About

Baylis offers a best-in-class blue chip platform that enables the efficient deployment of institutional commercial capital, in particular from the US and Europe, into Africa.

About

Baylis offers a best-in-class blue chip platform that enables the efficient deployment of institutional commercial capital, in particular from the US and Europe, into Africa.

About Baylis

Baylis is a private equity investor focused on African markets and built upon a platform that meets the highest standards of compliance and transparency.

We invest growth equity in established high potential companies across African markets, in the Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Industrials sectors, with an emphasis on unlocking their growth potential by adding substantial strategic, operational and management value.

We expect to drive sustainable local job creation, enhance domestic production capacity and foster technical and managerial knowledge transfer in these sectors that are the backbone of a diversified economy.

THE APPROACH

We believe in working closely with our portfolio companies to create value, and we do so from the factory floor upwards. Beyond capital injection, our value-add includes driving operational enhancement and efficiency, developing and steering growth strategies, sourcing key personnel, implementing ESG best practices, and more.

Focus on growth investments in the catalytic telcoms and digital infrastructure sectors
Women and minority owned firm, with diverse and complementary backgrounds
Coverage of West,central and East Africa with an emphasis on less covered (including francophone) countries
Focus on middle-market investments in the job-creating manufacturing and industrial sectors
Environmental and social performance improvement as part of a hands-on, operational improvement approach

Our Team

Who We Are: Managed by
Dedicated Investment Professionals
  1. Owner/investor of numerous African SMEs
  2. Director/Head, Strategic Credit Group, Mizuho Securities
  3. US President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA); Chair, Digital/ICT
  4. Principal Invest., Deutsche Bnk
  5. Investment Banking, BAML
  6. Equity Research, DLJ
  7. Board Member, US-Nigeria Council (USNC)


  1. MBA, Wharton
  2. BA Economics, Columbia
  3. CAIA Charterholder

Franklin Olakunle Amoo
Managing Partner & CEO

  1. Head of Africa PE, Ashmore
  2. 6 years Ashmore PE portfolio manager across variety of EMs
  3. Independent advisor in EMs
  4. Investment Director, Enka Properties
  5. Manager, Oliver Wyman (PE and Financial Institutions)
  6. Process re-engineering, Gemini consulting


  1. MBA, Stanford GSB
  2. MS Elec. Engineering, Supelec
  3. CFA Charterholder

Nicolas Martin
Managing Partner & CIO

  1. CEO, Galaxy Investment Partners & Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd
  2. Managing Director/CIO, Fortress Macro Funds
  3. Partner, Goldman Sachs
  4. Founder/Director, family office
  5. Philanthropist, various charitable causes


  1. AB, Princeton University
  2. Helicopter Pilot, US Army
  3. Board Member, Acumen Fund

Michael Novogratz
Anchor Investor

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