Telecoms & digital infrastructure in Kenya: funding deals and active investors
One of the best-documented segments on the platform. Latest rounds, investors who lead them, tickets and instruments — Telecoms & digital infrastructure, Kenya.
8
deals recorded
1
over 12 months
24 M$
median disclosed ticket
8
identified investors
Key findings
- 8 funding deals recorded (Telecoms & digital infrastructure, Kenya) since 2014, involving 7 companies and 8 identified investors. 1 of them over the last 12 months (2 the previous year).
- Median disclosed ticket: 24 M$; half of the deals fall between 14 M$ and 37 M$ (6 amounts disclosed out of 8, 1.7 bn $ in total).
- Where the money goes: Telecom operators and ISPs (75 %), Data centres and cloud (25 %).
- Most frequent stage: Growth (63 %); most used instrument: Equity (75 %).
- Most active investors: Helios Investment Partners (3), Finnfund (2), Africa Go Green Fund (AGG) (1).
- 25 % of deals are syndicated (at least two investors around the table).
Industries
- Telecom operators and ISPs6
- Data centres and cloud2
Stages
- Growth5
- Debt2
- Series C+1
Instruments
- Equity6
- Senior debt2
Deals per year
| Year | Deals | Disclosed amounts |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 12 M$ |
| 2022 | 2 | 28 M$ |
| 2025 | 2 | 24 M$ |
| 2026 | 1 | 1.6 bn $ |
Most active investors
- Helios Investment Partners3 deals
- Finnfund2 deals
- Africa Go Green Fund (AGG)1 deal
- Africa501 deal
- FMO1 deal
- InfraCo Africa1 deal
- Novastar Ventures1 deal
- Remgro1 deal
Latest deals
| Company | Date | Disclosed amounts | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| SafaricomTelecom operators and ISPs · Kenya · Growth | Jun 2026 | 1.6 bn $ | undisclosedsource |
| MawinguTelecom operators and ISPs · Kenya · Series C+ | Oct 2025 | 20 M$ | Remgrosource |
| Poa InternetTelecom operators and ISPs · Kenya · Debt | Aug 2025 | 4 M$ | Finnfundsource |
| IXAfricaData centres and cloud · Kenya · Growth | Dec 2022 | undisclosed | Helios Investment Partnerssource |
| Poa InternetTelecom operators and ISPs · Kenya · Growth | Jan 2022 | 28 M$ | Africa50source |
| Bandwidth and Cloud Services GroupData centres and cloud · Kenya · Debt | Aug 2021 | 12 M$ | Finnfundsource |
| Telkom KenyaTelecom operators and ISPs · Kenya · Growth | Jun 2016 | undisclosed | Helios Investment Partnerssource |
| Wananchi GroupTelecom operators and ISPs · Kenya · Growth | Oct 2014 | 40 M$ | Helios Investment Partnerssource |
See also
Method: published funding deals (press releases, specialised media), recorded by Invest Matching's news monitoring and reviewed before integration. Amounts in US dollars; deals without a disclosed amount count in the totals, not in the medians.