Helios Investment Partners

Helios Investment Partners, established in 2004, is a London-based private equity firm focused on Africa. It invests in a broad range of sectors, including telecommunications, media, financial services, power, and consumer goods, among others. The firm engages in various investment types such as buyouts, growth equity, and structured investments in listed entities. Helios typically invests between $15 million to $200 million per transaction, with a preference for board seats in its portfolio companies. It primarily targets Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.

Zineb Abbad El Andaloussi

Partner

Fope Adelowo

Principal, Investment Team

Lazarus Angbazo Ph.D

Partner and Head of Portfolio Operations - West Africa

Souleymane Ba

Partner, Investments

Tavraj Banga

Partner and Co-Head of Climate Investments

Sola Carrena

Managing Director, Investment Team

Paul Cunningham

Partner and CFO

Christina Drews

Partner, COO and Member of Executive Committee

Steve Etienne

Managing Director

Luciana Germinario

COO, Member of Executive Committee and Partner

Jamie Hollins

Principal, Investments

Temitope Lawani

Managing Partner, Member of Executive and Investment Committees

Tope Lawani

Managing Partner

Cecilie Nielsen

Managing Director, Human Capital, Portfolio Operations Group

Ogbemi Ofuya

Partner, Investments

Simon Poole

Partner, Portfolio Operations Group

Max Von Trotha

Managing Director - Integration, Portfolio Operations Group

Elias Yazbeck

Managing Director

Past deals in Francophone Africa

ZOLA Electric

Venture Round in 2021
ZOLA Electric specializes in providing off-grid solar solutions, primarily serving African markets. It offers solar home kits through leasing or sales, targeting individual households and businesses in rural communities across Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 2012, ZOLA Electric operates from Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Techniques Science Santé

Acquisition in 2021
Techniques Science Santé is a distributor of high tech medical equipment. For 25 years, T2S has been the leader in the distribution and maintenance of radiology (MRIs, scanners) and radiotherapy equipment (accelerators for oncology) and has today the largest installed base in Morocco. It has since broadened its product range and is now the one stop shop service provider for healthcare projects. It is active in Africa since 2008 and has run projects in Mauritania, Ivory Coast and Mali. The company has revenues of c.m40€ and has 140 employees.

Africell

Debt Financing in 2021
Founded in Africa in 2001, Africell is a rapidly growing mobile telecommunications operator committed to empowering local communities through connectivity. It is the leading provider in Gambia and Sierra Leone, with expanding operations in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. As of 2016, it served over 11 million active subscribers across these four countries, offering voice and 3G data services.

Taptap Send

Venture Round in 2020
Taptap Send is a mobile application that facilitates instant money transfers for immigrants sending funds back to Africa at low costs. Launched in the summer of 2018, the platform has successfully processed hundreds of millions of dollars and serves hundreds of thousands of customers. It operates in seven European countries and enables payments to various countries, including Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Bangladesh, Kenya, Madagascar, Zambia, Vietnam, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with plans for further expansion. Taptap Send simplifies the remittance process by allowing users to transfer money directly to mobile money wallets using just a debit card, eliminating the need for physical deposits and saving time for its clients.

Africell

Debt Financing in 2018
Founded in Africa in 2001, Africell is a rapidly growing mobile telecommunications operator committed to empowering local communities through connectivity. It is the leading provider in Gambia and Sierra Leone, with expanding operations in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. As of 2016, it served over 11 million active subscribers across these four countries, offering voice and 3G data services.

ZOLA Electric

Series D in 2018
ZOLA Electric specializes in providing off-grid solar solutions, primarily serving African markets. It offers solar home kits through leasing or sales, targeting individual households and businesses in rural communities across Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 2012, ZOLA Electric operates from Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

ZOLA Electric

Series D in 2016
ZOLA Electric specializes in providing off-grid solar solutions, primarily serving African markets. It offers solar home kits through leasing or sales, targeting individual households and businesses in rural communities across Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 2012, ZOLA Electric operates from Arusha, Tanzania with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Helios Towers Africa

Private Equity Round in 2014
Helios Towers Africa has operations in Ghana, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and a sister company in Nigeria. The number of mobile subscribers in Africa has increased from just 16 million people in 2000 to over 500 million today. Based on these growth levels and without an increase in the sharing of telecoms tower facilities, the number of towers in Africa will need to double from the current number of 75,000, a significant environmental impact.
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