Corporate Integrity Pledge

This pledge is only as good as the company leadership’s commitment to ensure good business ethics, integrity, transparency, and accountability in all aspects of the company’s operations demonstrable by the governance and compliance measures implemented by the company. To put Ethics 1st®, means to conduct the company’s business free from corrupt and unethical practices in order to boost shareholder value, retain investor confidence, act in the best interest of stakeholders, and contribute to sustainable growth and development of your country and the continent of Africa.

1. Take steps to prevent, detect, and respond to unethical and corrupt practices committed through any of its employees, agents, or subsidiaries under any law applicable to the company.

2. Abstain from practices or activities that would require or encourage its employees, agents, or subsidiaries to engage in unethical or corrupt activities in violation of any relevant law to the company.

3. Work together with its business partners, industry stakeholders, regulators, and law enforcement agencies to create a business environment that is competitive, transparent, and free from corruption. This pledge is only as good as the company leadership’s commitment to ensure good business ethics, integrity, transparency, and accountability in all aspects of the company’s operations demonstrable by the governance and compliance measures implemented by the company.

   To put Ethics 1st® means to conduct the company’s business free from corrupt and unethical practices in order to boost shareholder value, retain investor confidence, act in the best interest of stakeholders, and contribute to sustainable growth and development of your country and the continent of Africa.

4. Stay committed to business excellence, competence, learning, and improvement in all aspects of its operations, including in its compliance program.

5. Maintain and implement a protocol for responding to incidents of attempted or actual breach of the company’s ethics policy and/or violation of a relevant anticorruption law, which shall include appropriate remediation.