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A US-based strategic investor has signed a deal to acquire a stake in Rocket Internet’s Nigeria-based consumer technology portfolio company – as the company...

Helios portfolio completes deal

Energy March 8, 2019

Helios Investment Partners’ Africa-focused oil & gas distribution portfolio company Vivo Energy has completed a deal to acquire 230 services stations from South Africa’s...

Helios portfolio ebitda spikes 12%

Portfolio News March 7, 2019

Helios’ pan-Africa portfolio company Vivo Energy’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) spiked 12% in its latest financial year, with revenues also...

Proparco joins TLcom deal

LP News February 22, 2019

France’s development finance institution (DFI) Proparco has injected approximately $0.49 million into Kenya-based information technology services provider mSurvey, part-owned by TLcom Capital. The DFI joins...

Helios and Warbug portfolios merge

Portfolio News February 15, 2019

Helios Investment Partners and Warburg Pincus have seen the merger of two of their Kenya-based portfolio companies. Telkom Kenya, a Helios deal, and Airtel Kenya,...

CDC portfolio gets capital

Energy January 11, 2019

CDC’s Kenya-based renewable energy-focused technology portfolio company, M-Kopa Solar has been backed by Sumitomo Corporation, a Japan based business services company. The financial details have...

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