7. Employee benefits expense
For the year ended | ||
|---|---|---|
31 March 2025 $m | 31 March 2024 $m | |
Salaries and bonuses | 253 | 254 |
Defined contribution plan cost | 16 | 15 |
Defined benefit plan cost | 1 | 1 |
Staff welfare expenses | 22 | 21 |
Others | 10 | 10 |
302 | 301 | |
Employee benefit expenses include directors’ remuneration. For further information about the remuneration of individual directors, refer to the directors’ remuneration report.
Details of year end and monthly average number of people employed by the Group during the year:
Number of people employed by the Group | For the year ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 March 2025 | 31 March 2024 | ||||
Year end | Average | Year end | Average | ||
Nigeria | 799 | 782 | 787 | 784 | |
East Africa | 1,308 | 1,292 | 1,275 | 1,266 | |
Francophone Africa | 1,177 | 1,164 | 1,160 | 1,153 | |
Corporate and others | 969 | 942 | 910 | 883 | |
Total | 4,253 | 4,180 | 4,132 | 4,086 | |