Enterprise & Agri-SME Growth Advisory
Business development, access-to-finance and agri-SME growth advisory — the natural home for agribusinesses, mechanisation and solar-irrigation providers, youth-in-agriculture models and enterprise support programmes. We work directly with the operational and financial realities of Nigerian SMEs, and have helped the businesses we support unlock over US$5 million in financing to date.
What’s included
5 core service lines under enterprise & agri-sme growth advisory.
A ground-up review of how your business actually runs — business model, operating processes, staffing structure, systems and financial readiness — to pinpoint the specific constraints slowing growth. The output is a practical action plan, prioritised by what will move the business forward fastest, not a generic report.
Specialist advisory for agribusinesses, processors, mechanisation service providers, solar-irrigation companies and farmer cooperatives — the segment of the economy general business consultants rarely understand well. We work with the real value-chain constraints: seasonality, input financing, off-take arrangements and last-mile distribution.
Investor-ready business plans, market-access strategy, funding-proposal development and growth planning tailored to where your business actually is today. We've guided businesses through the exact diligence and documentation that funders like AGRA, Mastercard Foundation and development finance institutions expect to see.
We prepare businesses for the scrutiny that comes with real funding — building the business case, investor documentation and financial models that lenders and investors actually ask for — then facilitate warm introductions to grant, loan and equity partners in our network. This discipline has helped the SMEs we support unlock over US$5 million in financing to date.
Standard operating procedures, process mapping, reporting systems and hands-on field-operations support that turn ad-hoc ways of working into something repeatable and scalable. Particularly valuable for agri-SMEs managing dispersed field teams, seasonal labour and multi-site operations.
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Our consulting backbone — talent management, recruitment, capacity and governance — a professional advisory practice, not merely "HR support."
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