NTT DATA has been licensed as a Prime Employer in Kenya for 2026 by the Prime Employers Institute, recognizing the corporate’s sturdy folks practices and its dedication to making a high-performing and inclusive office.
The Kenya certification kinds a part of NTT DATA’s recognition as a International Prime Employer for the third consecutive 12 months, putting the corporate amongst simply 17 organizations worldwide to obtain the Institute’s highest stage of certification. In complete, NTT DATA earned 4 regional and 37 nation and area Prime Employer 2026 certifications throughout North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa, reflecting the consistency and energy of its folks technique throughout world and native operations.
The Prime Employers Institute certifies organizations via a complete HR Finest Practices Survey and an impartial audit course of. The evaluation evaluates six HR domains and 20 subjects, together with Folks Technique, Work Setting, Expertise Acquisition, Studying, Range, Fairness and Inclusion, and Wellbeing.
In Kenya, NTT DATA achieved notably sturdy ends in studying and growth, goal and values, work setting, sustainability, expertise acquisition and digital HR. These outcomes replicate the corporate’s continued funding in worker expertise and its concentrate on constructing a tradition the place folks really feel revered, supported and empowered to develop, whereas assembly globally benchmarked folks requirements.
“Being licensed as a Prime Employer in Kenya for 2026 is a big milestone for our enterprise.” mentioned Richard Hechle, Managing Director for NTT DATA in East Africa. “It displays the progress we’ve made in strengthening our tradition and worker expertise and the dedication of our groups who carry our values to life day by day. We’re proud to be constructing a office the place folks can develop, thrive and contribute meaningfully to our purchasers and communities.”
At a world stage, NTT DATA was additionally acknowledged for superior folks practices that aren’t but extensively adopted throughout many organizations, together with Candidate Expertise Measurement, Worker Listening Methods, Voice of the Worker Champions and Range, Fairness and Inclusion initiatives. Collectively, these practices display the corporate’s dedication to fostering inclusive workplaces that worth each voice and encourage steady enchancment.
“Our staff are our most necessary asset and key to our aggressive edge,” mentioned Yutaka Sasaki, President and CEO, NTT DATA. “With roughly 200,000 staff throughout greater than 70 nations and areas – over 75% of whom are non-Japanese – their dedication, experience and numerous views allow us to ship vital worth for our purchasers. Being acknowledged as a International Prime Employer for the third 12 months in a row displays the significance, we place on making a office the place folks really feel revered, supported and empowered to carry out at their greatest.”
Adrian Seligman, CEO of the Prime Employers Institute, commented: “Reaching International Prime Employer standing in 2026 is a unprecedented accomplishment that displays excellence in particular person nations, and crucially, sustained folks practices throughout areas and worldwide. NTT DATA has demonstrated a uncommon means to align its folks technique globally whereas making certain significant, regionally related experiences for workers in each licensed market.”
The Prime Employer certification reinforces NTT DATA’s people-first philosophy and its ambition to be the place the place folks develop. Trying forward, the corporate will proceed to spend money on its folks and office tradition because it drives sustainable progress and delivers long-term worth for purchasers throughout Kenya and the broader East Africa area.
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