Helios Investment Partners

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Helios Investment Partners
TypeAfrican focused private investments
Industry Private equity
Venture capital
Founded2004
FoundersBabatunde Soyoye
Tope Lawani
Headquarters,
Key people
Luciana Germinario
Nitin Kaul
Paul Cunningham (CFO)
Nimit Shah
Henry Obi
Website Homepage

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]

Contents

Overview

Helios 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

Current investments

Helios Investment Partners portfolio investments include but are not limited to the following: [3] [4]

NumberInvestmentIndustryOwnershipHead office
1Africa Oil Corp Oil and Gas 12.4%Vancouver, Canada
2AfricatelTelecommunication22.0% Lisbon, Portugal
3Afsat Communications ICT 55.0%Nairobi, Kenya
4ARM Pension ManagersFinancial Services-Lagos, Nigeria
5Bayport Management LimitedFinancial Services23.4%Ebene, Mauritius
6Continental Outdoor Media Outdoor Advertising 68.8% Bryanston, South Africa
7 Eland Oil & Gas Oil and Gas29.36%Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
8Fawry Financial Services 40%Cairo, Egypt
9 First City Monument Bank Financial Services16.0%Lagos, Nigeria
10Flamingo Holdings Horticulture 8.5%Nairobi, Kenya
11 Helios Towers LimitedTelecommunication28.6%London, United Kingdom
12Helios Towers Nigeria LimitedTelecommunication22.5%Lagos, Nigeria
13Impact Oil & Gas LimitedOil and Gas13.6% Woking, United Kingdom
14 Interswitch Limited Financial Services52.0%Lagos, Nigeria
15Petrobras International Braspetro B.V.Oil and Gas- Rotterdam, Netherlands
16Wananchi Group HoldingsICT-Nairobi, Kenya

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References

  1. 1 2 "Company Overview of Helios Investment Partners LLP". Bloomberg Businessweek . Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. "Welcome to Helios Investment Partners". Helios Investment Partners. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. "HIP - Representative Investments". HIP. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  4. "Helios Investment Partners LLP". PSEPS Venture Capital and Private Equity Database. Retrieved 12 November 2015.