Hezi Bezalel

In early 2016, it was announced that Bezalel is leading a $300M investment fund in African businesses, together with the UK based Duet Group.

In 2010, he acquired the Israeli Telecom company 018-Xphone. In January 2015, the company won a government tender to become Israel's 6th Cellular service provider. In 2016, it was announced that 018-Xphone will partner with local cellular provider Cellcom (Israel) to provide its cellular service in Israel.

Bezalel serves as the Honorary Consul of Rwanda in Israel, and has previously served as the Honorary Consul of Uganda. He also serves as the chairperson of the Israel-Ethiopia Friendship Organization. He is the chairman of Mountaintop Productions, an Israeli-American international film production company, founded in 2010.

In 1995, he purchased the failed Ugandan investment bank Nile Bank Limited, transforming it to a successful and lucrative institution. The Nile Bank was sold to Barclays in 2006, gaining a large profit for Bezalel who was the main shareholder of the bank.

He moved from Israel to Kenya in the 1980s, where he established an investment bank in Nairobi, on behalf of a British investment group. In Africa, he became involved in investment banking, project implementation and financing and other businesses. He developed personal relationships with various stakeholders in Africa, such as the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Ugandan President Yoweri Moseveni, who conducted a large scale economic liberalization process in the country, supported by the World Bank. In 1994, he established the "Efforte" holding group, that held real estate, mining, agriculture, aviation and other assets.

Hezi Bezalel (born 1951) is an Israeli businessman. He is active mostly in Israel, the US, Britain, India, and various countries in Africa. He serves as the Honorary Consul of Rwanda in Israel.