Jimat Development Consultants

14/01/2022

Compliments of the season good people. We wish you a prosperous 2021. Jimat has resumed its working year. We look forward to a great year.

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22/11/2021

Jimat is conducting an evaluation of SIDA’s Support towards Food Security as Part of a Wider Food System in Zambia. The purpose of the evaluation is to generate lessons from what works well and less well in Sida’s support to food security related interventions, and thus strengthen the capacity to contribute to the achievement of SDG 2. The findings will be used to:
• Increase the understanding of the current discourse on global and local food systems, and the drivers and underlying factors of insecure food supply in the different contexts of Sweden’s development cooperation in view of the UN Summit on Food Systems in 2021;
• Strengthen the design and implementation of Sida financed interventions to secure access to nutritious food, through further the understanding of underlying factors and drivers of insecure food supply; and
• Identify synergies between Sida’s interventions that strengthen food security and thus contribute to poverty reduction.

The evaluation is expected to serve Sida and its partners with an input to the UN Summit on Food Systems. It will also be important to provide Sida with insights regarding food system transformation and how it can be strengthened in Sida’s interventions. It is expected and welcomed that the evaluators provide reflections and lessons drawn to the intended users in this regard. The intended users will be involved in the recommendation creation process to enhance the use of the evaluation. The overall objective of the evaluation is to systematise knowledge and generate lessons that can strengthen Sida's contribution to a sustainable, resilient and secure supply, access and uptake of nutritious food for people living in poverty.

22/11/2021

Jimat is currently conducting the Data Collection Survey on Food Value Chain (FVC) under the pandemic of COVID-19 in Southern Africa for the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The survey is being conducted here in Zimbabwe in Muzarabarani, Chipinge, Makoni, Beitbridge and Mutoko. The study is being be carried out in phases which startedin May 2021 and will now run upto December 2021. We are interviewing 200 producers, 35 distributors, 40 input dealers, 5 financial institutions, 35 processors, 35 middlemen, and 110 consumers.

The main purpose of this survey is to assess the impact of COVID 19 on the food value chain (FVC) in Zimbabwe .The survey will focus on seven (7) crops namey : maize, sorghum, sugar beans, oranges, sesame, tomatoes and onions . The survey will seek to achieve the followiing objectives:
i. To grasp the impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on the value chain of seven target crops, maize, sorghum, sugar beans, tomato, onion, orange and sesame; and
ii. To work out countermeasures against the negative impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on VC of the target crops, the strategies to build resilient FVCs with/post COVID-19, and JICA‘s intervention to materialize the countermeasures and the strategies.
Jimat is currently conducting the Data Collection Survey on Food Value Chain (FVC) under the pandemic of COVID-19 in Southern Africa for the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The survey is being conducted here in Zimbabwe in Muzarabarani, Chipinge, Makoni, Beitbridge, and Mutoko. The study is being carried out in phases which started in May 2021 and will now run up to December 2021. We are interviewing 200 producers, 35 distributors, 40 input dealers, 5 financial institutions, 35 processors, 35 middlemen, and 110 consumers.

The main purpose of this survey is to assess the impact of COVID 19 on the food value chain (FVC) in Zimbabwe. The survey will focus on seven (7) crops namely: maize, sorghum, sugar beans, oranges, sesame, tomatoes, and onions. The survey will seek to achieve the following objectives:
i. To grasp the impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on the value chain of seven target crops, maize, sorghum, sugar beans, tomato, onion, orange, and sesame; and
ii. To work out countermeasures against the negative impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on VC of the target crops, the strategies to build resilient FCVs with/post-COVID-19, and JICA‘s intervention to materialize the countermeasures and the strategies.

09/11/2021

Jimat was awarded a contract to undertake the Baseline Study of the Smallholder Agriculture Development Programme in Lesotho by the World Bank. The study is being implemented in all the 10 districts of Lesotho to assess the value of the current climate-smart agriculture systems in the country. Jimat will also conduct three annual outcome surveys for they years 2022-2024. Mr Munhamo Chisvo, Gideon Gavera and Jacob Kandayi will be part of the team which will implement this study. We wish them all the best and we know that they will deliver their usual best!

30/03/2021

JIMAT isworking in Lesotho on the Baseline Survey for the Agriculture Productivity Programme for Southern Africa. This is a World Bank funded project being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. The Baseline Study will cover all the 10 districts in Lesotho. We wish our team led by Mr Chisvo and Mr Gavera all the best!

