Our Profile

ELIM Serviços Lda (ELIM) is a market research and development consultancy focused in the design, implementation and measurement of socio-economic interventions for sustainable growth.

Established in Maputo in 2007, we have implemented projects in every Mozambican province and have worked in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania. We are driven by a vision to strengthen Africa’s rural communities and local enterprises to foster inclusive benefit of the Continent’s economic growth opportunities. We do so by partnering with funders and implementers of development interventions to model sustainable solutions that adequately respond to the development challenges hindering Africa’s growth.

Having begun our work in the implementation of Agribusiness and Development Finance projects, we now focus our efforts in the design and assessment of programmatic interventions in these and other sectors such as Early Education, Food Security and Health. We recognise that Mozambique’s real sustainable development will not be achieved by simply supporting smallholder farmers to become commercial. There is a need to support them holistically, addressing their challenges of poor nutrition, illiteracy and even high rate of maternal and child mortality. Add to that the changing climate and its impact on harvest yields, and the increasing need for rural electricity which remains unmatched by energy generation. All these challenges hinder a farmer’s ability to reach his/her commercial objectives; all these challenges plague too many rural communities in Southern Africa.