Buy-side diligence in Nigeria: the 9 items deals die on
10 min
Practice · Business Consulting
Strategy with a finance backbone.
Market entry, fundraising readiness, M&A diligence, operating-model redesign and turnaround — leadership-led teams that have actually closed the deal.
$420M+
Client capital raised on our diligence in 2025
14
M&A and JV transactions supported in 36 months
9
Operational turnarounds delivered to plan
01 · What we doSub-practices.
Sub-practices.
One accountable senior consultant.
Every Outliers engagement is leadership-led. You get one named senior consultant, one accountable team and one model that travels across the full scope of the practice.
01
Market Entry Nigeria
Sector deep-dives, regulatory pathway, entity setup and go-to-market for inbound investors.
02
Fundraising Readiness
Data room, financial model, investor narrative and Q&A rehearsal for equity and debt rounds.
03
M&A Diligence
Financial, tax, commercial and regulatory due diligence — buy-side and sell-side.
04
Operating Model
Org redesign, shared services, cost-to-serve and finance-function transformation.
05
Turnaround & Restructuring
13-week cash, stakeholder management, debt restructuring and operational reset.
06
Strategy & Planning
5-year plans, capital allocation, scenario modelling and board strategy workshops.
02 · How we work
A method, not a moodboard.
01
Frame
We frame the decision — not the deliverable. What is the board actually choosing between?
02
Analyse
We model the economics, regulatory cost and execution risk — leadership-led, data-grounded.
03
Decide
We rehearse the board paper and the Q&A, so the decision room is the easy room.
04
Execute
We embed alongside management for the first 90 days of execution — and stay accountable.
03 · Who we serve
Built for boards that own the number.
- Inbound investors entering Nigeria for the first time
- Founders raising Series B+, debt rounds or strategic capital
- Boards considering acquisitions, divestitures or JVs
- PE funds running portfolio diligence and value-creation plans
- Distressed groups requiring an independent turnaround adviser
- Public-sector entities professionalising service delivery
Gated download
Download: Nigeria Market Entry Playbook
A 56-page playbook on entity choice, sector regulation, capital control and go-to-market timing in Nigeria.
04 · Related insights
All insights Recent thinking from the desk.
Naira, dollar or DFI? Choosing the right capital stack in 2026
12 min
13-week cash: the discipline that saves Nigerian businesses
7 min
Bring a senior consultant into the room before the board decides.
Confidential strategy session. Indicative scope within 48 hours.