Eastern and Southern African Management Institute
{{Short description|Regional management institute established in 1980}}
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|city = Arusha
|country = Tanzania
|president = Dr. Peter Kiuluku
Acting Director General
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Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, or ESAMI is a diplomatic regional management development institute owned by various governments in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Established in 1980, the Institute has its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.{{cite web| url=http://www.rsm.nl/the-partnerships-resource-centre/our-research/projects/inclusive-business-strategies-in-sub-saharan-africa/|title=Inclusive Business Strategies In Sub-Saharan Africa|accessdate=6 April 2015|date=1 January 2015|publisher=Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University}}
History
ESAMI was established in 1979 on the foundations of the East African Management Institute. It was established by the governments of Kenya, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda, as an intergovernmental institution designed to provide specialized top-level management training, research and consultancy services to its members.{{cite web|accessdate=6 April 2015|url=http://www.ulii.org/ug/legislation/consolidated-act/126|title=Eastern and Southern African Management Institute Act 1980|date=28 February 1980|publisher=Uganda Legal Information Institute}}
The charter establishing ESAMI was signed in October 1979, by the member countries of Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This charter was endorsed by the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.{{cite web|date=24 November 2014|url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/38591-bilal-warns-against-destructive-creativity|title=Bilal Warns Against ``Destructive Creativity``|accessdate=6 April 2015|last=Nkwame|newspaper=Tanzania Daily News|first=Marc|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413092226/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/38591-bilal-warns-against-destructive-creativity|archivedate=13 April 2015}}
Academic programmes
{{asof|April 2015}}, ESAMI offers 8 Master of Business Administration programmes and training in the following academic disciplines:{{cite web|accessdate=6 April 2015|url=http://www.esami-africa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=302&Itemid=87|publisher=Eastern and Southern African Management Institute|date=2014|title=Academic Programmes Offered At ESAMI}}
Study centers
Distinctions
In May 1997, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa officially designated ESAMI as "The African Centre of Excellence in Management Development."{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.esami-africa.org/ Official ESAMI website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611080142/http://esami-africa.org/ |date=2018-06-11 }}
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Category:Higher education in Tanzania
Category:Educational institutions established in 1979