Africa-wide - Imani Development

ESG among African Private Sector to enhance sustainable business practices in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) (2022-2023)

By Imani Development|2025-04-09T08:22:43+00:0011th July 2023|

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has increasingly become an important factor in determining the competitiveness of businesses as they operate in society, with a critical focus on the sustainability of their activities. Worldwide trade and investment agreements and arrangements, including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), have recognised the need to contribute towards advancing […]

Optimising carbon sequestration opportunities in community wealth building in Argyll & Bute (2022)

By Imani Development|2023-07-11T09:55:53+00:0011th July 2023|

Imani Development managed a programme of work packages aimed at ‘Optimising carbon sequestration opportunities in community wealth building in Argyll and Bute’. This required local knowledge through our Scottish office of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, in particular Argyll & Bute region.

The project required in-depth learning and sense-checking with economic and environmental agencies, stakeholders including […]

Development of the Statutes and a Resource Mobilisation Plan and Initiative for the AfCFTA Adjustment Facility (2020 – 2021)

By Imani Development|2021-09-13T14:03:52+00:0013th September 2021|

The AfCFTA is an important step towards rationalizing Africa’s regional trade arrangements to deepen economic integration and draw on economies of scale and development of regional value chains to accelerate the process of structural transformation and diversification of African economies.

While it is widely accepted that gains from trade integration are overwhelming, it is also recognized […]