IHS Nigeria plc is a mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider based in Lagos, Nigeria. Established in 2001, the company operates in Nigeria, Sudan, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates, offering a range of services including turnkey infrastructure deployment, managed services, and infrastructure sharing and leasing. IHS Nigeria specializes in telecommunications network construction, which encompasses site acquisition, design, equipment supply, and installation. The company also provides various tower sharing options, such as build-to-suit and buy-lease-back agreements. Additionally, IHS Nigeria offers infrastructure managed services, including field maintenance, project management, and network optimization. The firm also sells telecom equipment and, as of July 2013, managed a portfolio of approximately 8,500 towers.

Zephyr Management is a venture capital and private equity firm focused on middle-market and growth investments, including venture, growth equity, buyouts, and turnaround opportunities. It provides capital to small and medium enterprises across sectors such as financial services, business services, manufacturing, education, logistics, agriculture and food, packaging, telecommunications, distribution, environmental and facilities services, travel and publishing, healthcare, and consumer products. The firm typically takes both majority and minority stakes in companies with revenues roughly $30 million to $300 million and EBITDA between $2 million and $50 million, investing from about $0.2 million up to $75 million per deal. It targets opportunities in emerging markets and globally, with offices in New York, Bangalore, Nairobi, London, Mexico City, and the Cayman Islands.

Zain Group operates as a telecommunications provider in eight Middle Eastern and African countries, employing over 7000 staff to deliver mobile voice and data services.

Founded in Berlin in 2013, Global Founders Capital is a venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs across various stages and global markets. It focuses on software and TMT sectors, investing based on potential impact and feasibility.

Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Dubai, Venture Souq is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments. It primarily targets technology-focused companies, with a current emphasis on FinTech and ClimateTech sectors.

Founded in 2014, Goodwater Capital is a venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California. It invests in early-stage consumer technology companies, empowering exceptional entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems and create global impact.

Outlier Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm and accelerator focused on Web3 and blockchain technology. Founded in 2014, it was among the first to invest in the crypto ecosystem and supports early-stage startups across DeFi, NFTs, infrastructure and metaverse use cases. The firm runs Base Camp, an accelerator launched in 2019 that provides launchpad support and incubation space for pre-seed projects. Through its investments and accelerator activities, Outlier Ventures has supported more than 220 portfolio companies and helped raise over $350 million in seed funding. It maintains a blockchain-agnostic approach and collaborates with leading ecosystems, including Aptos, Filecoin/IPFS, Polygon, and Polkadot, to host dedicated accelerator tracks. The firm aims to accelerate the development of Web3 technologies and the Open Metaverse by backing global projects and fostering interoperable infrastructures.

Sunsino Venture Group is a venture capital firm based in Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 1994. The firm has invested in over 200 companies across Taiwan and the United States, focusing primarily on the healthcare, technology, and software sectors. With approximately US$150 million in assets under management, Sunsino Venture Group aims to support innovative companies that demonstrate growth potential in these industries.

Negma Group is a Dubai-based growth equity firm established in 2013 that specializes in providing funding to publicly listed companies. The firm focuses on supporting the development and growth of businesses across various sectors, including telecommunications, finance, energy, media, automotive, biotechnology, healthcare, real estate, audiovisual, mining, and e-commerce. By offering tailored financing solutions, Negma Group aims to facilitate the expansion and success of its portfolio companies.

Visa is a global financial services company facilitating electronic payments worldwide. It operates the largest retail payment network, processing over $16 trillion annually in more than 200 countries and 160 currencies at a rate of over 65,000 transactions per second.

Established in 2021 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Plassa Capital is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage cryptocurrency startups.

LoftyInc Capital is a venture capital firm based in Victoria Island, Lagos, focused on Africa's growth enterprises. Over the past decade it has invested over $25 million in more than 150 companies, including several unicorns, and attracted over $1.5 billion in follow-on funding to its portfolio. It has built an ecosystem of tech hubs, angel networks, and talent platforms to support portfolio companies. The firm has achieved multiple exits and delivered strong returns across its Afropreneurs funds.

Launch Africa Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Ebene, Mauritius, that funds early-stage startups across Africa, focusing on seed and pre-Series A opportunities. It seeks investments across fintech, healthtech, climate tech, agritech, edtech, transportation and logistics, mobility, e-commerce, software as a service, artificial intelligence, big data, and analytics.

Omantel is Oman's first and leading integrated telecommunications services provider, dedicated to enabling a digital society and facilitating new business opportunities. The company offers a wide range of telecommunications services that connect families, businesses, and communities, even in the most remote regions of Oman. By focusing on quality and innovation, Omantel strives to deliver seamless access to information and entertainment, enhancing connectivity for its customers. Their commitment to professional principles governs all aspects of their operations, ensuring reliable and efficient services that foster community growth and development.

Founded in 2011, Musha Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It focuses on investing in early-stage companies across Africa, with a particular interest in sectors such as education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain.

