Featured in our monthly magazine you will find exclusive interviews, analysis, news, comments and more dedicated to the topic. “With this transaction we are also gaining permanent capital and capital from public markets, that can be used to develop and accelerate growth, products and strategy,” Lawani said. READ: New report details how Nigerian fintech companies are expanding their business scopes, “Stripe thinks on a longer time horizon than others, because we are an infrastructure company. It disclosed that the Nigerian startup had been on Stripe’s bucket list for a while since 2018 when Stripe led an $8 million funding round for PayStack.

Helios will have a 46% stake and voting interest in the new company. In addition, Helios will pursue the growth of its third-party investment advisory business in Africa-focused alternative assets, continuing to advise on its existing private equity and credit funds, with combined assets under management of over $3.6bn, and raising and deploying future funds in similar strategies and new initiatives. READ: MTN seeking to sell stake in Jumia Technologies AG. Hence, the firm plans to issue 1.8 billion euros in debt and raise 2.4 billion euros in new equity to fund it. READ: 3 startup lessons from Kobo360’s $30 million fund raise. The main objectives of this deal are summarised below: In his remarks, Tope Lawani disclosed that the deal will offer emerging market investors the opportunity to gain exposure to the continent through their portfolio. READ: How Nike rejection birthed sportswear industry in Nigeria. Diageo Holdings Plc, the world’s largest spirits maker has completed the acquisition of Aviation American Gin and its parent company Davos brands, co-owned by Hollywood star actor Ryan Reynolds. READ: Guinness’ parent company expects alcohol sales to improve as restaurants and bars gradually reopen. (READ MORE: Global stocks close mixed on growing geopolitical concerns), Commenting on the deal, the CEO of Euronext, Stephane Boujnah said “Euronext will significantly diversify its revenue mix and its geographical footprint by welcoming the market infrastructure of Italy, a G7 country and the third-largest economy in Europe.”. It’s clear from the site and from the product sensibilities, and that has nothing to do with them being in Africa or African.”, READ: Nigerian fintech companies raised $600 million in five years – McKinsey Report. On closing of the transaction, Fairfax Africa will be renamed Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation (HFP) and continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. “We take a long-term view on our investments, and many have proved resilient even in this pandemic with a number of our investments in sectors such as telecommunications, payments and food.”. The company will remain listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Helios co-founders will be joint Chief Executives of the new company. Akinlade also disclosed PayStack investors, VISA and Tencent also approached to acquire the company. “Incredibly, Paystack already processes more than half of all online transactions in Nigeria.

This disclosure is contained in a press release by the company, which was seen by Nairametrics.

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He added that the transaction will offer Helios access to permanent capital from equity markets that can be used to accelerate its product and growth strategy. Upon closing, Helios will be appointed sole investment adviser to HFP. Euronext with a market value of around 7 billion euros, might not be able to pull an outright cash deal without a sizeable amount of debt instruments.

Canada-based Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation has reached an agreement to merge with Helios Holdings limited, the Africa-focused private equity firm which was co-founded by Tope Lawani and Babatunde Soyoye. Founders Ezra Olubi and Shola Akinlade were the toast of the tech space when their company became the first Nigerian tech startup to be accepted into the world-famous Y Combinator program, based in Silicon Valley. In 2018, Stripe led Paystack’s Series. Nigerian fintech startup, Paystack has been acquired by global fintech giant, Stripe. Fairfax Africa, an investment holding company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, has entered into a definitive agreement with Helios for the combination of their complementary businesses on one unified platform. This is according to insider sources from both firms. Fairfax Africa Holdings Corp. agreed to merge with Helios Holdings Ltd. Canada-based Fairfax Africa Holdings Corporation has reached an agreement to merge with Helios Holdings limited, the Africa-focused private equity firm which was co-founded by Tope Lawani and Babatunde Soyoye. Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on Twitter.

The deal presents an opportunity for Euronext to expand its equity operations, while it presents an opportunity for LSE to recoup the €1.6. Have a confidential tip for our reporters? Recall earlier that LSE had entered exclusive talks with Euronext last month after the Paris bourse owner saw off competition from Deutsche Boerse DB1Gn.DE and Swiss rival SIX. “The transaction gives frontier and emerging-market investors an interesting way to gain exposure in the African companies in our portfolio,” Lawani said by phone. Au terme du processus, sera créé Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation (HFP), qui continuera à être coté sur la bourse de Toronto et où Helios détiendra une participation de 45,9%. Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, told TC that the deal with PayStack is an enormous opportunity, as African e-commerce grows by 30% every year, which would give Stripe an early footing in the region.

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