Eastern and Southern African Management Institute

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] As of April 2015[update], ESAMI offers 8 Master of Business Administration programmes and training in the following academic disciplines:[4] ESAMI courses can be taken at study centers in the following cities: In May 1997, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa officially designated ESAMI as "The African Centre of Excellence in Management Development.