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Notes from the work.
Practical writing on feasibility studies, financial models, Manateq land applications and QDB financing — the questions that come up in the first ten minutes of a call, answered properly.
What a QDB reviewer actually looks for in your cash flow
Direct Financing applications rarely fail because the projections were too modest. They fail on the model — the forecast horizon, how the money actually moves at disbursement, the month grace ends, working capital, and whether revenue reconciles to capacity. The routine checks, and how to run them on your own file first.
Read the article →Business plan or feasibility study — which one does your application need?
Manateq asks for one or the other. QDB asks specifically for a technical and financial feasibility study. The wording is not accidental, and choosing the lighter document can cost you weeks. What each institution actually requires, why start-ups do not need audited accounts, and the free QDB service most applicants have never heard of.
Read the article →What is coming next
- How to justify the plot size you are asking Manateq for
- Costing a project properly from supplier quotations
- Grace periods, tenor and why coverage looks better than it is
- Working capital: the number most applicants get wrong
- Sensitivity analysis without the guesswork
Topics are drawn from questions clients actually ask. If there is something you want covered, send it over.
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