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Formulation of SADC Vision 2050 and (RISDP) 2020-2030

By |31st October 2019|

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.

 

Latest News: In memory of Murdoch Gatward

By |19th September 2019|

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 […]

A different take on Regional Integration – the ASEAN way by Keith Atkinson

By |16th August 2019|

The declaration of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 was the realisation of the regional economic integration of the ten economies of the ASEAN Member States, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. The AEC was established to promote free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labour […]

Latest News: BFA Bank Philanthropic prize programme

By |15th August 2019|

Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) successfully concluded their first edition of the BFA Solidarity programme, which awarded 157.5 million Kwanzas to twelve non-profit organisations in Angola last month. This annual programme seeks to support and recognize the work of non-profit organizations working in education, health and promotion of social and financial inclusion of children and youth in […]

Building a market system: A glimpse into DRC’s aquaculture industry by Dr Isla Farley

By |25th July 2019|

 BACKGROUND

Despite the country’s economic potential, many in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain desperately poor. After many years of conflict and instability 69% of the DRC’s population lives in poverty [1]. Economic opportunities, like capitalising on the strong demand for fish, are much needed.

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has embarked on an innovative […]

What role will RECs have in AfCFTA implementation? by Chad Capon

By |13th June 2019|

With Sierra Leone and the Sahrawi Republic having deposited their domestication implements in April, the AfCFTA came into force on the 30th of May 2019. Accordingly, there have been ToRs from donors requesting the development of National Implementation Strategies and other requests associated with the implementation of the AfCFTA.

There have been a number of articles […]

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning with Mmm… Elephants & Lions by Jonathan Thorneycroft

By |25th April 2019|

The Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery (ZEN) project is a collaborative partnership between Wild Is Life and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The project acronym – ZEN – fits perfectly with its objective to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned elephants that have been affected by poaching incidents throughout Zimbabwe. The goal is to release and reintegrate […]

Chikolongo Farm Project – Creating sustainable livelihoods by David Bargh

By |7th March 2019|

Background to Chikolongo

A quick search on google will tell you everything you need to know about “human-wildlife conflict zones”. The world wildlife fund (WWF) defines this issue as “any interaction between humans and wildlife that results in negative impacts on human social, economic or cultural life, on the conservation of wildlife populations, or on the […]

AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund – agribusiness support programme by Martin Eichhorn

By |31st January 2019|

Imani Development and Self-Help Africa have partnered to develop and manage the AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund, which is the flagship output of the Kenyan Initiative for Long-term Integration of Market Operators in Value Chains – or KILIMO VC.

Challenge funds are innovative mechanisms to assist the scaling of high-potential private sector companies that have business models […]

Reflections into the year that was

By |7th December 2018|

British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said, “A week is a long time in politics”; well it is only fair to say then that a year in politics is a very, very long time. What a year it has been in politics and every other sphere we observe and work in.

Brexit continues to dominate, and […]