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Meet Aminco

Opening the doors to African private markets.

A platform for investing in Africa’s private companies, built for investors anywhere in the world. We are starting in Nigeria.

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Not open for investment yet. The waitlist is.

The opportunity

Africa makes what the world buys.

Cocoa for chocolate. Shea for skin care. Cashew and sesame for kitchens everywhere. Behind each one are private companies, with people at work and orders to fill.

Next: the way in
Isometric plate with export crates and a cocoa pod
Closed
Opening

The way in

The door was closed. We are opening it.

For most people, Africa’s private markets stayed closed. You had to know someone. Aminco brings them within reach, on one platform built for investors everywhere.

Next: the platform

The platform

One place to invest, wherever you live.

Choose what to back, follow every step in the Melora app and be paid in US dollars. Nothing is open yet, but the waitlist is.

Next: what Africa grows and sells
Melora
Cocoa export note
Order shipped
Paid in USD

Where we start

What Africa grows and sells.

Four crops to start, all from Nigeria, all sold to buyers abroad who pay in US dollars. Energy and solar come later.

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Launching first

Cocoa

Nigerian farmers grow it, local companies process it, and buyers abroad turn it into chocolate.

Launching first

Shea

Shea nuts, and the butter made from them, go to food and skin care makers abroad.

Launching first

Cashew

Cashew nuts, raw or processed, leave by the container for food companies abroad.

Launching first

Sesame

Sesame seed from northern Nigeria, bought abroad for oil, bread and cooking.

Coming later

Energy and solar

Solar power for the factories that process these crops, so they burn less diesel.

How it works

Simple on your side.

Four steps, from joining to being paid. You will be able to follow every one of them in the app.

How it works in full What an investment could pay
  1. 1

    Join

    Join the waitlist, and we email you when the first investment opens.

  2. 2

    Choose

    Pick what you want to back from the investments on the platform.

  3. 3

    Follow

    Watch it happen in the Melora app, from the order to the shipment.

  4. 4

    Get paid

    If shipments go to plan, your share comes back to you in US dollars.

No return is promised. Shipments can be late or fail, and you could get back less.

Trust

Here is who will look after your money.

It is the first thing we would ask too. A regulated US escrow agent, a bank and licensed partners in Nigeria will each have one clear job.

Who holds your money, in full →
01

Held in escrow

A regulated escrow agent will hold your money until the investment closes. If it does not fill, all of it comes back to you.

02

Kept separate

Every investment will have its own company and its own bank account, apart from every other one.

03

Paid through the bank

Buyers abroad will pay into an account the bank controls, and the investment is repaid first.

04

Licensed partners

A licensed Nigerian fund manager and a trustee will act on the Nigerian side. We will name them before anything opens.

About Aminco

Built in the open.

Who we are, where we are and why it matters.

Why it mattersJobs and value kept in Africa. Where we areWhat is done and what is next. Who we areThe company and what we do. What we publishBriefs, papers and data.

Hard currency in, jobs in Africa.

When Africa finishes its own crops, it keeps the jobs and the profit.

Jobs in Africa

Processing jobs in Ondo, Ogun, Kwara and Kano states, to start.

More value kept in Africa

More of each crop can be processed before it is shipped.

Paid in US dollars

Investors are paid in the currency the buyers pay in.

Where we are

  • Aug 2026Published how we judge every dealDone
  • Sep 2026Published our cocoa processing researchDone
  • Oct 2026Aminco, Inc. incorporated in DelawareDone
  • Nov 2026Melora app in private testingDone
  • Q1 2027Signing a licensed fund manager partnerStill to come
  • After thatFirst investments open to the waitlistStill to come

Pre licensing. Nothing is open for investment yet.

$5M Into exporters by end 2027 Goal
1,000 Investors Goal
3 Companies lined up
4 Sectors first
The company
The companyAminco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (file no. 10817876), based in Boston.
Status todayPre licensing. Nothing is open for investment yet.
What we doWe open the doors to African private markets, on one platform for investors anywhere.
What we chargeA fee on each investment, published before the first one opens.
How we are set upRead the full setup →

What we publish.

Brief · paper · data
Brief

Cocoa processing

Where processors need money · Free

Coming soon
Paper

How we set the bar

How we decide an investment is good enough

Coming soon
Data

Exporter profiles

Sales, margins and how buyers pay

Coming soon
Data feed

Institutional data

For professional investors

Coming soon

Early access

Be first in when the doors open.

One email when the first investment opens, and an invite to Melora, our investor app, when there is a place for you.

Aminco isn’t licensed yet. Nothing here is an offer to invest.