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I like the EPI-USE Labs culture. It's a bunch of dynamic, very friendly, very hardworking people and with true, innovative spirit. We try to solve it in such a way that we give customers long term benefit. Labs is different from other companies because of the culture that Labs has. Everybody helps other people, there's no person that we leave stranded, but everybody is a part of the family and is supported. I really love the flexibility, you’re not forced to do one specific thing and you get a lot of exposure to working as a developer and working with the clients. We all come from different places, a wide range of different countries. For example, I am French but I work with English, South African, Italian, Swiss, Swedish I think this diversity of cultures really helps us to be more open minded and innovative. We are inventing and we are creating, and in order to do that successfully, we need to give people the time and space to be creative. So that investment in research and development for us is fundamental to our success, and it comes back to the origins of who we are as a EPI-USE Labs within the group. It's a very supportive environment where the managers and your coworkers help you a lot to build the skills and knowledge you need to do your role. They have a lot of trust in you and you're given a lot of responsibility. The culture is more of a family than a bunch of colleagues, and there's always an encouragement for challenging yourself daily and asking questions, you know, sharing knowledge. There's just a great energy within the company and a great set of people means it's such a pleasure to get up in the morning and go to work. It's nice to be surrounded by a lot of cutting edge visionary thinkers. The great thing about EPI-USE Labs is that although you can work independently, you always have colleagues by your side who support you. The people really make the difference at EPI-USE Labs. Our collaborative approach internally really reflects how we do business externally. You get the feeling that attention is paid first to the people, and if you look after the people, the people look after the rest. You're allowed to be who you are in this company, be authentic self, and that's why I'm still here. If you've got an initiative, you can make anything happen. If I could describe Labs in three words, I would use family, exciting, and my last word would be accommodating.


Our strategic focus

  • We put our clients at the centre of everything we do
  • We embrace our core values, and purposefully use conscious innovation as a core driver for our business
  • We provide software to every consultant in our Group.
 

Our core values

Our shared values keep us connected, and guide us as a unified global group. Our core values, built on a foundation of academic excellence, collectively guide our decisions and actions.

At EPI-USE Labs, we:

  • Strive towards excellence in everything we do
  • Demonstrate mutual respect and empathy towards our colleagues and our clients
  • Act with honour, professionalism and personal humility
  • Show enthusiasm: we believe in the business, are dedicated and innovative, and enjoy what we do
  • Act with integrity – we are true to our values
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We bring a bright spark of energy and enthusiasm to our clients. We have fun and enjoy what we do. We bring together the brightest, most innovative minds in our field.

We have a warm, welcoming and accepting culture. We demonstrate mutual respect and empathy towards our colleagues and our clients.

We are creative and innovative, and curious to find extraordinary solutions to our clients’ challenges. We encourage an enquiring mindset and the freedom to innovate.

We go ‘Beyond Corporate Purpose’ with our non-profit entity, Elephants, Rhinos & People (ERP), and we follow sustainable practices.

We are a unified global group, in which both our collective and individual strengths and differences are celebrated. Our clients benefit from a diverse spread of cultures and locations.

We act with integrity and honour. We are transparent in our approach, true to our values, and accountable to our clients.

We are real people, balancing work, life and families, just like our clients. We invest time in selecting and appointing the right people and then continually support and invest in them.

We do things differently, bringing our clients a creative, visionary approach. We believe in value creation for our people, clients and partners.

We work together with a shared purpose and values, which guide our decisions and actions. We encourage partnerships based on our shared values.

We are proactive and responsive to our clients’ needs. We continually make sure that our solutions are aligned with the latest trends and our clients’ changing needs.

Our set of coloured blocks, made up of our ten secondary colours, plays an integral role in connecting our EPI-USE Labs’ culture with our brand.
Each colour has a theme, and represents a set of concepts drawn from our culture and values.

These blocks appear throughout all our marketing material as a ‘golden thread’ connecting to our culture.
They act as a visual reminder of who we are; our culture is a fundamental part of everything we do, and guides how we interact with our colleagues and clients.

Our principles

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The best people to research, invent, innovate and learn
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An entrepreneurial mindset with the freedom to innovate
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Value creation: for our employees, clients, partners and shareholders
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Responsibility, with three pillars: transparency, integrity and accountability
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Partnerships based on shared values
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Going beyond corporate purpose
We work together to achieve our goals

Working together for a shared purpose

We invest time in finding, selecting and appointing the right people, and then continually invest in our people.

We promote a welcoming and professional corporate culture, and do our best to ensure that every employee has the support and growth path they need to succeed across our multi-faceted business.

Strong talent is important to EPI-USE Labs

Built on academic excellence

The story of our company began with a professor who headed up the Department of Computer Science at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. What started out as a way to fund expensive computer equipment for the university turned into a global success story.

Our academic roots are still strong. At EPI-USE Labs, we gather the brightest and most innovative minds in our field. We are highly-qualified professionals, with many degrees and numerous SAP certifications.

Our slogan 'value through innovation' resonates in everything we do

Value through innovation

We have invested significantly in Research and Development (R&D) over the years, and our clients get evident benefits from this.

We have a strong belief in adding value for our clients by genuinely looking after them, as reflected in our slogan, ‘value through innovation’.

Our ERP innitiative is unique and binds us together

Leading by example: going Beyond Corporate Purpose

EPI-USE Labs is a member of Group Elephant. Our group is characterized by a primary strategic imperative in terms of which we go ‘Beyond Corporate Purpose’ in our day-to-day activities.

Group Elephant also owns and funds a non-profit entity called Elephants, Rhinos & People (ERP) focusing on the preservation of at-risk elephants and rhinos through poverty alleviation.

Our clients give us purpose. Everything we build and deliver addresses a specific challenge that our clients are facing today, or we believe they will encounter at some point in the future as a resultof ever-changing IT and business landscapes. Their feedback provides critical input to our conscious innovation cycle. Through this, we adjust ourexisting roadmaps, and deliver new products and services that will be required by our clients as theycompete in their own markets, and offer solutions to their own clients.

Stephen Owens, Partner
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Beyond corporate purpose

EPI-USE Labs is a member of Group Elephant, which employs over 4,200 people and is largely employee-owned. Group Elephant also owns and funds a non-profit entity called Elephants, Rhinos & People (ERP) focusing on the preservation of at-risk elephants and rhinos through the economic upliftment of rural people in areas adjacent to these threatened species. 1% of our revenue is channelled into the ERP program.

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Bees, honey and elephants

Beehive fences, set up as a natural barrier around rural communities and farms, take advantage of elephants' fear of bees to protect crops from free-roaming elephants. As well as providing protection against elephants, the beehives produce raw honey, creating employment and an income stream for local communities.

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#BIKES4ERP

Many rural African children endure gruelling journeys to school, hindering their concentration and leading to high absenteeism rates. #BIKES4ERP provides bicycles, empowering students with improved attendance, concentration, and time for studying. Help break the cycle of poverty with your support.

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