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Zingira Pesa Natural capitaladvisory · Africa
01 / About Zingira Pesa

Making green
being green.

A natural capital and nature-finance advisory, conceived in Maputo and registered in Mozambique and Kenya. We make nature pay, and pay the people who protect it.

Our story
LeadershipMoffatt Kang’iri Ngugi, PhD

Founder & CEO. Ecologist, former Environment Diplomat, 32+ countries of field experience.

Meet the founder
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Local roots. A world of connections.

From a farm in Embu to ministries, labs and landscapes on four continents. Spin the globe, follow the journey, or see who we work with.

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2registered bases: Mozambique & Kenya
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Home baseNairobi & Maputo, connected to 96+ countries
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Where our professional connections live. Tap a country to fly the globe there.

Approximate first-degree connections by country of residence. Kenya and the United States each exceed 1,000.

Twelve stops that built a natural capital firm. Tap a stop, or press play.

Clients, partners and convenors we have delivered with since 2025.

Clients & commissioning bodies
US Army Corps of Engineers · ERDC-CERL KenyaKenya National Highways Authority via Charles & BarkerNorges Vel Mozambique
Delivery partners
Atacama Consulting KampalaCharles & Barker NairobiBizSolutions360 USAData4Moz MaputoMezimbite Forest Centre BeiraTuuka microcredit Uganda
Convenings & stages
World Resources Institute OOC11, MombasaOur Ocean Conference 2026AWLO International Women’s Conference Johannesburg
Where the founder’s career ran
USAIDUSDAFeed the FutureUC DavisColorado State UniversityGhent University & VUBUniversity of Nairobi
Why it matters

A small firm with a long reach.

The network is not a vanity number. It is how we find the right specialist, the right buyer, or the right person in a ministry when a project needs one.

Specialists on call

Ecologists, GIS analysts, economists and ESIA experts we have worked beside for years.

Doors to capital

Development partners, DFIs and investors who already speak the language of nature finance.

Government fluency

Years of working with ministries in Kenya, Mozambique and beyond, in English, Kiswahili and Portuguese.

Community trust

Field relationships built plot by plot, interview by interview, long before any model is run.

Institutions our team has worked with
USAIDAtacama ConsultingUC DavisERDC-CERLWorld Resources InstituteData4MozCharles & BarkerKeNHANorges Vel USAIDAtacama ConsultingUC DavisERDC-CERLWorld Resources InstituteData4MozCharles & BarkerKeNHANorges Vel

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Partners, funders, researchers and landholders are welcome. Tell us who you are and what you are building.

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