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Produced by Magnitt, Wa’ed sponsors the 2021 MENA VC Impact Investment Report, which tries to shed some light on the VC impact investment ecosystem in MENA since 2016. The report reveals that $444m was invested across 403 deals by impact-driven startups across the region since 2016. This accounts for 7% of all venture capital (VC) deployed in MENA startups between 2016 and the third quarter of 2021. The information gathered in the report aims to enable a more informed conversation on this space between stakeholders, and to attract greater investment and support for impact-driven sectors and startups.

This report provides insights on FMCG market trends in Africa. It covers aspects like market size, growth drivers, consumer behaviour and retail performance. It features country insights from Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana and Angola.

This case study focuses on Temaso, a joint-venture between the French oil and electricity companies TOTAL and Electricite de France (EDF). TEMASOL was created in 2002 within the framework of a national program championed by Morocco’s National Electricity Office (ONE) aiming at electrifying rural regions of the country. The report describes the market and location context of Temasol, the business model including its funding, constraints and solutions, impacts, and future outlook.

This case study focuses on the programme Maison Energie (ME), initiated and funded by UNDP in collaboration with many private and public organisations and associations. Maison Energie supports local people to set up micro-enterprises that sell photovoltaic systems, solar water heaters and ovens in rural and peri-urban areas. Several organisations both public and private are involved in selecting, training and supporting these entrepreneurs in the development of their business plan, creation and implementation of their ME microenterprise. The report describes the market and location context, the business model, constraints and solutions and the results.

This case study reviews LYDEC, a project that provides access to essential services (electricity, water and wastewater collection) to the inhabitants of Casablanca. It discusses how the project improves, at a low cost, the water quality, electricity and sanitation services; the challenges it has encountered; and the development impact to date.