Projects

Technical Assistance to the Economic Advisor to the President of South Sudan (2014)

By |25th February 2017|

Imani provided the position of Key Expert (Technical Advisor) at the Office of Economic Advisor to the President of South Sudan. The technical advisor (TA) provided essential support to The Economic Advisor to H.E. the President of South Sudan. This support covered three broad strands: government policy formulation, aid policy, and internal government coordination. This […]

Provision of Technical Assistance Programme to EIB Financial Sector Operations in Southern Africa

By |7th February 2017|

Spanning 2015-2018, Imani’s involvement in this project is still ongoing. The objective is to stimulate inclusive growth and realise the ultimate goals of job-creation and development by growing M/SMEs through enhanced and tailored access to finance and microfinance. The EIB has facilitated the creation of a Southern African Microfinance Facility (budget – 135m Euro), and […]

Assessing the State of Regional Financial Integration in the Southern African Development Community (2016)

By |7th February 2017|

FinMark Trust has been actively engaged in promoting Regional Financial Integration (RFI) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) since 2010. It based its focus on the results of a baseline study conducted on the Finance and Investment Protocol (FIP), as well as other areas of regional financial integration. The initial study determined some indicators […]

Final Evaluation of Special Initiative Grant from Comic Relief: Fairtrade for Development in Africa (2014)

By |7th February 2017|

The Fairtrade for Development in Africa (FTDA) grant was both the largest awarded by Comic Relief under its Trade Programme, and the largest grant received by the Fairtrade Foundation. The aim of the FTDA was to contribute to the reduction of poverty in Africa by scaling up the Fairtrade Labelling system as a way of […]

Linking Farmers to Markets through GOAL Malawi (2013)

By |7th February 2017|

GOAL Malawi is an international organization which has been operating in Malawi since 2002. GOAL Malawi, with funding from Irish Aid and DFID, has been implementing a livelihoods programme in the Nsanje district. The objective of the programme is to increase agriculture productions of cash crops among smallholder farmers and link these farmers to established […]

Economic Impact Study of the Kokstad Intersection Upgrade in South Africa (2014)

By |31st January 2017|

Falling within Imani’s Transport and Infrastructure capacity, the Economic Impact Study was concerned with identifying and quantifying the economic impact of the proposed Kokstad intersection upgrade in South Africa. In particular, assessment focused on businesses and land use or commercial activities within the construction corridor – mainly the M56 between the N2 intersection and the […]

Factors Undermining the Growth of SMMEs in South Africa – A Literature Review (2013)

By |31st January 2017|

The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors that prevent or limit SMMEs in South Africa from surviving and/or growing. This study also tested the hypothesis that reduced risk is function of scale and that scale is determined by turnover.

An extensive literature review was conducted in order to ascertain the risk factors […]

Development of Trading with Climate Smart Supply (TraCCS) Interventions in Malawi (2015)

By |31st January 2017|

TraCCS is an Imani-designed and implemented project supporting 3 strategic value chains in Malawi: tea, coffee and pigeon peas. TraCCS aims to develop more inclusive and sustainable value chains for export and domestic consumption in these three products in a pro-poor and climate smart manner. Imani will work with Malawian medium and large private sector […]

Development of Country and Regional Cross-Border Trade Strategies for the EAC and its Member States (2017)

By |26th January 2017|

A core part of TMEA’s work going forward (and informing the development of its Strategy 2) is to scale up work on the trade and poverty agenda and to design interventions which have a more direct impact on alleviating poverty. Based on the extensive Cross Border Trade (CBT) work in Rwanda and work with women […]

Capacity Building Support to the Ugandan Ministry of East African Community Affairs (2015)

By |26th January 2017|

The purpose of the project was to bolster the capacity of the MEACA in carrying out its role of promoting Uganda’s interests in pursuit of EAC regional integration. Specifically, this project would design and implement a package of support for regional economic integration to MEACA and other ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in Uganda.

The project […]