EU prepares industry for Brexit: Shouldn’t SADC be doing so? by Mirabel Bausinger
Imani Development recently completed a poverty assessment on the effects of Brexit on EU-SADC trade under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Our analysis of specific priority sectors under the SADC…
Latest News: Imani to implement EU-funded agribusiness support programme in Kenya
Imani Development is proud to be part of a consortium of firms working on the EU-funded Kenyan Initiative for Long-Term Integration of Market Operators in Value Chains (KILIMO-VC) programme. The…
Interview with Dr. Nicholas Charalambides on M&E in Trade Agreements
Imani Development recently designed a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between six SADC member states and the EU, known as the SADC-EU EPA. Elena…
Chikolongo Farm Project by Regine Ankoma-Bempong
Located in Southern Malawi, on the border of the Liwonde National Park, a community of humans and animals exist side by side. Liwonde National Park is home to a rich…
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…