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Last week John McGrath, MD at Imani Development #Malawi , attended the official launch of the World Bank Group funded Coordinated Border Management (CBM) Project at Mwanza Border Post on Friday, where Minister of Trade and Industry Simplex Chithyola Banda was the guest of honour.
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Yesterday we hosted the @selfhelpafrica Malawi team for a learning exchange on GREENTech4CE, the EU-funded circular economy project implemented by Self Help Africa with Prospero, @ImaniDev and Tandem. Good discussion on supporting enterprises into green and circular biz models.
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We’re excited to welcome Mirabel Bausinger, Managing Director of Imani Development, South Africa, to the B Lab Africa Summit 2025.
With over 20 years’ experience advancing trade facilitation, regional integration and private-sector development across East and Southern Africa, Mirabel leads major initiatives such as the €26M ENTERPRISE Zambia Challenge Fund, promoting smallholder participation in sustainable value chains. She holds an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.
At the Summit, Mirabel will share how inclusive growth and sustainable value chains can transform Africa’s development landscape under this year’s theme, “Climate Action, ESG Investments and Inclusive Growth in Africa.”
Grab your summit ticket here:
b-labafrica.net/event/b-lab-…
For partnership or collaboration inquiries, please contact our summit team at [email protected].
For more information on the B Lab Africa summit 2025, check out our website: b-labafrica.net/b-lab-summit…
#BLabAfrica #BLabAfricaSummit #SustainabilityinAfrica #BLASummit2025 #ClimateAction #Impacttrade #ESGImpact
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📢Africa RISE is closing soon ….but you are invited to the final event!
📅Date: November 6th 2024
⏰ Time: From 8:30 am – 12:30 (CET Time)
ℹ️The event will all be hybrid with livestreaming
🔗 Register here: africarisevent.eu/the-rise-o…
Imani Development is delighted to be part of a consortium of partners delivering the EU-funded #Green #Recycling Enterprises Engaging in New Technology for a Circular Economy (GREEN Tech4CE) programme in #Zambia.
Read more 👉🏼eeas.europa.eu/delegations/z…
Delighted to be part of a consortium of partners delivering the EU-funded Green Recycling Enterprises Engaging in New Technology for a Circular Economy (GREEN Tech4CE) programme in #Zambia
Delighted to see that the EAC #NTBs App📱which we developed for the EAC Secretariat is now being rolled out!
The App is integrated within the EAC NTB monitoring and elimination programme, allowing traders to report their complaints in real time in 3 official languages.
🌟 The EAC is enhancing efforts to tackle Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) with a new mobile app!📱Designed to simplify reporting and monitoring, this innovative tool promises smoother trade within the region.
Read More: shorturl.at/gBJP5
Download App: eac-mobile.portal.africa
Excited to see this great initiative unfolding! EU grant recipient Zambika is investing in small-scale fish farming in Kafue, by improving the skills of fish farmers, access to quality fingerlings, feed and markets. Zambika is one of the grant recipients of the @ENTERPRISEZamb
Done right, fish farming is a highly lucrative business.
Promoting Rural Aquaculture
Zambika Aquaculture Community Outreach Project
@selfhelpafrica
@ENTERPRISEZamb
@ImaniDev
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How are you capturing lessons on measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) within your programs?
Join us as we learn from @womensworldbnkg, @BIGD_bracu and @CARE on innovative ways for measuring #WEE through financial inclusion.
Register here 👉🏽worldbankgroup.zoom.us/meeti…
Today we are attending the @esg_conference 2023🌍🌱
As key note speaker, our Senior sustainability consultant Dr Nick Charalambides takes a deep dive into “Understanding ESG in Africa” and the type of support required to help African businesses embrace ESG.
#esgafrica2023
African Development Bank launches country-by-country reports on Africa's climate change, green growth financing needs ahead of COP28 afdb.org/en/news-and-events/…
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Our implementing partner @ImaniDev is attending the #ZIIS23 and @ImaniDev Director Nick Charalambides conducted a round table discussion on 'Understanding ESG in Africa'
#ZIIS23
#InvestInZambia
Delighted to see one of the #aquaculture projects which Imani led as implementation partner featured in GSA’s Global Impact Report (see page 11). This project supported two trout farms in Lesotho to attain BAP certification, unlocking market access to the USA for one of them.
Get a comprehensive look at GSA’s advocacy, education, and certification initiatives in our NEW Global Impact Report.
🌊 33 direct links to @UN SDGs
🌊 19 contributors
🌊 17 reports
Check out what you helped us do #ForTheLoveOfSeafood!: bit.ly/3OYXLvd
In celebration of our #40thanniversary, we're profiling past employees that started their careers at Imani, sharing their success stories and where they are today. In a recent interview Katlego Nkgudi shares his reflections on his time at Imani
Listen in👂🏽imanidevelopment.com/imani-d…
Key findings from our survey of 66 African firms across the continent.
✨ Companies are largely agree that #ESG is relevant to them as good corporate citizens.
✨To increase #ESG uptake, companies believe that tax incentives & finance dedicated to improving ESG are critical.
Panel session on Climate Change with Dr Nicholas Charalalambis - @ImaniDev; Amb. @FSijilmassi - DG, AUC; @ngechumary - @TakaNiMaliKenya; Prof Khalil Timamy – @PU_Kilifi; @judy_njino - @GlobalcompactKE & @NezaAmadi - Global Sustainability Expert
#AfricanPrivateSectorForum
We are honoured to have our very own Dr Nick Charalambides serving on the Future of Sustainability Conference and Awards Advisory Board! 🌱🌍 lnkd.in/deeWuxNg
Malawi is piloting CBM at Mwanza Border where cross-border regulatory agencies have been reduced from 13 to 16 in a bid to increase efficiency and effectiveness. This will result in reduced delays, quicker release, better predictability, higher border security, and lower costs.
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Great visit with Members of the @Europarl_EN at the Alliance Ginneries Ltd processing operations in Kafue.
Alliance presented their operations and illustrated the potential for organic cotton in Zambia 🇿🇲🇪🇺
@JuttaUrpilainen @selfhelpafrica @ImaniDev @eu4mulimi
