Today's workforce expects more than annual wellness events and occasional initiatives. Employees want ongoing support that recognises their physical, emotional, social and financial wellbeing. At the same time, organisations are under pressure to improve engagement, retain talent and demonstrate measurable return on investment from wellbeing programmes.
Many HR teams face common challenges:
- Limited visibility into employee wellbeing trends
- Fragmented wellness providers and initiatives
- Difficulty sustaining engagement throughout the year
- Limited data to inform leadership decisions
- Increasing expectations around employee experience
Thrive Connect helps bridge this gap.
HR leaders carry the responsibility for employee wellbeing - often without the tools to deliver on it.
- Workforce Wellness Dashboard -Track participation, engagement and wellbeing trends through a centralised dashboard designed for HR leaders.
- Wellness Challenges and Rewards - Encourage participation through individual and team-based challenges supported by meaningful incentives.
- Social Wall and Community - Foster connection, celebrate milestones and strengthen organisational culture through shared experiences.
- Targeted Communication Tools - Deliver relevant wellbeing messages, reminders and nudges to specific employee groups when they matter most.
- Wellness Services Coordination - Access wellbeing professionals and interventions through one seamless platform experience.
- Privacy-First Architecture - Employee privacy remains protected at all times. Individual information is never visible to employers, with only aggregated and anonymised insights shared.
Thrive Connect extends beyond engagement by connecting employees to a growing network of wellness partners.
Reward Partner Ecosystem - Real perks at Kenya's most loved brands, earned through healthy behaviours. When employees complete challenges and hit wellness goals, they unlock genuine discounts across fitness, food & lifestyle, and health - with 13 reward partners and growing.
The ecosystem continues to evolve across four pillars of wellbeing:
Wellness Intervention Partners. Beyond rewards, employees are connected to qualified professionals across all four pillars of wellbeing:
- Mental & Emotional — Licensed therapists, counselling and coaching, stress management programmes
- Physical & Nutrition — Certified nutritionists, personalised meal planning, health screenings
- Financial Wellness — Financial coaching and planning, debt management support, investment literacy
- Social & Lifestyle — Relationship and family support, work-life balance coaching, community wellbeing programmes
A connected ecosystem of rewards and wellbeing support.
- Real-time visibility - See how your workforce is engaging, by department and team, continuously.
- Perks employees actually use- Reward partners your people already know and trust.
- Smarter interventions, Targeted action - When data shows a team is struggling, launch a challenge, book a session, or send a nudge - instantly.
- ROI you can report - Participation and engagement data you can take straight to leadership.
- Ongoing partnership - Dedicated onboarding, account management, and regular reviews - not a one-off sign-up.
- Trust built in - Built on Old Mutual's commitment to helping people achieve financial wellness and overall wellbeing with a privacy-first architecture that employees can rely on.
Why Thrive Connect?
Getting started is simple as:
Investing in wellbeing delivers measurable value
Research continues to show that organisations that prioritise employee wellbeing experience stronger engagement, improved retention and better business outcomes. The results speak for themselves
- 35% boost in employee satisfaction at organisations with structured wellness strategies
- $3.27 in medical savings generated per $1 invested in employee wellness
- $2.73 in absenteeism reductions per $1 invested
- 2–6× higher engagement among corporate users vs. individual users on the Thrive platform
