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Informatix Consulting Ltd

Management Consultants

Welcome to Informatix Consulting web site. We are a firm that provides management consultancy based in Tanzania. We also develop tailor made software packages and provide training to a wide variety of organisations and individuals.

‘promoting excellence through sound management and technology’

“Knowledge is, in essence, our only product!

Knowledge - including things we know about and know how to do, plus experience, expertise, and competencies- are the critical inputs and outputs of our business.

They are the basis upon which we deliver value to our clients and ensure sustained growth and market share for our firm.

We perform a critical "knowledge broker" function for our clients, bringing them insights and solutions based on our wealth of knowledge of best practices, our experiences, and our expertise, and also based on the intellectual assets of others.

Brokering our firm's knowledge assets and external knowledge assets for our clients - and delivering them exactly when they are needed in the form of innovative solutions - is our most valuable role.”

Edwin M Mpogolo, PhD

Managing Consultant

 

 

 

 

 

Informatix Consulting Ltd

Management Consultants

1st Floor, The Arcade -  Mikocheni Old Bagamoyo Road

P.O. Box 34023 Dar es Salaam 378JV

TANZANIA

 Tel        +255 222 771 558

Mobile: +255 748 307 388/+255 744 292 610

Email:    informatix@consultant.com

The Firm

Informatix Consulting was incorporated in Tanzania on 1st September 2004 under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 212) as a Limited Liability company with registration no. 49925 as a successor firm to MN Informatics Ltd which was incorporated in Tanzania on 1st November 1995 as a management consulting firm.

The Mission is …

“… to promote excellence through sound management and technology”

The firm’s Goals are:

·         To offer high quality consultancy in management

·         To provide services affordable by small and medium sized businesses

·         To provide avenues for development of human capital, and

·         To grow profitably

The firm provides a wide range of consultancy in management, including training, review, design, development and implementation.

(A list of reference contacts is available on request).

 

The core team of the firm comprises organisational management consultants with speciality in feasibility studies, institutional capacity building, business management, financial management, customer service, computing, information technology and telecommunications. The firm maintains contact with associates from among professionals and academics whose service is at our disposal on request.

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The effectiveness and efficiency of any business lies squarely on its management systems. We believe that for a business to make a difference you need to sort out your business systems issues.

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Consulting Services

·         Project conceptualisation, feasibility studies, project development and appraisal

·         Development of business strategies and corporate plans

·         Institutional development, institutional review and strengthening

·         Business continuity and disaster recovery planning

·         Design of financial management systems

·         Design and documentation of accounting procedures and policies

·         Design and documentation of internal audit policies and procedures

·         Design and documentation of procurement procedures and policies

·         Design of monitoring and evaluation systems

·         Review and documentation of project tracking and monitoring systems

The firm has developed some software packages implemented in a number of customer sites. These include:

·         Business and systems strategies

·         System design, development and implementation

·         System documentation, training and post implementation support

·         E-business and ICT management

·         Project management

·         Design, development and implementatiton of client specific core process databases, and web based applications

·         Specification, selection and implementation of third party business software packages

·         Planning, Design and implementation of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN)

·     Hardware installations and support

·         Development and delivery of Training Courses and Courseware in management and consultancy skills

·         Facilitation of seminars and workshops

·         Facilitation of research in ICT and general management fields

·         Training in customer service

 

 

The Firms Experience

Below we provide details of assignments performed by our firm and its predecessor in the last few years. A list of contacts and references can be obtained on request.

Ministry of Agriculture: Participatory Agriculture Development Project – Design and Development of a Monitoring System

Undertook an assignment to design and develop a monitoring and evaluation system for PADEP – a project financed by a credit from IDA and the Government of Tanzania. The objective of the project is to empower communities and farmer groups in agricultural sub-projects through a participatory approach.

President’s Office – Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) – Information Systems Strategic Plan

The assignment involved developing an information system strategic plan to enable TASAF to control grants to district councils and communities throughout districts in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar in its second phase, following the pilot project that covered 42 districts. It involved designing the financial management system for districts and communities, designing an optimal community based sub-project tracking system, estimating resource requirement (financial, human and material) and developing an implementation plan over the first five years of the project.

