Who this service is for
This service is designed for funds, development programmes, corporations, financial institutions and public agencies that need a capable delivery partner for entrepreneurs, youth, women and growing MSMEs.
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Business Development Services and Enterprise Incubation
Practical diagnosis, training, coaching, finance readiness and market support that help MSMEs become formal, investable and ready to grow.
IMED helps micro, small and medium enterprises improve how they operate, access finance and reach markets. We begin with evidence about each business, then combine practical training with one-to-one coaching and market support. Clients can appoint IMED to support one enterprise or deliver a structured programme across a large portfolio.
A connected approach
How IMED moves work forward
- 01Research
- 02Design
- 03Deliver
- 04Measure
- 05Strengthen
- 06Influence
Business development services
Enterprise diagnostics and capacity-needs assessments
Entrepreneurship and business-management training in English or Kiswahili
Structured coaching and mentorship for individual enterprises
Business models, business plans and investment-readiness support
Financial literacy, record keeping and financial-management support
Formalisation, licensing, certification and regulatory-compliance support
Market linkage, buyer matching and value-chain integration
Access-to-finance support and linkage to banks, funds and guarantee schemes
Incubation and acceleration support
Design, establishment and operation of business incubators and accelerators
Training for incubator managers, trainers and business advisers
Seed-fund and grant-challenge design, assessment and disbursement support
Digital training and mentorship through the IMED Business Hub
How IMED delivers
The work starts with diagnosis rather than a standard curriculum. IMED then combines group learning, enterprise-level coaching, practical tools, progress tracking and clear reporting. This approach helps participants apply what they learn to real decisions in their businesses.
Relevant experience
IMED has completed 19 recorded assignments in this practice area. The portfolio includes clean-cooking enterprises, agribusiness value chains, women-led nutrition businesses, solar-product distributors, business incubators and training for women entrepreneurs and smallholder producers in Tanzania and the wider region.
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01What are business development services?
Business development services help enterprises improve management, finance, compliance, market access and growth. IMED combines assessment, training, coaching and practical linkage support instead of treating training as a stand-alone activity.
02Does IMED support start-ups and existing businesses?
Yes. IMED supports aspiring entrepreneurs, early-stage businesses and established MSMEs. The exact support depends on the enterprise's current capacity, market and growth objective.
03Can IMED deliver enterprise support outside Dar es Salaam?
Yes. IMED has delivered enterprise programmes across Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar and has worked in nine other countries. Delivery can be organised for one location or across several regions.
04Does the service include access-to-finance support?
Yes. IMED helps enterprises strengthen financial records, prepare business plans and investment documents, understand funding requirements and connect with suitable banks, funds or guarantee schemes.
05Can IMED establish or manage a business incubator?
Yes. IMED can design an incubator model, prepare its business plan, train managers and advisers, support entrepreneur selection and operate incubation or acceleration activities.
Assignment track record
Experience documented over time.
19 recorded assignments
Client, period and scope are reproduced from IMED’s assignment register.
AECF (African Enterprise Challenge Fund)
Tanzania Clean Cooking Programme. Enhancement of operational efficiency, marketing and customer engagement, and monitoring and evaluation for AECF funded clean cooking enterprises.
Vi Agroforestry
Agribusiness value chain development. Technical support in agribusiness, financial literacy, value chain development and linkage to finance for smallholder owned enterprises, and capacity strengthening of member based farmer organisations for sustainable economic growth.
GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition)
SUN Programme. Monitoring and evaluation, coaching and mentorship for 12 women led nutrition enterprises.
Norges Vel East and Southern Africa
COMRICE II Rice Commercialization Programme. Capacity needs assessment and business development services training for smallholder owned agribusinesses.
DonBosco Network
Youth Entrepreneurship Programme. Needs assessment, design and delivery of business development services training for vocational training centres in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Iringa.
World Bank and International Finance Corporation
Lighting Tanzania Programme. Training of 200 distributors of genuine solar products on marketing, sales technique and working capital management across nine regions.
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DANIDA and Dar TechnoHama Business Incubator
Business Entrepreneurship Skills Platform (BESP). Development of a mobile application based youth entrepreneurship and business skills programme.
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Zanzibar (ZITOD)
Zanzibar Tourism Business Incubator (ZATOBI). Needs assessment, incubator business plan, and training of incubator managers and trainers.
Acacia Mining Company Plc
Life beyond Buzwagi 2020. Entrepreneurship training for host community enterprises.
SAGCOT Centre
Farmer capacity building in Njombe District. Training needs assessment and delivery of training on good agricultural practice, group governance and marketing for potato farmers.
Tanzania Renewable Energy Business Incubator
TAREBI. Needs assessment, incubator business plan, and training of incubator managers and trainers.
NORAD and Norges Vel
Women economic empowerment project supporting street food vendors to adopt biomass briquettes.
TIB Investment Bank
Training of TIB Investment Bank SME clients.
IPP Group
3N Business Innovation Challenge.
TASAF
Community based training model for the traditional chicken, sunflower and cassava value chains.
Tanzania Gatsby Trust, SIDO and Kwanza Collection
Women Virtual Incubator covering poultry, food processing and tailoring.
CDE Belgium and TAMPA
Training and coaching for 300 smallholder dairy farmers and milk processors.
Regional assignment, Democratic Republic of Congo
Training of women entrepreneurs.
IGAD and Danish Management (Sudan, Djibouti, Ethiopia)
IGAD Regional Capacity Building Programme. Establishment and evaluation of three business incubators.
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