Axxela

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Axxela
FormerlyOando Gas & Power Limited
(2017)
Industry Energy & Utilities
Founded2000;25 years ago (2000)
Headquarters Lagos, Nigeria
Key people
Bolaji Osunsanya (CEO)
ProductsNatural Gas, Power, Energy Infrastructure Development
Parent Helios Investment Partners LLP
Website www.axxelagroup.com

Axxela (formerly Oando Gas & Power Limited), is a natural gas value chain company that processes natural gas, transmission & distribution as well as power generation & distribution in Nigeria and West Africa. [1] [2]

Contents

Background

Owned by Helios Investment Partners LLP and Sojitz Corporation company, [3] [4] it is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. [5]

It is one of the first indigenous private sector-led developers of natural gas distribution in Nigeria, which serves over 200 industrial and commercial customers via a vast network of natural gas infrastructure. [6]

Axxela is the first privately owned, independent company registered gas shipper on the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) [7] and in 2021 received the Energy Leadership Excellence Award of the Decade from the African Institute for Leadership Excellence. [8] [9]

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References

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