Hosted at Diepdale Secondary School in Soweto, the Allianz MoveNow program saw over 1400 young people from Soweto attend a career expo and participate in a football and netball challenge. Allianz has and continues to work with Diepdale since 2017 through programs such as the Allianz Maths and Science Centre, the Saturday School Program and the remedial program to improve educational outcomes. The matric pass rate was only 58.9% then but now averages 80%.

Allianz is confident that regular sport activity will have a high impact on the mental and physical wellbeing of the learners. That's why the insurer partnered with former Banyana Banyana Captain and football legend Portia Modise and retired international netballer and coach Dumisani Chauke to lead the Allianz MoveNow Camp, which saw Diepdale Secondary School compete with Fidelitas Comprehensive School in a football and netball challenge.

Using skills and tricks learned from Portia, Diepdale Secondary School were crowned champions of the Allianz MoveNow Camp football challenge with a 6 – 5 penalty shootout victory against Fidelitas Comprehensive School after a 2 all draw at full time. Coached by Dumisani, Fidelitas Comprehensive School won the netball challenge after scoring 25 goals against Diepdale Secondary School. Overall both coaches were impressed with the level of football and netball potential from the schools and encouraged the learners to work consistently hard in sport and in education to achieve their goals in life.    

As Official Worldwide Insurance Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, Allianz has teamed up with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to strengthen the role of sport in society to create a healthier environment for young people. With the Allianz MoveNow program, Allianz commits to move people of the next generation across the globe through 24 initiatives in the upcoming months until the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. The program picks up on many sport activations and festivals Allianz has conducted over the last years and includes initiatives like youth camps, sports activities and digital events such as a fitness series with the IPC launching later this year.

Thusang Mahlangu, CEO of AGCS South Africa says: "We at Allianz understand that it's not a given for everyone to be confident in tomorrow, having a positive outlook about their own well-being and future perspective. However, we are convinced of a positive effect of sport on body, mind and soul. Therefore, we are proud to introduce the Allianz MoveNow program to get young people moving again so that they are ready for tomorrow."

"We are also preparing the learners for life beyond high school through the career expo as education is our key social responsibility focus area. We firmly believe that access to high quality education creates a knowledge-based economy and in that way making the biggest sustainable impact on communities," adds Thusang.

The Allianz MoveNow program picks up from the Allianz Explorer Camp | Football Edition hosted by Allianz and FC Bayern which offered over 70 teenagers from 25 nations between the ages of 14 – 16, a chance to meet FC Bayern stars, receive training by youth coaches and participation in innovation and digital activities beyond football. Tebatso Sekoaleng, Molly Mathole and Amina Alaoui – all from Alexandra represented South Africa in Germany in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

Photographs from the event can be downloaded from here.

 About Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) is a leading global corporate insurance carrier and a key business unit of Allianz Group. We provide risk consultancy, Property-Casualty insurance solutions and alternative risk transfer for a wide spectrum of commercial, corporate and specialty risks across nine dedicated lines of business and six regional hubs.

Our customers are as diverse as business can be, ranging from Fortune Global 500 companies to small businesses. Among them are not only the world's largest consumer brands, financial institutions, tech companies and the global aviation and shipping industry, but also satellite operators or Hollywood film productions. They all look to AGCS for smart solutions and global programs to their largest and most complex risks in a dynamic, multinational business environment and trust us to deliver an outstanding claims experience.

Worldwide, AGCS operates with its own teams in more than 30 countries and through the Allianz Group network and partners in over 200 countries and territories, employing around 4,250 people. As one of the largest Property-Casualty units of Allianz Group, we are backed by strong and stable financial ratings. In 2021, AGCS generated a total of €9.5 billion gross premium globally.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained herein may include statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. In addition to statements which are forward-looking by reason of context, the words "may", "will", "should", "expects", "plans", "intends", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "predicts", "potential", or "continue" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements due to, without limitation, (i) general economic conditions, including in particular economic conditions in the Allianz Group's core business and core markets, (ii) performance of financial markets, including emerging markets, and including market volatility, liquidity and credit events (iii) the frequency and severity of insured loss events, including from natural catastrophes and including the development of loss expenses, (iv) mortality and morbidity levels and trends, (v) persistency levels, (vi) the extent of credit defaults, (vii) interest rate levels, (viii) currency exchange rates including the Euro/U.S. Dollar exchange rate, (ix) changing levels of competition, (x) changes in laws and regulations, including monetary convergence and the European Monetary Union, (xi) changes in the policies of central banks and/or foreign governments, (xii) the impact of acquisitions, including related integration issues, (xiii) reorganization measures, and (xiv) general competitive factors, in each case on a local, regional, national and/or global basis. Many of these factors may be more likely to occur, or more pronounced, as a result of terrorist activities and their consequences.

The matters discussed herein may also be affected by risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Allianz SE's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update any  forward-looking statement.

No duty to update

The company assumes no obligation to update any information or forward-looking statement contained herein, save for any information required to be disclosed by law.