Lion's Head Global Partners

Lion's Head Global Partners, founded in 2008 and based in London, is a merchant bank specializing in emerging markets and Sub-Saharan Africa. The firm offers financial advisory services in sectors such as agriculture, health care, education, financial intermediation, and infrastructure. As an Investment Bank, Lion's Head operates globally with two main subsidiaries: LHGP Asset Management for Investment Management activities and Lion's Head Global Partners for financial advisory and capital raising services.

Gaia De Battista

Director

Clemens Calice

Partner

James Doree

Managing Director

Olamide Edun

Director

Christopher Egerton-Warburton

Partner

Patrick German

Managing Director

Harry Guinness

Director

Brock Hoback

Director

Bim Hundal

Co-Founder, Partner and Chairman

Chris Kandie

Director

Winnie Karanja

Director

Mary Mwaura

Director

Leon Ong’onge

Director

Geoffrey Wahome

Director

10 past transactions

d.light

Debt Financing in 2020
d.light design inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells solar light and power products for households and small businesses worldwide. The company solar lanterns, home systems, and appliances. It serves customers through a network of importers, distributors, and retailers, as well as online. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Shenzhen, China; Gurgaon, India; Nairobi, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda; and Lagos, Nigeria.

SunCulture

Debt Financing in 2019
SunCulture Kenya Ltd manufactures and markets solar powered irrigation systems. It offers irrigation kit that includes irrigation tapes, filtration systems, PVC layflat pipes, connectors, fittings, and valves. The company also provides solar pump system, which includes DC submersible solar pumps, solar panels, security stand for solar panels, electrical cables, and HDPE pipes. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Bboxx

Debt Financing in 2019
BBOXX Ltd. designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances plug and play solar systems. The company offers solar home systems, remote monitoring products, portable lights, portable radios, LED TVs and lights, and phone chargers. It also provides installation and maintenance services. The company serves customers through a network of distributors in the United Kingdom and internationally. BBOXX Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Solar Panda

Debt Financing in 2020
Solar Panda is a Pay-As-You-Go Solar Home System provider, bringing clean, affordable solar energy to rural African communities without access to electricity. Solar Panda designs, manufactures and sells products that provide lights, mobile phone charging, radio and TV to families. These products are financed for customers to enable affordability and have the ability to greatly improve many facets of the customer's life, including eliminating the need for harmful kerosene lanterns, saving families money, supporting education, enabling greater productivity improving safety. Solar Panda is a Canadian company selling in Kenya. We made our first sale in December 2017, and are now powering hundreds of thousands of homes in Kenya. This is the fastest rate of growth ever achieved by a company in this industry, but we are just getting started. We believe access to electricity should be a right for everyone, everywhere, and our mission is to lead in the affordable solar energy revolution by reaching as many customers without electricity as possible.

Qotto

Debt Financing in 2020
Qotto designs a "triple play" offer including a solar kit, access to the internet and / or financial services , intended for peri-urban or rural populations with limited or nonexistent access to electrical and telecommunications networks. we transform the daily lives of our customers by installing solar kits to help you achieve your dreams, we offer electric autonomy with great flexibility and quality customer service.

SunCulture

Debt Financing in 2021
SunCulture Kenya Ltd manufactures and markets solar powered irrigation systems. It offers irrigation kit that includes irrigation tapes, filtration systems, PVC layflat pipes, connectors, fittings, and valves. The company also provides solar pump system, which includes DC submersible solar pumps, solar panels, security stand for solar panels, electrical cables, and HDPE pipes. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Bboxx

Debt Financing in 2020
BBOXX Ltd. designs, manufactures, distributes, and finances plug and play solar systems. The company offers solar home systems, remote monitoring products, portable lights, portable radios, LED TVs and lights, and phone chargers. It also provides installation and maintenance services. The company serves customers through a network of distributors in the United Kingdom and internationally. BBOXX Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Baobab+

Debt Financing in 2021
Baobab+ is a social business committed to providing access to energy and digital. We commercialize innovative products with financing solutions that meet the needs of local populations.

Yellow

Debt Financing in 2022
Yellow Africa operates an online platform to sell pay-as-you-go solar-power devices to households in Malawi and Uganda. It sells solar home systems to people in rural areas for lighting, phone charging, and listening to music via radio and mp3. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Lilongwe, Malawi with an additional office in Uganda.