Lead party: Moussa Diao (investor/buyer)
Coverage: Meridian Capital (investment and transaction tracker; data from Partner Researchers, editorially reviewed). Investor view in Meridian Capital
Target: Oryx Energies SA (private company) · Sector: Energy & Utilities, Gas Retailing, Integrated Oil & Gas, Petroleum Products · Countries of operation: Zimbabwe, Uganda, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mauritius, Nigeria
Transaction type: Merger/Acquisition(M&A) · Asset class: Corporate Transactions · Strategy: Management Buy-in/Buy-out (MBI/MBO), Strategic Majority · Instrument: Ordinary Shares (Equity)
Investors/buyers: Moussa Diao, Hervé Bouvet · Sellers: The Addax and Oryx Group
Legal advisers: not identified in the source record.
Source: announced 7 October 2026. Original announcement: africa.businessinsider.com.