President’s Office – Kihansi Environmental Management Project: Preparation of Sub-Project Grant Operational Guidelines

We developed the operational guidelines for community grants to be provided by the Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project (LKEMP) in riparian districts of the Kihansi river - an IDA financed project. The work developing the criteria for the selection of villages, farmer groups and subprojects; documenting guidelines on capacity building at district and village levels; designing the implementation arrangements of the Landscape-Wide Conservation Plan; describing the subproject cycle; describing the subprojects appraisal and approval process; and establishing the monitoring and evaluation framework.

President’s Office – Kihansi Environmental Management Project: Preparation of Financial management and Procurement Procedures Manuals for Sub-Project Grants

We developed the financial management and procurement procedures manuals for community sub-projects that will be supported by Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Project (LKEMP) in riparian districts of the Kihansi river - an IDA financed project. The work involved developing the manuals and developing training modules for the sub-projects.

Medical Store Department (MSD) Business Continuity Planning

The assignment involved developing the Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan

Tanzania Investment Bank – Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan, Development of internet usage and eBusiness policies

The assignment involved developing the Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan, Internet usage policies and eBusiness policies

President’s Office – Kihansi Environmental Management Project

We developed and implemented a financial management system for the Kihansi Environmental Management Project under the Vice-President’s Office

Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism - Tanzania Forest Conservation and Management Project

Developed and implemented a financial management system for the proposed Forest and Bee Keeping Executive Agency - a World Bank Financed Project.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security – National Agricultural Extension Project

Developed and implemented a financial management system for this World Bank sponsored Project.

Ministry of Education – Human Resources Development Project

Developed and implemented a Financial management system for this IDA Credit Financed Project. The work involved

·        Review of Accounting and Financial Management System

·        Documentation of Accounting and Procurement Procedures

·        Implementation of an Accounting Package – FINPRO

Ministry of Education/Ministry of Local Government and Regional Administration – Book Management Unit

Undertook a systems development that involved:

·        Development and Implementation of an Accounting System

·        Development and installation of a voucher database

·        Development of a Stores and Stock control database

·        Financial accounting support

State Fuel and Power Corporation – Zanzibar

Developed and implemented a computerised financial management system. This included:

·        Development and Implementation of an Accounting System

·        Documentation of Fixed Assets procedure manual and computerisation

·        Installation of a Local Area Networking

Development, coding and implementation of Payroll and General Accounting system

Undertook development and implementation of a Ledger Accounting and Payroll System for

·        Addax Tanzania

·        Enterprise Tanzania Ltd

·        Dail Tanzania

·        DAL Forwarders Tanzania Ltd

·        Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company

·        Songas Limited

Tanzania Agricultural Research Project: Development of Research Information and Documentation System                                                                                  

Managed the assignment to develop a research information and documentation system for this World Bank sponsored project. The role of the consultancy included establishing computerisation and Internet enabled systems requirements, and recommending technology options.

Tanzania Agricultural Research Project (TARP II) - Systems Strategy 

Was commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Government (on behalf of the World Bank) to undertake a study to strengthen the financial management capacity of the institutes under the Department of Research and Training of the Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture. Specific roles included establishment of systems requirements for the institutes, definition of linkages from institutes through zones to the head office, identification of staffing and skills requirements, and specification of software and hardware requirements.

The Royal Netherlands Embassy: Tactical IT Planning for Kilombero Sugar Company and Mtibwa Sugar Estates

Undertook the review of computerisation projects sponsored by the Dutch government in the sugar industry. The objective was to develop the strategy for employment of Information Technology to improve the management.

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology: Assessment of Information Infrastructure in Tanzania                                                                                       

Undertook the assessment of information technology and internet connectivity in Tanzania with a view to recommending actions to be taken to reduce the digital divide in Tanzania. The assignment was sponsored by INFODEV of the World Bank. My role is to develop research instruments, and to develop alternatives for the national information and technology deployment strategy.

River Basin Management and Irrigation Project (Ministry of Water) - Development of a Financial Management System                                                                                            

Undertook the assignment to develop a financial management information system for this World Bank funded project. His roles and responsibilities include leading a team of three consultants, developing detailed systems requirements, selecting software, undertaking detailed planning for computerisation, and project managing the implementation

Compact – UNDP

Developed a dynamic website for this project implemented by the UNDP