Nigeria · Find the right people
Doing business with Nigeria takes a team.
naija.agency is the place to find the right people for Nigeria. Setting up here, growing here, going abroad from here, or hiring Nigerian talent from anywhere: pick a line, build your crew and get from idea to done.
Who it is for
Whichever way you cross the border, start here.
Companies and individuals, inside Nigeria or abroad. Pick your situation and we open the matching project with the specialists you will need.
I am a foreign company setting up in Nigeria
Registration with the CAC, permits, tax, an office and your first local hires.
Open a company in NigeriaI run a Nigerian business and want to grow or add a service
A new state, a new licence, a new team, the funding and the local partners to do it.
Grow your Nigerian businessI am a Nigerian business looking for partners abroad
Export consultants, brand protection, translators, customs and the way to get paid abroad.
Take your business abroadI want to hire Nigerians, from anywhere in the world
Recruiters, contracts, payroll and the assistants and managers who make a remote team work.
Hire Nigerian talentI am moving to Nigeria, or moving back
Visas, documents, housing, land title and tax, for newcomers and for the diaspora coming home.
Move to NigeriaSomething else?
Describe your project in a few lines and we suggest the team, for a person or for a company.
Start a custom project01 — The lines
Twelve lines. Every craft your business needs.
Each kind of service is a line. Each specialty is a stop. Choose a line to see who you can find along it.
02 — Build your crew
Tell us what you are launching. We lay out the route.
Most projects cross several lines. Pick a goal and see the specialists you will need, in the order you will need them. Then turn it into a brief and we draft your team.
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Stop 1 · Local Presence & Market Entry
Market-entry consultant
Choose the state, the structure and the timeline.
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Stop 2 · Law & Compliance
Company-registration lawyer
Register with the CAC and draft the constitution.
Lawyer (member of the Nigerian Bar)
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Stop 3 · Law & Compliance
Immigration lawyer
Expatriate quota, business permit and CERPAC.
Lawyer (member of the Nigerian Bar)
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Stop 4 · Money, Tax & Payroll
Local accountant
Tax registration (TIN, VAT) and the first filings.
Chartered accountant (ICAN or ANAN)
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Stop 5 · Local Presence & Market Entry
Office & domiciliation
A registered address and a place to work.
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Stop 6 · Admin & Assistants
Local recruiter
Hire your first local team members.
03 — How a project runs
From brief to a team in minutes.
Write the brief
Pick a project type, the state and how soon you want to start.
Get a draft team
The matching engine proposes one specialist per role, with the reasons why.
Swap any role
Not convinced? Swap a single specialist for the runner-up and keep the rest.
They reach out
Specialists see your brief, and unlock your contact details to talk to you directly.
04 — Pick your stop
From Lagos to Maiduguri, from Calabar to Sokoto.
Every state is a stop on the network. Pick one on the map to see the specialists who work there.
One line, one craft.
Specialists are listed where they are strongest, so you reach the right expert in one step instead of ten.
Local people first.
People who live and work in Nigeria, speak its languages (English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and more) and know the local rules, the customs and the customers.
Straight to the specialist.
No middle layer. You see who does the work and you talk to them directly.
05 — Join the team
Claim your stop.
A free profile puts you in front of clients who need specialists and local partners in Nigeria. Pick your line and state to start.