Imani provided the position of Key Expert (Technical Advisor) at the Office of Economic Advisor to the President of South Sudan. The technical advisor (TA) provided essential support to the Economic Advisor to H.E. the President of South Sudan. This covered a number of broad strands, including government policy formulation, aid policy, internal government coordination […]
The Commonwealth Secretariat (COMSEC) provided Technical Assistance (TA) over a three year period to East African Community (EAC) member states, aimed at improving trade flows into and from the region. The TA is provided in collaboration with the East African Business Council (EABC), the EAC Secretariat and the national trade support institutions through four distinct […]
The objective of the project is to provide technical expertise to improve the Ministry’s technical economic analysis competency and provide background research on the economic impacts of regional integration to inform the Government of Rwanda’s regional integration process. Among other activities, the team has developed a 5 year strategy to support informal cross-border trade in Rwanda […]
This project was part of USAID’s Enabling Agricultural Trade (EAT) project and aimed to conduct a cross-border trade analysis on existing and potential cross-border markets for Rwandan crops, agricultural inputs (fertilizer, seeds), and livestock. This project directly supported the Government of Rwanda and private sector priorities of investment facilitation, export growth, and poverty reduction. To […]
The goal of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Competitiveness Program (Zim-ACP) was to increase the competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector. In achieving this objective, the Zim-ACP program focused on the following:
Supporting and strengthening representative farmers unions, commodity associations and agribusiness associations and assisting them to develop their analytical and advocacy capacity, with the ultimate goal of improving […]
Project Name: Rwanda’s Accession to the EAC
Donor: European Commission
Location: East Africa
Time Span: 2006 – 2007
Ahead of Rwanda’s accession to the East African Community (EAC), Imani assisted the Government of Rwanda (GoR) by conducting an economic impact study of the potential impact accession would have on the Rwandan economy. Imani’s technical assistance to the GoR also […]
Project Name: Business Innovation Facility 1
Client: PWC as prime contractor with Imani Development as consortium contractor
Donor: DFID
Location: Malawi and Zambia (Imani managed) as well as Bangladesh, India, Nigeria
Time Span: 2010 – 2013
Budget: £500k for technical assistance and £500k for management
This long-term, ground breaking project launched in 2010 to identify and […]
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Competitiveness Project, which ran from October 2010 – February 2015, set out to increase the competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s agricultural private sector. The project was funded by USAID-Zimbabwe to support and strengthen agribusiness associations within Zimbabwe and assist them to develop their analytical and advocacy capacity, with the ultimate goal of improving the agribusiness […]
The implementation of activities is gathering momentum for the DFID-funded Business Innovation Facility (BIF2). This project follows-on from the first Business Innovation Facility (BIF1) which ran from 2010 – 2013 and provided practical, hands-on advice and technical expertise to support companies to develop or scale up inclusive business models, with Imani Development serving as country manager […]
The Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF) is currently in its implementation phase. This competitive facility, through which businesses within Malawi’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors can obtain funding, is jointly managed by Imani Development and Nathan Associates London with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Department for International Development (DFID).
The MICF fund managers have […]
