Transaction

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invests EUR 170 million in Axian Telecom

Announced

15 June 2026

Target

AXIAN Telecom Holding and Management PLC

Value

$197.1m

Asset class

Private Credit

Type

Debt Financing

Instrument

Term Loan

Lead investors

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Investors

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Sector

Financial services / Investment Holding & SPVs, Telecommunications Infrastructure, Mobile Networks, Data & Internet Services, Mobile Network

Markets

Togo, Senegal, Rwanda, Zambia, Madagascar, Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Mauritius

About the target

Axian Telecom Holding and Management PLC is a Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)-incorporated public company based in the United Arab Emirates. It functions as the investment holding and group management entity for the Axian Telecom Group, a pan-African telecommunications, digital infrastructure and financial technology group. The company was incorporated on 29 December 2023 under the name Axian Telecom Holding and Management Ltd and was converted into a public company on 2 June 2025 under DIFC Companies Law No. 5 of 2018, at which point it adopted its current name. The wider Axian Telecom operating group traces its corporate history to Axian Telecom, a Mauritius-incorporated company established on 20 June 2003. Axian Telecom Holding and Management PLC is the holding company for Axian Telecom Group, which operates across three business segments: mobile and fixed-line communications; infrastructure; and digital and mobile financial services, as well as other activities.