Helios Investment Partners is a private equity investing firm operating in Africa and based in London, United Kingdom, with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria.[1]
Company type | African focused private investments |
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Industry | Private equity Venture capital |
Founded | 2004 |
Founders | Babatunde Soyoye Tope Lawani |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Luciana Germinario Nitin Kaul Paul Cunningham (CFO) Nimit Shah Henry Obi |
Website | Homepage |
Overview
editHelios Investment Partners was established in 2004 by Babatunde Soyoye and Tope Lawani and it operates a range of funds valued at more than $3 billion in capital commitments. These investments include start ups, growth equity investments, listed companies and large scale leveraged acquisitions across the continent of Africa.[2]
The key sectors in which the firm operates in include telecommunications, media, financial services, power, utilities, travel, leisure, distribution, fast-moving consumer goods, logistics and Agro–allied sectors.[1]
Portfolio
editCurrent investments
editHelios Investment Partners portfolio investments include but are not limited to the following:[3][4]
Number | Investment | Industry | Ownership | Head office |
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1 | Africa Oil Corp | Oil and Gas | 12.4% | Vancouver, Canada |
2 | Africatel | Telecommunication | 22.0% | Lisbon, Portugal |
3 | Afsat Communications | ICT | 55.0% | Nairobi, Kenya |
4 | ARM Pension Managers | Financial Services | - | Lagos, Nigeria |
5 | Bayport Management Limited | Financial Services | 23.4% | Ebene, Mauritius |
6 | Continental Outdoor Media | Outdoor Advertising | 68.8% | Bryanston, South Africa |
7 | Eland Oil & Gas | Oil and Gas | 29.36% | Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom |
8 | Fawry | Financial Services | 40% | Cairo, Egypt |
9 | First City Monument Bank | Financial Services | 16.0% | Lagos, Nigeria |
10 | Flamingo Holdings | Horticulture | 8.5% | Nairobi, Kenya |
11 | Helios Towers Limited | Telecommunication | 28.6% | London, United Kingdom |
12 | Helios Towers Nigeria Limited | Telecommunication | 22.5% | Lagos, Nigeria |
13 | Impact Oil & Gas Limited | Oil and Gas | 13.6% | Woking, United Kingdom |
14 | Interswitch Limited | Financial Services | 52.0% | Lagos, Nigeria |
15 | Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. | Oil and Gas | - | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
16 | Wananchi Group Holdings | ICT | - | Nairobi, Kenya |
Exited Investments
edit- Equity Group Holdings – Nairobi, Kenya – 24.99% Shareholding
- Telkom Kenya Limited – Nairobi, Kenya – 60% Shareholding
- Vivo Energy – 40% Shareholding
References
edit- ^ a b "Company Overview of Helios Investment Partners LLP". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to Helios Investment Partners". Helios Investment Partners. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "HIP - Representative Investments". HIP. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Helios Investment Partners LLP". PSEPS Venture Capital and Private Equity Database. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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