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Helios in Talks with Africa Mobile Operators on Fintech Billions

Helios Investment Partners is in talks with Africa’s largest wireless carriers, including MTN Group and Airtel Africa about ways the private-equity firm can help them cash in on their mobile-money and digital-payments platforms.

Africa’s largest wireless carriers, including MTN Group Ltd. and Airtel Africa Plc, are among companies exploring how to unlock value from their multi-billion dollar fintech operations. Johannesburg-based MTN is looking to finalize plans to spin off the lucrative unit by the end of March, while Airtel brought in Mastercard Inc. has a minority investor in its mobile-finance division last year.

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