Eider Africa

What Eider Africa does

Eider Africa Limited is a Nairobi-based, African women-led private research mentorship organization founded in 2016 that designs and delivers online and offline programs supporting postgraduate students, doctoral scholars, faculty, and independent researchers across East and West Africa. The company operates three core programs: the paid Research Mentorship Collective (RMC), which delivers four-week individual mentorship, small-group skills training, peer review, and copy editing; the free Africana Journal Club (AJC), a WhatsApp-based community platform providing peer learning, webinars, mock defense sessions, and research Q&A that functions as the top-of-funnel acquisition channel; and Research & Development, which coordinates applied projects in gender, health, livelihoods, and forced displacement.

Complementing these programs, Eider Africa runs recurring paid training cohorts on NVivo (at least 17 documented cohorts) and SPSS, hosts regular research events and webinars, publishes the Africana Research Stories content platform, and offers B2B Gender Integration and Safeguarding Training for NGOs, government institutions, and private-sector clients. Distribution is hybrid: digital self-serve channels (WhatsApp community, website, Google Forms registration, social media) for AJC and RMC, supplemented by in-person training cohorts in Kenya and institutional partnerships with universities.

The business model combines freemium community engagement (AJC), subscription-style individual and group mentorship (RMC), professional services revenue from short training courses and safeguarding engagements, and project-based R&D work. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, is privately held, and operates with a small core management team — founder and CEO Aurelia Munene, program coordinator Raymond Munene, M&E lead David Nene, and lead research mentor Dr. Joyce Wangari Ngugi — supplemented by a broader mentor network of 10+ specialists.

Name

Eider Africa

Legal name

Eider Africa Limited

Website

https://eiderafricaltd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Eider Africa is a Nairobi-based, African women-led research mentorship organization that delivers paid individual and group mentorship, software-skills training (NVivo, SPSS), and a free WhatsApp-based research community for postgraduate students, faculty, and independent researchers across East and West Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Mentorship & Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Computer Training (611420), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

STEM, Digital Skills & Innovation Partnerships (EDADALAJ), Advanced Project-Based Learning & Portfolio Mentoring (STEM/arts portfolios, maker projects) (EDANAKAI)

Keywords

• Research mentorship
• Data analysis training
• Academic mentoring
• NVivo training
• SPSS training

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Research Mentorship Collective Programs: Paid programs providing individual mentorship, essential research skills training, peer review, and copy editing services for postgraduate and doctoral students to meet their research project, publication, and conferencing needs. Four-week individual mentorship programs with 1.5 hours per week sessions.
2. NVivo and SPSS Training Courses: Practical training courses delivered in cohorts (Cohort 1-17 for NVivo), with 2-day intensive programs for skills like NVivo proficiency and SPSS data analysis. Course sessions are purely practical with participants learning to interpret outputs and write reports.
3. Gender Integration & Safeguarding Training: Specialized organizational support services including gender integration, prevention of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, policy development, and training for organizations, government institutions, NGOs, and private sector actors.
4. Africana Journal Club: Free community platform providing peer learning, networking, research webinars, critically appraising research papers, shut up and write sessions, sharing research opportunities, individual mentorship calls, mock defense sessions and research Q&A. Serves as customer acquisition funnel for paid programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Eider Africa designs and delivers research mentorship programs and practical data analysis training for African scholars. The company offers individual and group mentorship, peer review, copy editing services, and specialized training in qualitative (NVivo) and quantitative (SPSS) data analysis tools, alongside gender integration and safeguarding training for organizations.

Product overview

Eider Africa is a research mentorship organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs and training services for African scholars. The core offerings consist of two main program arms: the Research Mentorship Collective (RMC) for paid individual mentorship and skills training services, and the Africana Journal Club (AJC) providing free peer learning and networking. The company also delivers Research & Development project coordination, specialized training courses on data analysis tools (NVivo, SPSS), gender integration and safeguarding training, and hosts events and research story content. Together, these products form a comprehensive ecosystem supporting the complete research lifecycle from mentorship through publication and professional development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Research Mentorship Collective (RMC): Paid programs providing individual mentorship, essential research skills training, peer review, and copy editing for post-graduate and doctoral students.
• Africana Journal Club

