Imani Development provides a full range of project management services, from project design to monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Our expertise in project cycle management and our exposure to multiple international donors not only ensures the smooth flow of technical projects but also qualifies us to work on project design and external evaluations. Our project management services covers all our core business areas with national, regional and global scope.

Imani has delivered M&E projects for a range of clients and it has become clear that reports are essential to provide all stakeholders involved (donors, recipients, etc.) with an external, independent analysis and assessment of respective programs regarding the performance of the project. Our approach to M&E excersises are often guided by OECD-Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. In addition, evaluations are expected to document lessons learned, ‘success stories’, and best practices. Based on these findings, recommendations can often be made in order to inform follow-up or future similar initiatives for the donor, the client and other international development agencies.

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Monitoring & Evaluation services provided by Imani: 

  • mid-term and final evaluations
  • impact evaluations
  • feasibility studies
  • cost-benefit analyses
  • social audits
  • design of M&E services

Project Highlights: 

World Bank Group (WBG) – Covid-19 Business Pulse Surveys (2020 and 2022)
In 2020, the World Bank Group contracted Imani to conduct a nationally representative phone survey amongst 2,000 enterprises (micro-enterprises, SMEs, and MSMEs) to appraise the impacts of COVID-19 on the business landscape and enterprise operations. In 2022, WBG approached Imani to conduct a follow-up survey, providing longitudinal data by re-surveying the same ~2,000 enterprises.

World Bank Group (WBG) – Firm Graduation Criteria Assessment Survey (2021/22)
The World Bank Group contracted ICL to conduct 500 surveys with non-micro (4+ employees) SMEs in Blantyre and Lilongwe cities. The surveys measured certain capabilities and characteristics of business owners and managers to inform the Bank’s development of firm graduation/evaluation criteria and ultimately inform future support to SMEs in the country. Imani worked collaboratively with the Bank to develop, refine, and translate the questionnaire; access business listings from the National Statistics Office (NSO) and other partners providing services to SMEs to develop a sampling frame; conducted the requisite 500 surveys with business owners and managers; and provided all data management and cleaning.

SunnyMoney (SolarAid) – Light a Village Pilot Programme MEL Support (2021/22)
SunnyMoney carried out a pilot to provide 500 households with solar household systems (SHSs) as part of an initiative to design and test new, innovative business models for the provision of solar technology in rural Malawi. SunnyMoney contracted Imani to design and implement a comprehensive MEL plan including a baseline household survey, ongoing usage data analysis, and endline assessment evidenced by qualitative and quantitative data. Imani also provided an evaluation of SunnyMoney’s business model for solar service provision, integrating learnings from the Light a Village assessments.

Johns Hopkins University – Breakthrough Action Malaria Study (2021)
Johns Hopkins University contracted Imani to implement a nationwide, 9,000+ household survey on behavioural health and malaria in Malawi, with Imani being responsible for all personnel, logistics, planning, and data processing for data collection. The largescale survey was implemented by 59 enumerators over a period of 6 weeks of fieldwork, and results were crucial in JHU’s support to the Government of Malawi, and particularly the Government’s National Malaria Control Programme.

Summative Evaluation of TUHF Jobs Fund Leveraging Project (2019 – 2020)

TUHF Limited is a specialist inner-city commercial property financier that provides funding to small businesses. TUHF drives inner-city investment by offering loans to emerging property entrepreneurs for purchasing and/or refurbishment of inner-city residential property.
In February 2015, the Jobs Fund contracted with TUHF Limited on a leveraging partnership. This public-private-partnership involved a R200 million grant to TUHF to create new permanent jobs and short-term jobs over a three-year funding. A summative evaluation of the Jobs Fund Leveraging project was implemented specifically to assess the extent to which TUHF had met the intended project objectives and to extract lessons learned in terms of the impact and sustainability of the project.