Yas Telecom Cuts Emissions, Reaches 30,000 CSR Beneficiaries
Yas, the telecom and fintech subsidiary of AXIAN Telecom, has released its Sustainability Report 2025, its most comprehensive ESG disclosure to date.
The report, released last week, outlines Yas Telecom’s measurable progress on emissions reduction, renewable energy adoption, and community impact across its African markets.
The report, themed Empowering Africa’s Digital Future Responsibly, sets out the company’s sustainability strategy through 2030 and marks what Yas describes as a structural shift in how it manages and reports on its environmental and social commitments.
On the environmental front, Yas recorded a 2.6% reduction in combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions during the reporting period. The company also published its first independently reviewed roadmap to a low-carbon future, a step that moves its climate commitments from internal policy into independently verified public disclosure.
The report cites progress on renewables integration and circularity alongside the emissions data, though specific renewable capacity figures were not detailed in the press release summary.
Yas reached more than 30,000 beneficiaries through 27 CSR projects across five countries during 2025. The company frames its social impact work within a broader argument that expanding digital access, in connectivity, skills, and economic opportunity, is itself a form of development impact.
Chairman Hassanein Hiridjee acknowledged the scale of what remains undone: “The gap between those who are connected and those who are not, in access, in digital skills, in opportunity, remains one of the defining challenges of our time.”
The report identifies 2025 as the year Yas transitioned from intent to institutional architecture on governance. The company says it formalised compliance frameworks, governance structures, and assurance mechanisms designed to hold its sustainability commitments accountable over time.
CEO Hassan Jaber framed the shift as a business logic question as much as an ethics one. “Doing the right thing and building a great business are, in the end, the same thing,” he said, adding that the year was defined by building “the systems, plans, and partnerships” required to deliver on previously stated ambitions.
Yas operates across telecom, digital infrastructure, and fintech verticals under the broader AXIAN Telecom group. Its sustainability disclosure comes as African telecoms operators face growing pressure from institutional investors and regulators to align ESG reporting with international frameworks and to demonstrate independently verified progress rather than headline commitments.
The full Yas Sustainability Report 2025 is available here.
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