eleni, led by Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, designs, builds and deploys turn-key commodity exchanges in Africa, including the ancillary supporting infrastructure.

The founders of eleni built the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange ("ECX") from scratch into an entity with a trading value of US$800m. They are leaders in their field and have won several awards including the Yara Prize for Agricultural Transformation in Africa and the African Banker Icon award.

In 2013, a consortium comprising 8 Miles, IFC and others completed an investment in eleni.