For the year ended | ||
|---|---|---|
31 March 2026 $m | 31 March 2025 $m | |
Salaries and bonuses | 293 | 253 |
Defined contribution plan cost | 13 | 16 |
Defined benefit plan cost | 3 | 1 |
Staff welfare expenses | 27 | 22 |
Others | 24 | 10 |
360 | 302 | |
Employee benefit expenses includes 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:
For the year ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 March 2026 | 31 March 2025 | ||||
Year end | Average | Year end | Average | ||
Nigeria | 820 | 790 | 799 | 782 | |
East Africa | 1,395 | 1,336 | 1,308 | 1,292 | |
Francophone Africa | 1,201 | 1,184 | 1,177 | 1,164 | |
Corporate and others | 1,096 | 1,021 | 969 | 942 | |
Total | 4,512 | 4,331 | 4,253 | 4,180 | |