Yemisi Izuora
Helios Investment Partners a leading private equity firm with a focus on investments in Africa has acquired the remaining 25 per cent interest which Oando controls in Axxela.
This acquisition gives Helios 100 per cent ownership of Axxela Limited, a sub-Saharan Africa’s fast-growing gas and power portfolio company.
This follows Helios’ initial purchase of a majority stake in Axxela’s gas and power business enterprise in December
2016.
Following Oando’s divestment, Helios is now the sole principal investor in Axxela with a 100 percent ownership.
Speaking on the transaction, Axxela Chief Executive Officer, Bolaji Osunsanya said: “While paying homage to our
storied history and legacy, our recognition as being fully owned by Helios gives us global positioning, greater financial flexibility, and access to capital going forward. As a partner of choice, we have immense pride in the growth, robustness, and stability of our existing business enterprise, enabling us spur the aggressive expansion of our footprint via our audacious growth initiatives in Nigeria and the West African region.”
Oriental News Nigeria, reports that Axxela recently achieved a series of “Firsts”, but becoming the first private company to attain a shipper’s licence on the West African
Gas Pipeline; first company in the Nigerian oil & gas space to simultaneously integrate and ISO Standards – ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Standard), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Standard) and ISO 45001:2018, Occupational Health and Safety Standard, Achievement of its first ever Investment Grade Rating from GCR (Short�Term: A2; Long-Term: BBB+) and Agusto (Bbb).
Axxela is a designated natural gas shipper on the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) a company that is also the pioneering
private sector-led developer of natural gas distribution in Nigeria, delivering at peak 80 million standard cubic feet per day to over 160 industrial and commercial customers via a vast network of gas infrastructure.
With over 280km in gas pipeline infrastructure built, Axxela provides unique energy solutions primarily through its subsidiaries: Gaslink
Nigeria Limited, Gas Network Services Limited, and Central Horizon Gas Company Limited.