Projects - Imani Development

Involvement of civil society in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) EPA states (July 2023 – April 2024)

By Imani Development|2025-04-02T11:11:24+00:002nd April 2025|

The European Economic Social Committee (EESC) commissioned a study on assessing the involvement of civil society in the EPA between the EU and the SADC EPA states. From 2013, it has become more common to involve the role of civil society and social partners in trade agreements e.g. the EU-Japan Free Trade Agreements and the […]

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Technical Assistance to Support the Introduction of the Environmental Tax on Packaging (June 2022 – May 2023)

By Imani Development|2025-04-02T11:18:21+00:0017th March 2025|

Africa RISE (Reform for Investment and Sustainable Economies) is a technical assistance facility funded by the European Union and implemented by a consortium led by Landell Mills, with support from Adam Smith Europe, Imani Development and International Economics Consulting. Its aim is to promote business development and improve the investment climate in eastern Africa, southern […]

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Raising Awareness on Trade Facilitation in Africa (July 2024 – Dec 2024)

By Imani Development|2025-05-21T08:50:39+00:0024th February 2025|

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)-led project on ‘Raising Awareness on Trade Facilitation in Africa, aimed to address key trade barriers hindering the participation of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This initiative focused on improving MSME capacity, streamlining policy coordination, and promoting regional integration.

To achieve these […]

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Review of Existing Schemes to Facilitate the Cross-Border Movement of Traders in the COMESA Region ( Sept 2019 – May 2021)

By Imani Development|2025-01-27T11:02:32+00:0027th January 2025|

Despite growing evidence of the migration–trade nexus in the last few decades, policy makers and governments have put much more emphasis on reducing barriers to trade without proportionally lowering those to the movement of people. COMESA has developed policies and mechanisms to facilitate cross border trade, in particular for smaller scale traders, such as the […]

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Policy Paper for the Establishment of a Viable SME Business Ecosystem in Africa (Dec 2022 – Sept 2023)

By Imani Development|2025-01-27T09:41:37+00:0022nd January 2025|

As part of efforts to inspire economic growth and transformation on the continent, the African Union (AU) developed an SME Strategy for Africa in line with its “Africa we Want’’ 2063 agenda. The vision of the AU SME Strategy is to develop competitive, diversified and sustainable economies underpinned by dynamic, entrepreneurial and industrial sectors that […]

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Scaling up Profitable Aquaculture in Mozambique (March 2023 – June 2023)

By Imani Development|2024-10-16T10:34:19+00:0016th October 2024|

The MOZ 2462 (18/0023) Scaling Up Profitable Aquaculture in Mozambique project aimed to address food insecurity in Mozambique through sustainable aquaculture. Implemented by Papa Pesca, this initiative focused on establishing a tilapia aquaculture value chain, promoting local employment, and enhancing community skills. Imani Development conducted an end-term review to assess project impacts, sustainability, and outcomes.

The […]

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Women’s Empowerment in Beyond Production Impact Assessment

By Imani Development|2024-08-09T00:09:46+00:0027th March 2024|

The Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) Program is a five-year activity to enhance women’s empowerment and gender equality in agriculture systems. One of AWE’s key learning topics is identifying and assessing the impact of good practices for women’s empowerment in beyond production activities. AWE used the Feed the Future Malawi Agriculture Diversification (AgDiv) […]

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Capacity Development for Senior Public Officials on Origin Cumulation under the EU-SADC EPA (October 2023 – January 2024)

By Imani Development|2024-02-28T10:45:54+00:0028th February 2024|

Imani Development was commissioned to provide capacity development for senior public officials on origin cumulation under the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement’s rules of origin protocol. This assignment entailed developing and implementing training workshops for public officials responsible for the administration and application of the SADC EPA rules of origin. The objective was to build the […]

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Measuring the Impact of NTBs in the EAC, Development of a Training Programme, Integrated Reporting System, and NTB Toolkit and Factbook (December 2020 -November 2022)

By Imani Development|2024-02-28T10:37:26+00:0028th February 2024|

The East African Community established institutional mechanisms for reporting NTBs as well as providing technical support and facilitating Bilateral, National and Regional meetings to resolve NTBs. With these interventions, some progress has been registered, but owing to the complexity in NTB elimination and given their resurgence new innovative approaches are required to minimise their emergence.

The […]

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IWEE Challenge Fund – Strengthening Regional Economic Integration in the SADC Region (July – November 2023)

By Imani Development|2024-02-28T10:06:34+00:0028th February 2024|

In 2022, The SADC Secretariat announced the official launch of a challenge fund established to empower and build the capacity of women entrepreneurs to actively participate in SADC’s industrialization Agenda. The Industrialization and Women Economic Empowerment (IWEE) project’s main objective is to increase the participation of women-owned businesses and women entrepreneurs in selected SADC regional […]

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