Fawry for Banking Technology and Electronic Payments operates as an electronic payment network in Egypt, providing a range of financial services to both consumers and businesses. Founded in 2008 and based in Giza, the company serves approximately 20 million customers through over 111,000 service points across the country. Fawry offers a variety of payment solutions, including bill payments through online platforms, ATMs, mobile wallets, and retail locations, such as groceries and pharmacies. Its services encompass payment facilitation, customer acquisition, electronic cash services, and business-to-business collections. The company is known for its reliability and convenience in payment processing, making it a significant player in Egypt's electronic payment landscape.

Founded in 1998, Tencent is a leading global technology company based in China. It operates the world's largest game publishing business and owns WeChat, one of the most widely used messaging apps globally with over 1 billion users. The company offers a range of services including social networking, gaming, fintech, cloud computing, online advertising, and digital content.

Pearl Capital Partners is a venture capital firm investing in small and medium-sized agribusinesses in East Africa, with a focus on Uganda. Founded in 2005, the company invests between $0.25 million to $2.5 million per company using a combination of equity, quasi-equity, equity-related, and debt investments.

Established in 1948, British International Investment is a UK government-backed development finance institution and impact investor. It focuses on long-term economic growth and sustainability in emerging markets by investing in infrastructure, health, agribusiness, and other sectors.

Evolution Media is a principal investment firm established in 2016 and based in Beijing, China. It specializes in a wide range of sectors including media, entertainment, sports, technology, advertising, and lifestyle. Focusing primarily on investments in Pan-Asia with an emphasis on China, Evolution Media partners with entrepreneurs who are developing innovative businesses in technology, content, and cultural entertainment. The firm aims to accelerate the growth of its portfolio companies by leveraging its global platform and relationships, thereby enabling them to reshape and disrupt their respective industries.

Founded in 1946, Fidelity is a leading privately-owned investment manager offering a wide range of services including IRAs, retirement planning, wealth management, and securities execution. It serves individual investors, businesses, financial advisors, and institutions worldwide, managing equity, fixed-income, and balanced mutual funds through global public markets.

Catcha Group, founded in 1999 and based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on investing in small- to medium-sized businesses, particularly those in the disruptive technology sector. The firm aims to achieve rapid growth and profitability for its portfolio companies by taking significant stakes and providing mentorship to help unlock their full potential. Catcha Group emphasizes collaboration with its companies, working alongside them to navigate challenges and celebrate successes, with the goal of positioning them as leaders in their respective markets.

Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa, and the Channel Islands. Airtel has a GSM network in all countries in which it operates, providing 2G, 3G and 4G services depending upon the country of operation. Airtel is the largest provider of mobile telephony and second largest provider of fixed telephony in India, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services. It offers its telecom services under the "airtel" brand, and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal. Bharti Airtel is the first Indian telecom service provider to achieve Cisco Gold certification. It also acts as a carrier for national and international long distance communication services. The company has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore.

British American Tobacco is a leading global tobacco company that develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of tobacco and nicotine products. It sells cigarettes and other tobacco products, including vapour and tobacco heating products, oral tobacco and nicotine products, cigars, and e-cigarettes, to retail outlets worldwide. The company distributes numerous brands such as Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans, Newport, Camel, Natural American Spirit, and Vuse, among others. It operates across developed and emerging markets and pursues innovation in next-generation products alongside traditional tobacco offerings. Founded in 1902 and headquartered in London, the company maintains a diversified portfolio across combustible and non-combustible categories and focuses on responsible marketing and regulatory compliance.

Abris Capital Partners, established in 2007, is a private equity firm headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with additional offices in Leeds, UK, Nicosia, Cyprus, and Bucharest, Romania. The firm specializes in acquiring majority stakes in middle-market companies across Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine. Abris invests in a broad range of sectors, including industrial, commercial, and service businesses, as well as infrastructure and energy. It typically targets companies undergoing operational or strategic changes, succession situations, or seeking to delist from stock exchanges. The firm's investment size ranges from €15 million to €75 million, with a typical investment period of three to five years, and exits primarily through trade sales or initial public offerings. Abris does not invest in gambling, high-content alcohol beverages, drugs, prostitution, speculative real estate, start-ups (except as part of an investee company's development plans), or companies in operational distress.

Actis is a global investment platform focused on growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It delivers a multi-asset approach across private equity, energy, infrastructure and real estate, emphasizing long-term value creation through active ownership and local insight. Founded in 2004, Actis operates from multiple offices worldwide and employs over 200 staff, including around 120 investment professionals. Its investors' capital is at work in roughly 70 companies, spanning sectors and geographies, with a focus on intra-growth market investing to share knowledge across regions. Actis collaborates with management teams, entrepreneurs and governments to deliver sustainable, competitive returns.

Qalaa Holdings is a prominent investment company operating in Africa and the Middle East, focusing on sectors that drive economic growth and development. With investments totaling approximately US$ 9.5 billion, the company concentrates on five core industries: energy, transportation, agrifoods, mining, and cement. By transitioning to a business model that emphasizes longer holding periods and divesting from non-core investments, Qalaa Holdings aims to enhance value creation and sustainability in its portfolio. The firm leverages its extensive experience as a leading private equity player to build businesses that meet the needs of over 1.3 billion consumers across regions, including Egypt and parts of East and North Africa. Qalaa Holdings prioritizes innovation and strategic growth in its investment approach.