Agriculture contributes about 15% of total SADC GDP (between 4% and 27% of GDP in the different SADC Member States), industry accounts for 31% and services for 55%. The share of manufacturing (11.3% SADC wide, 2014) with the exception of South Africa and Mauritius, remains low and relatively undiversified in SADC.
The revised SADC Regional Indicative […]
Northern Ghana has been left behind as the rest of the country reports impressive economic growth. Most families in Northern Ghana rely on subsistence agriculture in a harsh, dry climate that is prone to drought and other impacts of climate change. Poverty and food insecurity are higher in this region than elsewhere in the country. […]
Today we would like to take this opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge Richard Hess as he retires from his position as Group Chairman of Imani Development International.
Richard Hess started Imani in 1982 in Zimbabwe, from his humble home office in Harare. From these early beginnings the company grew to having a broad footprint across Eastern […]
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (MRI) and Maine Aquaculture Association (Project Partners) required the services of a consulting team to develop an objective and fact-based Statewide Training Strategy (The Workforce Development Strategy) for Maine’s growing and evolving aquaculture industry.
The intended outcomes for the Workforce Development Strategy were:
1. to serve as a strategic roadmap for […]
Imani Development was requested by Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FML) to prepare a proposal for the development of an Aquaculture scheme at their Sunti Golden Sugar Estate (SGSE) in Niger State, Nigeria. The estate is located along a floodplain of the Niger River, and currently irrigates its sugarcane with water from this source. A […]
The purpose of this engagement was to support a rapid assessment of the aquaculture sector in DRC to better understand its structure and dynamics. This assessment provided the basis to decide if there is a potential for DFID to support the sector with a view on both reducing poverty and improving nutrition among the poor […]
COMESA recently held a technical policy dialogue in Nairobi Kenya on implementation of the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) from the 8th to the 9th of October. Organized by COMESA under the 11 European Development Fund (EDF) Small Scale Cross Border Trade Initiative (SCCBTI), the meeting objective was to discuss policy and technical aspects of […]
Poverty, Growth and Inequality
Poverty reduction is a social imperative that society largely agrees on. From this agreement emerges two starkly divergent schools of thought which dominate news headlines and public discourse. We often hear the term “trickledown economics”, the idea that economic growth within an economy is the best way to reduce poverty and benefit those at […]
Imani Development has been contracted by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat to formulate the SADC Development Vision 2050 and Regional Indicative Strategy Development Plan (RISDP) 2020-2030. Dr. Nicholas Charalambides travelled to Gaborone, Botswana to facilitate the draft inception report presentation.
It is with great sadness that we learnt that Murdoch Gatward had passed away on Monday the 16th September, after a long period of illness.
Murdoch had retired from his role as Director at Imani Enterprise Ltd and CEO of the Imani Development Foundation, but left a strong legacy at Imani.
He spent over 27 years managing […]
