Africa 1000+ July 2026
~575k
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~75
Organizations
These insights represent ~575k questions answered from ~75 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Marketing & Advertising, Computer Software, Machinery, Consumer Goods, Defense & Space, Food Production, Hospital & Health Care, Investment Management
Reported gender breakdown
Male
68%
Female
32%
Non-Binary
0.01%
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.
74% of Africa 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the top 44% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 23 and is in the top 25% compared with other regions.
How does Africa 1000+ compare?
People in Africa 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Feedback & Recognition, Collaboration & Communication, and Service & Quality Focus.
On the lower side, people in Africa 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity.
People working in Africa 1000+ are more engaged than Benelux, Central Europe, DACH, and Nordic. People working in Africa 1000+ are less engaged than Central America and South Asia.
The highest scoring question for Africa 1000+ 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 Management.
People in Africa 1000+ 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 26% of people disagreeing (+8% 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 1000+ organizations.
1 %[Company]% really allows us to make a positive difference | Social Connection |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
3 I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies | Alignment & Involvement |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+1% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 7% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-3% 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
3%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
22%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
23%