25/12/2019

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13/10/2016

Jimat is currently conducting and evaluation for USAID, in collaboration with The Mitchell Group. The evaluation will focus on three Programmes namely FACE HIV, MCHiP and IFPS over a period of six months. The project has brought together six experts, six FGD specialists and is being co-managed by two project managers. We congratulate our team on this milestone

22/08/2016

Munhamo Chisvo, JIMAT Managing Director and UNICEF Zimbabwe Consultant, as Lead Facilitator, presented a comprehensive final report at a Brown Bag Seminar, jointly organised by the Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, UNICEF and the Zimbabwe Youth Council, in Harare on 11 August 2016 from 9am to 1200. The meeting was graced by the Honourable Minister, Patrick Zhuwao, who heads the Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment and attended by over 100 delegates from all over the country. Participants welcomed the release of comprehensive evidence on the situation of young people (10-35 years old), the cost of doing nothing about the current situation, prioritised interventions for improving the well-being of youth, and costs and benefits of the investments in six thematic areas prioritised by the National Youth Policy. The meeting was live-streamed to thousands others in the diaspora. See Web-link: https://www.facebook.com/www.harareunicef.co.zw/photos/pb.654044691277082.-2207520000.1471606361./1395989467082597/?type=3&theater

Mr Chisvo, the Lead facilitator of “The Zimbabwe Youth Investment Case Study” and UNICEF Zimbabwe Consultant from JlMAT gave a fully comprehensive presentation on the Benefits and costs of youth programming in Zimbabwe

22/08/2016

Zimbabwe is among the few countries in Southern Africa to develop a multi-sectoral GEWE M&E Framework aligned to the national policy on M&E and supporting the tracking and assessment of results from the national strategy, ZIMASSET. The system has core indicators and sectoral indicators aligned to the national policies and strategies at central and sector level as well as the SDGs and regional and continental development frameworks and commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment. JIMAT Development Consultants led the development of the GEWE M&E Framework.

At a recent workshop organised by the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development with financial support from UNWOMEN held at the Peacock Hotel in Mutare, JIMAT’s Managing Director, Munhamo Chisvo led the presentation and validation of the GEWE M&E Framework. The workshop was attended by 50 delegates from various government and non-government institutions, including UNWOMEN and UNESCO.

27/07/2016

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!

27/07/2016

For short term consulting opportunities please feel free to visit our opportunities page on our website: http://jimatconsult.co.zw/opportunities.php

05/07/2016

Jimat is embarking on a new project in partnership with Oxford Policy Management from the UK!

The End Line Survey to strengthen Community Participation in Maternal and Newborn Child Health is being implemented in 21 districts targeting 150 health facilities by a team of 25 enumerators and a core team of 6 experts! All the best to the executing team.

29/03/2016

Did you know that Jimat has won two international awards: The Business Initiatives Development (2014 in London) and the ESAR Excellence Award (2015 in Vienna, Austria)!

21/03/2016

This week we are going to share with you some facts about Jimat which most of you may not be aware of. Jimat was formed in 1992 and will turn a quarter of a century next year!

21/03/2016

Jimat has launched a new website, if has a lot of features which you may find very useful. You can now chat with us in real time.

17/03/2016

Jimat is always looking for CVs of various expertise particularly:
-Water, Sanitation and Health;
-Market Research;
-Public Health;
-Children and youth;
-Gender;
-Strategic Planning; and
-Climate change
If you are an expert in any of these areas feel free to upload your CV on our website which is www.jimatconsult.co.zw. Or send directly to [email protected] cc [email protected]!

26/01/2016

Jimat is welcomes you to 2016 (belatedly)! This year has been declared a year productivity and we have started it on a very high note!

We began the year by being awarded a contract to Evaluate the "Reducing Barriers to Girls Education" for Plan International and field work is already under way in Tsholotsho and Epworth.

We are also currently conducting an "Assessment of the Context, risk and opportunities for scaling up of the adoption of agro-ecological farming practices through private sector investments in Zimbabwe." Its implementation has already begun.

We look forward to a great 2016 as we keep on bringing innovation for sustainability in the socio-economic sector!

18/12/2015

Jimat Development Consultants, will be closed for the holidays from Friday 18 December 2015 until 11 January 2016. We thank our clients, partners, service providers and other stakeholders for doing business with us this year. Your unwavering support is greatly appreciated. We wish you all a merry Christmas and a prosperous 2016!

23/10/2015

JImat successfully finished the Evaluation of the Zambia Green Jobs Project for International Labour Office (ILO). The evaluation sought to assess the impact of the project using the OECD criteria. Our senior consultant Ngoni Marimo let the evaluation team. Well done to him and his entire team!!

