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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…
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Policy Review:
Nigeria’s President signed three executive orders to stimulate the oil and gas industry. March 2024 The executive orders signed by President Tinubu to effect change in the oil and gas industry were drafted through close collaboration with stakeholders in the industry. Through this collaboration, the painpoints of these stakeholders were taken into consideration in the…
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Africa’s Energy Transition
February, 2022 Africa’s energy generation currently sits at 1.79 Exajoule (EJ), with renewable energy contributing 0.16 EJ. The most developed source of renewable energy is hydropower which is exactly at the global average of 7%. It is, however, unlikely that it will continue this dominance in the next decade as the focus is shifting away…
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Production Losses in Nigeria
April, 2022 Nigeria’s oil sector, one of the most critical pillars of its economy, continues to struggle with significant production losses. As Africa’s largest oil producer, Nigeria’s economy is heavily reliant on its hydrocarbons industry, with oil and gas accounting for 65% of government revenue and 88% of foreign exchange earnings. However, production losses continue…