Africa January 2026
~530k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~150
Organizations
These insights represent ~530k questions answered from ~150 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Financial Services, Nonprofit Organization Management, Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Marketing & Advertising, Mining & Metals, Oil & Energy, Public Relations & Communications, Renewables & Environment
Reported gender breakdown
Male
61%
Female
39%
Non-Binary
0.1%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
72% of Africa employees are engaged
This is in the top 48% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 22 and is in the top 27% compared with other regions.
How does Africa compare?
People in Africa were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Service & Quality Focus, and Teamwork & Ownership.
On the lower side, people in Africa had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Work Life Blend, and Voice.
People working in Africa are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, Central Europe, and Nordic. People working in Africa are less engaged than Latin America, South America, Central America, and South Asia.
The highest scoring question for Africa had 92% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Africa were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe that my total compensation is fair, relative to similar roles at %[Company]%' with 30% of people disagreeing (+11% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Africa organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 21% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 8% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
1%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
15%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
23%