Welcome to Eridan, a venture builder dedicated to empowering founders to build transformative
enterprises that combine impact with profit. We connect, train, and empower founders,
particularly women, to become accomplished leaders, addressing the access challenges they
face in Africa. With 90% of our ventures led by women, we prioritize gender diversity and
innovation, providing mentorship programs, workshops, and collaborative workspaces.
As a founder-centric organization, we focus on building founders towards their full human
potential. We co-build tech-enabled enterprises with purpose-driven stakeholders, creating
purpose enterprises that build societies and make the world a better place through value-based
systems. Impact is at the heart of our existence, and we measure our success beyond financial
metrics, ensuring our initiatives have a lasting impact on our community.
Our team of highly resourceful individuals, with a portfolio of many years of business experience
and success, is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and startups. We foster a culture of
respect, fairness, and inclusion, and provide a nurturing environment for innovation and
collaboration. Join us in our mission to transform the world, one enterprise at a time.
At Eridan, a PURPOSE ENTERPRISE is a solution, a business, or an organization that builds society and makes the world a better place through value-based systems.
To achieve this, we focus on enterprises that align with the selected United Nations sustainable development goals highlighted below:
- Eradicating poverty (SDG 1)
- Zero Hunger – Achieving food security & promoting sustainable agriculture (SDG 2)
- Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3)
- Quality Education (SDG 4)
- Achieving Gender Equality & Economic Empowerment of women (SDG 5)
- Promoting Employment, Decent Work and Economic Growth for all (SDG 8)
- Supporting Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9)
- Reducing Inequality (SDG 10) (Equop)
- Partnerships to Achieve the Goal (SDG 17)
Core Values
Apart from the fact that we are so big on community and future-mindedness, We value:
Integrity
Innovation
Impact
Empathy
Excellence
Vision
To build purpose-driven global entities.
Mission
To connect with, educate, equip, nurture, and invest in founders to co-build purpose enterprises.
Meet Our Team
REMI ODUNSI
Remi Odunsi is a highly accomplished business leader with over two decades of experience spanning financial services (banking and insurance), automobile, and FMCG industries. As a versatile and visionary leader, she possesses a keen eye for business opportunities. Renowned for her extensive network, she excels in negotiating high-volume deals, demonstrating expertise in internal control, sales and marketing, product development, operations, and strategic planning. Currently, she serves on the boards of numerous companies in both executive and non-executive roles.
Remi Odunsi is a seasoned serial entrepreneur with over two decades in financial services (banking and insurance), automobile and FMCG industries. She is a versatile and visionary leader with a strong eye for business opportunities. Well networked and highly successful at negotiating high volume deals with cutting-edge expertise in internal control, sales and marketing, product development, operations, and strategic planning, she currently sits on the Board of several companies in both Executive and non-Executive capacities.
KENNETH NWAKANMA
Kenneth Nwakanma is a business growth expert and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of multidisciplinary experiences from financial services, entrepreneurial training to business consulting.
He has expertise in finance, strategy, operational efficiency, business development, organizational transformation, new market development and team development. Before joining Eridan, he has been involved in several ventures, including an urban waste recycling startup, a cooperative and a training and advisory initiative for growing consummate young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa.
Kenneth Nwakanma is a business growth expert and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of multidisciplinary experiences from financial services, entrepreneurial training to business consulting.
He has expertise in finance, strategy, operational efficiency, business development, organizational transformation, new market development and team development. Before joining Eridan, he has been involved in several ventures, including an urban waste recycling startup, a cooperative and a training and advisory initiative for growing consummate young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa.
He has expertise in finance, strategy, operational efficiency, business development, organizational transformation, new market development and team development. Before joining Eridan, he has been involved in several ventures, including an urban waste recycling startup, a cooperative and a training and advisory initiative for growing consummate young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa.