Vodacom Group Ltd Ord (VODAF) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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A very warm welcome to Vodacom's interim results presentation. For those of you joining in person, you're getting a taste of summer from us, and hopefully you'll see more of that on the streets and beaches of South Africa. For those of you attending online, you're missing out on some soft serve ice cream, I'm afraid, and that lovely jingle the ice cream truck makes as it goes past your neighborhood. We are going to kick off in a second or two with, firstly, a flavor of our summer campaign, a short advert, then a video from Shmila Narasebi, after which time we will take Q&A. My name is JP Davids, head of investor relations for Vodacom Group, and a very warm welcome to you. It's time to sit back, unwind, and unlock summertime. unlock festive feasts with the family unlock the season's freshest look unlock endless live streams unlock savings at the pump unlock game days Unlock that summer feeling. Unlock summer on Vodapay and get your share of 500 million rand in cash and rewards. Further together, Vodacom. Welcome to our interim results presentation for the period ended 30th of September 2023. Vodacom is a purpose-led company and we connect for a better future. Our core connectivity business provides us with the foundation to deliver on our three purpose pillars, digital society, inclusion for all, and planet. Over and above these three pillars, Vodacom steps up when there is a crisis and help is needed. This is very evident in how we responded to the COVID pandemic, the subsequent drought in Kenya, and floods in Mozambique and South Africa. In the period, we donated healthcare packages following a cholera outbreak in South Africa. In the DRC, following a devastating flood, we provided free connectivity and free and passive transfers in the region to affected customers....