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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The second Global Impact Summit organised by YPO, a global community of chief executives, concluded in Kigali on Saturday, 3 February, with participants committing to taking critical action to change the world into a better place.<\/p>\n

The summit, attended by more than 230 chief executives of companies from all over the world, was the first held in Africa, a continent the participants view as the future due to its young population and the abundance of socio-economic potential.<\/p>\n

Held under the theme, \u201cFrom Imagination to Action,\u201d the summit focused on the participants\u2019 role in finding solutions to global issues, including climate change, hunger, conflict, job creation and access to education.<\/p>\n

YPO has more than 35,000 members from 150 countries, representing companies that employ nearly 22 million people worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to become better leaders. It’s an easy thing to say, and it’s a tough thing to do,\u201d said YPO Global Chairman Raymond Watt, adding that the members of the organisation can help make a positive change in the world by making the right personal choices.<\/p>\n

\u201cRwanda is the true teacher of when one person makes the right decision, they influence someone else to do the same, which is why we wanted the Global Impact Summit held here,\u201d Watt says. \u201cIt was not one man\u2019s decision that changed Rwanda from 1994 to today. It was the decision of millions of individual people to make a choice to forgive, to make a choice to live in harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watt said the companies and countries represented at the summit have a role to play in shaping the future of the world.<\/p>\n

YPO also has a youth wing, called YPO Next Generation, which seeks to nurture future leaders and members of the global organisation.<\/p>\n

For Asheesh Advani, CEO of JA Worldwide, an entrepreneurship development company, helping young people participate in the type of impactful actions YPO members are implementing is one of the best ways to ensure the desired changes are realised.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe action happens if you create jobs. How do you create jobs? When you have a local project, hire local people, partner with somebody local,\u201d says Advani, whose company is set to open a branch in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother way to impact youth is to train them to become entrepreneurs, job creators, and hopefully future YPO members,\u201d Watt adds. \u201cWhen you reach people at a young age, you make them realise that they can create a job for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Measuring YPO\u2019s impact<\/p>\n

One way YPO measures its impact is through surveys that track the activities of member-led companies.<\/p>\n

YPO\u2019s inaugural 2023 Global Impact Report, conducted by data intelligence firm Proof, is one of the largest datasets of impact metrics of private companies and was presented during the summit.<\/p>\n

Up to 700 companies from 12 industries and 80 countries took part in the survey, which focused on equality, employment, gender pay gap, and water, energy and carbon footprint.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe captured that YPO-led companies are quite good at managing the diversity quality and inclusion of our businesses,\u201d says Proof CEO Fleur Heyns.<\/p>\n

They found that YPO-run companies tend to hire more people from diverse backgrounds than the global benchmark. They pay men and women almost the same, which is also much better than the global benchmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere we see an opportunity is with carbon measurement,\u201d Fleur says. \u201cMost companies could not report on their carbon emissions nor do they have the support and tools to measure how destructive or clean they are for the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we believe makes a company successful when it comes to global impact also makes them successful from a financial perspective,\u201d she notes.<\/p>\n

Why Rwanda?<\/p>\n

The first YPO Global Impact Summit took place in 2023 in Costa Rica. The organisers chose Rwanda for the second summit because, they say, the country has lessons to teach other countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cYPO Global Impact Summit is a premier gathering of global chief executives designed to provide a platform for the business leaders to meet and exchange ideas to become better leaders,\u201d says YPO member and Rwandan Businessman Emery Rubagenga, one of the event\u2019s organisers.<\/p>\n

“Rwanda has a lot to share”, he adds, by hosting this event in Kigali, our objective was to humbly share our experience, especially our reconciliation journey since the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, but also showcase the business\/investment opportunities that Rwanda & Africa has to offer whilst deep-dive into the impact responsibilities we have, as global business leaders.<\/p>\n

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