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African Finance vs Western Finance: Why Africa Must Reclaim Its Own Model
For centuries, African economies functioned without modern banks, interest rates, or rigid collateral systems. Trade routes linked West Africa to North Africa and the Middle East. The trans-Saharan trade thrived on trust, reputation, and shared risk. In East Africa, Indian Ocean trade connected African merchants to Arabia and Asia through partnership-based commerce. Capital moved through…
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Moneda Intelligence Monthly News Wrap Up
January 2026 Energy Nigeria Heirs Energies acquired a 20.07% stake in Seplat for $496 million, becoming its largest shareholder, with founder Tony Elumelu joining Seplat’s board as a non-executive director. What this means… Beyond OML 17, the stake in Seplat gives Heirs Energies access to a broader and more diversified portfolio. By leveraging Seplat’s mixed…
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Africa Has the Capital. The System Is the Problem
Across the continent, domestic institutional capital held by pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and development banks exceed $1.1 trillion. According to the Africa Finance Corporation, this pool is expected to grow significantly over the coming decades. Pension funds alone manage roughly $455 billion. Yet only a very small share of this capital flows to small and medium-sized enterprises…
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Moneda Invest Celebrates 10 Years, Launches “Africa Funds Africa” to Remobilize Capital for the Continent’s Real Economy
Moneda Invest, a leading pan-African alternative credit provider, has marked its 10th anniversary with the launch of “Africa Funds Africa” (AFA), a bold initiative aimed at mobilizing African capital to finance the continent’s real economy. The announcement was made during the company’s 10 Over 10 anniversary event, highlighting a decade of financing, empowering, and scaling…
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The African Perspective: Post-Harvest Losses
October 2025 Food loss is food removed from the supply chain after harvest but before retail, without being consumed or repurposed for productive uses such as animal feed, seed, or bioenergy. Food loss is categorized into Pre-harvest losses, which occurs on the farm, typically before harvest, and Post-harvest losses, which take place after harvest during…
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Domena Africa Deepens Collaboration with Federal Ministry of Women Affairs on WAVE Initiative
On the historic sidelines of #UNGA80, commemorating the anniversary of the Women’s Participation Charter, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Domena Africa, an agro-commodities and subsidiary of Moneda Invest Africa, has pledged further support to advance the Women Agro Value Expansion (WAVE) Programme under the ‘Farm to Feed’ initiative. Launched by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as part of the Renewed Hope…
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Working Capital Concerns for VCs and Private Capital in Africa — and Why Moneda Is a Critical Solution
Africa’s private capital markets have weathered a difficult 2022–2024 cycle marked by sharp risk-off sentiment, higher interest rates, FX volatility, and slower LP distributions globally. While activity is stabilizing, the liquidity crunch has exposed a chronic constraint at portfolio level: working capital. Long receivables, inventory bottlenecks, and expensive or scarce local credit have extended cash-conversion…
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Africa’s Gas Non-Investment
January 2025 Africa boasts 800 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas reserves, attracting $245 billion in planned investments for LNG terminals, gas pipelines, and power stations. However, many of these projects face significant challenges, including inefficiencies, lack of capital, policy gaps, insecurity, and more, putting their realization at risk. Fig. 1 – Gas Investments…
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The Lithium Market
January 2024 In the global conversation about energy transitions, one word has risen to prominence: lithium. Known as the lightest metal on Earth, lithium’s unique properties have positioned it at the center of several industries, from electric vehicles to pharmaceuticals. Why Lithium Matters The metal is not found in its elemental form in nature but…