title: Axxela
text: # Axxela
  
  Axxela (formerly Oando Gas & Power Limited), is a natural gas value chain company that processes natural gas, transmission & distribution as well as power generation & distribution in Nigeria and West Africa.
  
  ## Background
  
  Owned by Helios Investment Partners LLP and Sojitz Corporation company, it is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.
  
  It is one of the first indigenous private sector-led developers of natural gas distribution in Nigeria, which serves over 200 industrial and commercial customers via a vast network of natural gas infrastructure.
  
  Axxela is the first privately owned, independent company registered gas shipper on the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) and in 2021 received the Energy Leadership Excellence Award of the Decade from the African Institute for Leadership Excellence.
  
  