01/10/2015

This week we introduce Mr Gideon Gavera, our Business Development and Projects Consultant. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies and a Certificate in Psychosocial support. He has over 4 years of experience in the socio-economic development research sector working with a number of INGOs, UN agencies and donor agencies. He is responsible for Jimat's international framework contracts from various donor agencies including EU and DfID. He leads in managing Jimat's country business coordinators in Tanzania, Malawi, Swaziland, Botswana, Zambia and Lesotho. Gideon also manages a lot of projects in and out of Zimbabwe, the biggest so far being the DFID Demand for Accountability in Health which targeted 32 districts in Zimbabwe. He also manages a pool of over 1000 high profile associate consultants globally and over 500 Research Assistants.
Gideon is responsible for managing JIMAT business systems

15/09/2015

As we continue with introductions of the this week we are introducing our Managing director Mr Munhamo Chisvo. He is a renowned agriculture economist and M&E specialist in Zimbabwe, the region and internationally. He founded JIMAT in 1992. He holds a Masters in Agriculture Economics from University of Zimbabwe and a Post Graduate in Macroeconomic Adjustment and Food/Agriculture Policy Harvard University. He has over 25 years experience in over 31 countries specializing in agriculture and food security, social protection and M&E. He has formulated more 16 regional and local programmes for the EC, DFID, UNICEF and governments. Some of his notable assignments include the global evaluation of results based management in UNDP, the global evaluation of DFID and the design and implementation of government of the Mozambique planning, monitoring and evaluation system based on results. In addition to being director Munhamo also serves as senior consultant and leader of the Associate Consultants team. He leads in the following portifolios: agriculture and food security; aid effectiveness and social protection.

30/08/2015

This week we will be introducing you to some of our team members in Jimat Development Consultants. Today we will introduce our Executive Director, Mrs Joinah Chisvo. She holds a Master of Business Administration Degree in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa. She heads JIMAT operations in Zimbabwe and the region. She has successfully spearheaded the establishment of our subsidiary in Malawi and in penetrating new international markets. She has over 20 years experience in development consulting and general business development. Before joining JIMAT, Mrs Chisvo worked in the insurance and retail sectors where she held managerial positions.

03/07/2015

Jimat attended a Brown Bag at the World Bank offices in Harare. The meeting intended to disserminate the findings of the Results Based Financing in Health Zimbabwe Evaluation. The data collection was done by Jimat in 21 districts across the country.

The meeting was attended by representatives from DFID, Cordaid, Swiss Embassy,Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, City of Harare Health Department, World Bank (Washington), and Ministry of Health and Child Care as represented by the Permanent Secretary (Ret) Brigadier General (Dr) G Gwinji, Mash West Provincial Medical Director Dr Nyamayaro among other stakeholders.

The RBF is now on the scale up phase i.e. more districts will be covered by the programme!!!

We congratulate our Senior Consultant Ngoni Marimo on this milestone and achievement

29/06/2015

Jimat at it again

29/06/2015

Jimat successfully completed The Review of the Uganda Country Strategy of the Austrian Development Cooperation (2012-2015) and the report is available online now. We would like to congratulate the the including Mr Munhamo Chisvo our managing Director, who led the Review. for the full report please visit: http://www.entwicklung.at/fileadmin/media/Evaluierung/2015/ExSum_Review_Uganda_2010-2015.pdf

25/06/2015

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Local consultancy firm Jimat Development Consultants has won the prestigious United Kingdom International Quality Crown Award (IQWC) from the Business Initiative Directions (BID) after it shrugged off...

10/06/2015

Jimat is conducting a Validation Workshop for the Zimbabwe Youth Situation Analysis and Investment Case (the first in the region) for Unicef. More to follow....

08/06/2015

Jimat attended the launch of the National Nutrition Strategy and Implementation Plan 2014-2018. Jimat led in developing the National Nutrition Strategy. The strategy was officially launched by Minister of State for Provincial Affairs responsible for Manicaland Cde Mandi Chimene.

We congratulate Mr Munhamo Chisvo and Mrs Rufaro Madzima on the successful completion of the National Nutrition Strategy.

03/06/2015

Jimat has been awarded a new contract to conduct an Evaluation of the As Ministry of Health and Child Care and Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council - UNFPA supported ASRH interventions!!! The evaluation will run until August. We wish the best to the evaluation team.

Remember we always on the look out for consultants who have various expertise and experience. Apply now or submit your CV.
To apply please visit our website: http://www.jimatconsult.co.zw/Opportunities

01/06/2015

Jimat is always looking for expertise which fall within our thematic areas. For more information please visit our website www.jimatconsult.co.zw