the extent to which it delivers better livelihoods, measured through higher incomes, greater variety of choice and a more sustainable future, among others.

“While countries need to continue to establish better trade relations with international partners, enabling trade routes within the continent can yield numerous benefits for the region and its people,” adds Brewer.

Having entered the African market in 1978, when the continent was still relatively ‘unknown’, Brewer says that DHL has explored the remotest of regions in Africa and witnessed these areas transform; both economically and socially, simply due to access to new services. He points to Cape Verde, situated off the northwest coast of Africa, as a good example of this. “Cape Verde is a small country consisting of 10 islands, and as a result, the quickest and most reliable way of transporting goods to and from the country is by air.

“Currently, there are three commercial airlines operating in the area and given that commercial airlines offer priority to passenger baggage, offloading of cargo from these planes was a regular occurrence. In order to better service the area, we introduced a DHL flight which operates between Senegal and Cape Verde weekly. This dedicated flight route provides various trade opportunities and greatly improves connectivity in the region.”

To effectively reduce poverty, growth needs to be inclusive, and poor people aren’t often located where growth takes place. The World Bank and The World Trade Organization estimate that one billion (15%) of the world’s population remain in extreme poverty, and that of this number, 415 million are concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report states that extreme poverty in many countries is predominately a rural phenomenon, and that an estimated 75% of the extreme poor in Africa live in rural areas.

Dr Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President, says that beyond expanding trade, more must be done, such as building roads that connect farmers to markets: “We must always connect the poorest to trade opportunities.”²

Brewer says that connecting rural areas to trade opportunities is a key focus for DHL Express in Sub-Saharan Africa. “We have made great progress in making the global market and the world at large more accessible and connected by increasing the number of points where customers can access DHL and our global network. We now have over 4,500 retail outlets across Sub-Saharan Africa offering DHL services. This allows anyone – from a student to a small business –access over 220 countries and destinations that we serve.”

The report paints trade as a key enabler of facilitating growth in developing countries and highlights that lower trade costs and fewer barriers between countries is vital to eliminating extreme poverty.

“Trade plays an essential role in driving private sector-led growth and job creation and can be a powerful force in reducing poverty and increasing incomes,” says Dr Kim(World Trade Organization > News item: Lower trade barriers, stronger global trading system can help end extreme poverty) (https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news15_e/igo_30jun15_e.htm) (. The World Bank (The World Bank press release: With WB Support, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire Commit to Trade and Transport Sector Reforms) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/06/16/with-wb-support-burkina-faso-and-cote-divoire-commit-to-trade-and-transport-sector-reforms) has already implemented measures to facilitate trade by approving a US$100 million Development Policy credit to help the governments of Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire reduce trade and transport transaction costs.

“There needs to be a collaborative effort between the public and private sector to work together to ease doing business across borders. We work very closely with the government and custom authorities in each country on solutions to make doing business easier. There is ongoing progress with a number of successful trade blocs in place focusing on better connecting the region, and we look forward to seeing Africa continue on its growth path in years to come,” concludes Brewer.

Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Deutsche Post DHL.

Media Contact:

Megan Collinicos

Head: Advertising & Public Relations, Sub-Saharan Africa

DHL Express

Tel +27 21 409 3613 Mobile +27 76 411 8570

megan.collinicos@dhl.com

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