Effective Implementation of SADC’s STR by Mirabel Bausinger
First Steps towards Facilitating Trade for Women and Small-Scale Traders in SADC Small-scale, often informal, cross-border trade (CBT) plays a significant role in Africa’s trade environment; informal trade represents over…
Evaluation in the 21st Century by Elena Mancebo
Development practitioners – donors, designers, policy shapers and implementers – across the globe agree that evaluation must play a stronger role in shaping development efforts. For some time now, we…
Photos: Border Visits – Nyamapanda/Cochemane
Imani Development has been undertaking a range of border assessments as part of our Development of the SADC Simplified Trade Regime. The primary focus of this is supporting the SADC Secretariat and…
Managing Risk in Development by Andy Simpson, MD
Development agencies, philanthropists, charities and to a lesser extent even corporates are all active social change agents – whether they explicitly focus on health, education, agriculture, enterprise, the arts or…
Effective, Accessible Transport in Cape Town: What can be done?
Martin Eichhorn In recognition of the daily transport difficulties faced by People with Disabilities in Cape Town, the DG Murray Trust commissioned Imani Development to conduct research into the issue…
Informal Cross-Border Trade – Innovative Interventions Achieve Positive Results
Informal Cross-Border Trade (ICBT) throughout the EAC makes up a significant part of the trade conducted within the region and neighbouring countries – 80% of those participating are women. ICBT refers to…
Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund Portfolio
The Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF), supported by UNDP and UKAid, is a US$8 million competitive, transparent mechanism that provides grant finance for innovative projects proposed by private sector firms…
Black Holes in African Trade Data by Cyril Prinsloo
Imani colleague, Cyril Prinsloo, recently collaborated with Ron Sandrey from the Trade Law Centre (tralac) on an article investigating “black holes” in trade data, with a key focus on intra-African…
Trading costs inhibits intra-regional trade by Jandre Conradie
The cost of trade has generally been seen as an inhibiting factor of intra-regional trade in Africa. Considering the export characteristics of South Africa, one of the continent’s largest exporters…
The Role of FDI in Development by Khwima Singini
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is by far the largest and most stable source of capital for developing countries. However, the distribution of FDI has been uneven across different regions and…
Value Chains in SSA – The Way Forward by Francois van Heerden
Value chains have changed the world and are rapidly changing and evolving due to the increasing rate of technology innovation, communication technology, and computer integrated technology. UNCTAD defines a global/regional…
The World Isn’t As Broken As You Think by Jaco Slabbert
When you’ve been working in development for a long time, you can easily become a little pessimistic about the state of the world. It could seem as if your actions…