ALX asks a great deal of people who work in talent development across Africa. Its wellbeing programme gives them two different forms of support: a shared challenge when connection helps, and private professional sessions when an individual conversation is more useful.

Those routes meet different needs. Combining them in one platform lets employees choose without making either route the definition of wellbeing.

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The shared route: a team steps challenge

ALX ran a company-wide steps challenge in April 2026. Ninety-seven employees joined, with 10,000 Strove Coins available to top performers and teams.

Employees followed weekly progress and encouraged colleagues. The campaign made movement a visible group activity without requiring everyone to train at the same level.

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Samir Khan, Leadership Development Specialist at ALX Africa, describes what he observed:

"Our recent steps challenge brought in 97 of our staff and the energy it created across the team was genuinely special. People looked forward to checking in each week and pushing each other on."

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The available daily averages across active members were:

• 61 active minutes
• 5,000 steps
• 7.0 hours of sleep

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The World Health Organization recommends regular physical activity and less sedentary time. The challenge gave employees a shared reason to put more movement into the month.

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The private route: Talk

Employees can use Talk to book sessions with coaches, counsellors and psychologists.

ALX recorded 152 Talk sessions over 12 months, with bookings continuing across the period. This gives employees an option that doesn't depend on public participation, points or a leaderboard.

The World Health Organization's mental-health-at-work guidance includes individual support as one part of an employer's response. It also calls for attention to working conditions, manager capability and organisational risk. Talk contributes to that wider response without replacing it.

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Munesu Manyangarirwa, Data Scientist at ALX Africa, values having the services together:

"You can talk to really great professionals, whilst tracking how your exercise, sleep, and food journey is going, and still earn points for it."

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One reporting period, one organisational group

ALX and Sand Tech were part of the same organisational group when the annual portfolio figures were collected.

The shared reporting set recorded:

• 64,270 kilometres of activity over one year
• 187 million steps
• About 493,000 steps per member annually
• Participation across 143 ALX challenges
• 349 ALX Gold tiers achieved

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The distance and step totals also appear in the Sand Tech story because they describe the same wider population and period. They shouldn't be added together.

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Different motivations can coexist

Some employees use the platform to begin moving. Others bring an established training goal.

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Kwazi Mthembu, Programme Manager for Data Engineering, used Strove alongside endurance training:

"Strove keeps me motivated to stay active and consistent with my training. It's become a simple way to hold myself accountable and keep my momentum going."

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His experience shows why a programme for a high-performing team must leave room for both first steps and advanced goals.

ALX now has evidence of demand for both routes: 97 people joined one shared steps campaign, while employees booked 152 private Talk sessions over a year. Future campaigns can build participation without asking every employee to engage in the same way.