Products and services

• Research Mentorship Collective Paid programs providing individual mentorship, essential research skills training, peer review, and copy editing services for postgraduate and doctoral students to meet research project, publication, and conferencing needs.
• Africana Journal Club Free community platform for African researchers providing peer-to-peer mentoring, research webinars, critical appraisal of papers, shut up and write sessions, and mock defense sessions.
• Research & Development Services Coordination and implementation of development, research and humanitarian projects focusing on gender analysis, livelihoods, sexual reproductive health, mental health, gender-based violence, and forced displacement in African contexts.
• NVivo Practical Training Practical training courses on NVivo qualitative data analysis software, delivered in cohorts covering data management and qualitative research methodology for researchers, statisticians, M&E professionals, and students.
• Data Management and Analytics Using SPSS Two-day practical training course covering SPSS features, data management, descriptive analysis, and inferential statistics including correlations, regressions, chi-square, t-tests, and F-tests (ANOVA).
• Gender Integration & Safeguarding Training Customized training programs for organizations on gender mainstreaming, prevention of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, safeguarding systems, and gender-responsive organizational culture.

Quantifiable outcome

• Postgraduate and doctoral students supported through mentorship programs to completion
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nascent-RDOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNascent-RDO (Research Development Organization) is listed as a partner organization. As part of an ecosystem approach, Eider Africa works with Nascent-RDO and other practitioners to co-create transformative environments that enable emerging scholars to thrive.
• Training Centre in Communication Africa (TCC-Africa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTCC-Africa partners with Eider Africa to develop training resources on mentorship, peer review, research and wellness. TCC-Africa focuses on scientific writing and communication training across Africa.
• eLife SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnereLife Sciences is listed as a partner organization working with Eider Africa in the research ecosystem to develop training resources on mentorship, peer review, research and wellness.
• AFELTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFELT is listed as a partner organization collaborating with Eider Africa to develop training resources on mentorship, peer review, research and wellness for African researchers.
• AfricArXivcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfricArXiv partners with Eider Africa to develop training resources on mentorship, peer review, research and wellness. AfricArXiv is Africa's preprint repository promoting open science.
• Beyonder WellnessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeyonder Wellness is listed as a partner organization focused on wellness and research support, contributing to the holistic wellbeing component of Eider Africa's mentorship approach.
• WritingHubAfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWritingHubAfrica provides training and mentorship on scientific writing and publishing, data analysis and grant proposal writing. Founded by Eider Africa mentor Nicholas Outa, it supports the research capacity building mission.
• National Information Technology Authority (NITA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNITA is listed as a partner organization in the research ecosystem, potentially contributing to technology infrastructure and digital capabilities for research mentorship delivery.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• TCC Africa (Training Centre in Communication Africa): TCC Africa provides scientific writing and communication training across Africa, directly overlapping with Eider Africa's research mentorship, writing, and publication support offerings. It is also a listed partner of Eider Africa, underscoring the close comparability.
• AuthorAID: AuthorAID is a global research network offering mentorship and capacity building for researchers in developing countries, including East Africa. Eider Africa's Lead Research Mentor also serves as Research Steward at AuthorAID, evidencing tight functional overlap.
• WritingHubAfrica: WritingHubAfrica provides training and mentorship on scientific writing, publishing, data analysis, and grant proposal writing in Africa. It was founded by an Eider Africa mentor, making it a closely comparable operator in the same niche.
• Nascent-RDO: Nascent-RDO is a listed partner of Eider Africa working at the intersection of research, mentorship, and African scholar development. It operates in the same research capacity-building category for emerging African researchers.
• AFELT: AFELT collaborates with Eider Africa on mentorship, peer review, and research training for African researchers. It is a functional peer in research training and capacity building across the African academic ecosystem.

Others

• AfricArXiv: AfricArXiv is Africa's preprint repository promoting open science and is a listed partner of Eider Africa. While it does not sell training, it operates in the same research ecosystem and supports open research capacity for African scholars.

Broad incumbents

• eLife Sciences: eLife is a globally recognized open-access research publisher with programs for early-career researchers, peer review training, and research culture. It is a partner of Eider Africa and a broader incumbent in research training and mentorship.
• CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa): CODESRIA is a leading pan-African research council supporting social science research and training across the continent. Compared to Eider Africa's focus on individual mentorship, CODESRIA operates at a broader institutional level with grant-making, training, and publishing programs.
• African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC): APHRC is a major African research institution that runs capacity-building programs, postgraduate training, and mentorship for African researchers. It serves a similar customer base at a significantly larger institutional scale.

Emerging players

• Inteo: Inteo is an emerging training and research-support provider offering professional development and research skills training to African and global markets. It overlaps with Eider Africa's NVivo/SPSS and research-methods training offerings but with a different distribution model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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