2018 Impact Snapshot

4th June 2019

We’re excited to announce the release of our 2018 Impact Snapshot!

AMI worked with over over 8,700 individuals from 10 African countries who participated in 28 AMI programmes in 2018. Of these AMI participants, 71% were women.That brings our total reach to date through structured blended learning programmes to just over 26,600, including 22,000 entrepreneurs. 62,000 people in total have engaged with the AMI online platform, having downloaded over 1.14 million tools.

Read our latest impact snapshot to learn more about how training and development – when done right – can build skills, drive business performance, and positively impact managers & entrepreneurs across the continent.

Transforming Individuals

To date, AMI has reached over 26,600 people through our blended learning programmes
71% of our participants last year were women
97% of programme participants report that they apply what they learn at work
100% of CEOs/HR leads saw tangible performance improvements in their staff

Transforming organisations

AMI programmes lead to better company performance. 90% of clients said business improved after they ran an AMI learning programme with their employees
86% of these clients directly link these changes to AMI programmes

Empowering entrepreneurs & youth

99% of entrepreneurs in our SME programmes reported improved business performance after engaging with AMI
Over 60% reported increased revenue
More than 40% were able to create new jobs
All entrepreneurs linked the improvement in the performance of their businesses to AMI programmes

Encourage initiative if you want to go far together

I wonder whether paradoxically getting too involved in your own business could actuallydamage it. The proverb, “If you want to go fast, walk alone. But if you want to go far, walk together” can be applied to business

Africa’s food systems need to be reimagined – CALA forum to chart ways forward

AMI is the lead learning partner for the AGRA-led Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA). As part of the annual AGRF conference, CALA announced the second cohort of 80 leaders from 8 countries to be unveiled as delegates gather for the first in-person Leadership Forum in Kigali, Rwanda

Requiring respect at work counters toxicity and builds health

Mental health problems at work are infectious. Of course they are not physically infectious, but depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders spread between and within organisational boundaries through social contagion.