With support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group under the Malawi Trade Project, the Government of Malawi embarked on a program of reform and modernization of its border management systems.
Imani Development was commissioned to provide guidance and project management support to Malawi’s Ministry of Trade to plan and operationalise a pilot of a Coordinated Border Management (CBM) at Mwanza border.
One of the key components of the project was to reduce the number of agencies involved at the border. Cross-border regulatory agencies were reduced from 13 to 6 in a bid to increase efficiency, security and streamlined movement of people and transportation of goods across the border.
The final deliverable in this assignment was establishing a dedicated and competent team with the necessary tools and operational plan to pilot CBM at Mwanza border. The CBM framework will be rolled out to all ports-of-entry and exit in Malawi after the Mwanza pilot.