As the world’s youngest democracy, South Sudan faces an immense number of economic, political, and social challenges. Shortly after gaining independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011, South Sudan applied to join the East African Community (EAC) when H.E. General Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, signed a note verbale.
Given […]
Commissioned by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), with support from the Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Imani Development has delivered a roadmap for innovation-led growth in the Scottish Aquaculture Sector, entitled “Scottish Aquaculture: A view to 2030”. The publication follows a six-month scoping study involving desk research, two datasets from the SAIC biennial event in […]
Imani Development has been contracted by the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) to develop a regional support programme for Small-Scale Cross-Border Trade. In order to better assess the priorities of key stakeholders of the intended programme, Director of Imani Development (International) Limited, Dr. Nicholas Charalambides traveled to Lusaka, Zambia, to facilitate a discussion […]
Imani Development has been collaborating with the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management in providing Technical Assistance to the European Investment Bank (EIB) Financial Sector Operations in Southern Africa to improve Micro-, Small-, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) access to finance and microfinance.
On 13 October 2016, EIB, the European Union Delegation to Zambia, and the Frankfurt School hosted a […]
In March 2016 the Heads of State of the EAC admitted South Sudan into the Community. The path to accession started in 2011 when H. E. General Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of the Republic of South Sudan, signed a note verbale applying for membership. In August 2013, the EAC’s Council of Ministers passed a […]
It is with great pleasure that we announce a new location for our Imani Development Global Hub Offices.
Our Cape Town office, Imani’s Global Hub Office, has moved to a new office location at The Waverley Business Park, Mowbray. This is only a few minutes walk from our previous location, but offers much more space for […]
Imani Development is the local implementing partner for the Business Innovation Facility (BIF) 2 in Malawi. The six-year DfID-funded programme takes a systemic approach to market development, supporting companies to develop or scale-up innovative ‘inclusive business’ models which seek to enable the poor to benefit from markets. BIF has evaluated and selected markets based on […]
Imani Development, together with our colleagues from Tutwa Consulting, administered the 2014 Business Climate Survey on behalf of the EU-SA Business Links (a precursor to the newly launched EU Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Africa). The full report can be downloaded here.
The survey concentrated on the opinions of EU companies on the investment […]
Earlier this year Imani Development presented the newly revised ‘Handbook for Sustainable Coffee Production in Malawi’ to the Coffee Association of Malawi.
This handbook includes information and guidelines for the development of Malawi’s coffee sector, with specific detail for both smallholders and estates. Building on information from previous Malawian and regional coffee publications, it provides new […]
The Tripartite Summit, involving Heads of State and Governments from 26 African countries that took place in Egypt between 7 and 10 June 2015, set the stage to launch the COMESA, EAC and SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA). This is in line with the agreement reached by the Tripartite Sectoral Committee of Ministers meeting in Burundi […]
