About Us
We didn’t set out to start a consulting firm.
We set out to create a space where systems can heal, leaders can breathe, and strategy can finally hold.
Who We Are
Equinexus is a pan-African consulting and leadership firm working at the intersection of governance, power, and organisational transformation. We partner with individuals, corporations, NGOs, foundations, and public institutions to help them undertake the deep work of leadership, reclaiming trust, redesigning culture, and realigning power.
Our proprietary tools, including the Depthwork methodology and Reveal Yourself diagnostic, are trusted by executives and teams across Africa and globally.
Whether facilitating board alignment, certifying leaders, or catalysing institutional renewal, Equinexus combines strategy, psychology, and systems-level insight to create irreversible change. We are Afro-rooted, globally fluent, and unapologetically bold in the spaces we serve.
What we believe
Liberation
We work toward systems where people can live and lead freely, fully, and without fear.
Wholeness
We honour both inner growth and external impact; transformation begins within.
Courage
We invite truth-telling, risk-taking, and the strength to lead from the unknown.
Rootedness
We design with context, proximity, and lived experience at the core.
Co-Creation
We build in partnership, never for, always with
Founding Story
Dr. Vongai Nyahunzvi
For years, I sat in donor rooms and global boardrooms where Africa was the topic, yet Africans were sidelined. Strategies were drafted without those who lived the realities. Solutions failed, not due to bad intentions, but because of broken vantage points. I’ve led across sectors, corporate boardrooms, grassroots movements, UN agencies, and philanthropic organisations. In every space, I’ve seen how even well-designed solutions can fall short when they’re not shaped by the realities and wisdom of the people most affected. I’ve watched good intentions create dependency, and bureaucratic systems silence the very people they aim to support.
What became clear to me is this: when leadership is disconnected from people’s lived realities, even the best-designed systems begin to break down. But when dignity is honoured, and deep assumptions are examined, meaningful change can take root.
That’s what inspired Equinexus, a partner for individuals and institutions committed to deepening their alignment between purpose, practice, and people. We work alongside leadership teams and organisations that are already asking courageous questions about how their systems present themselves in the world.
The methods are grounded in lived experience. Equinexus exists for leaders who want to move beyond the surface. We’re not claiming to have figured it all out. Like many across the continent, we’re still learning how to lead in ways that heal, not harm. Legitimacy is no longer something to wait for; it’s something we build, from the inside out, together.
Our Model: The Nexus Arc™
A transformational arc that moves people and systems from awareness to redesign, and keeps learning, rest, and justice at the centre.
REFRAME
Interrupt default patterns and expand the lens
REBUILD
Redesign strategies, governance, and cultures that align with values
REVEAL
Surface what’s unseen, blind spots, stories, beliefs and power dynamics
REGENERATE
Sustain change through cycles of learning, rest and reflection
