Training & Consultancy

• Historical Perspective
• Mission Vision & Objectives
• Restructuring
• Governance Structure
• Staff members
• Geographical Coverage
• SAIMED Partners

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Historical Perspective

The Southern Africa Institute for Media Entrepreneurship Development (SAIMED) became operational in April 2002. The organisation was originally a division of the Southern Africa Media Development Fund (SAMDEF). SAMDEF was created primarily to provide financial services to independent media enterprises in Southern Africa.

However, the organisation found it necessary to create an entrepreneurial development division to provide training and capacity building services to its loan clients to enhance their capacity to repay their loans. Following a restructuring of SAMDEF in 2001, a decision was made to create SAIMED as a separate institution to provide training and media development services to media enterprises in Southern Africa.