Selected work

Outcomes, not announcements.

Engagements delivered with state governments, investment promotion agencies, and development partners across Nigeria and the ECOWAS region.

Land Governance Niger State 2025

Responsible Land Governance — FRILIA Capacity Building

Equipped Niger State officials with the frameworks, toolkits, and institutional architecture needed to attract responsible agricultural investment while protecting customary land rights.

8
Modules delivered
6+
MDAs trained
Niger State Government · World Bank-supported programme
Reform Financing Support Katsina State 2024–2026

Full-Cycle SABER Technical Assistance

Technical assistance across every disbursement-linked indicator in the State's SABER programme — from reviewing a weak Year 1 to preparing evidence that survives independent …

$23M
Secured, Years 1–2
8
DLIs covered
Katsina State Government · World Bank-supported SABER programme
Land Governance Zamfara State 2025

FRILIA in a Post-Conflict Context — Zamfara State

Adapted the FRILIA framework to Zamfara's unique post-conflict and extractive economy context — integrating responsible land governance with post-displacement resettlement planning.

12
Curriculum modules
2
Day training
Zamfara State Government · World Bank-supported programme
Land Governance Sokoto State 2025

FRILIA Integration with Existing Digital GRM Platform

Extended Sokoto's functioning digital Grievance Redress Mechanism to accommodate FRILIA-specific land complaints — embedding new complaint categories without duplicating infrastructure.

1
Live GRM platform extended
2
Day training
Sokoto State Government · World Bank-supported programme
Digital Infrastructure Niger State 2025

Right-of-Way Compliance & Broadband Enabling Reform

Produced a draft Harmonised Right-of-Way Policy Framework and digital e-permitting prototype to unlock broadband infrastructure investment in Niger State.

1
Draft RoW framework
6+
MDAs coordinated
Niger State Government · World Bank-supported programme
PPP Advisory Niger State 2025

PPP Facilitation Fund Governance & Operations

Equipped Niger State's PPP Fund Management Committee with governance architecture, disbursement protocols, and screening frameworks needed to convert pipeline projects into bankable transactions.

3
Day workshop
1
Fund management manual
Niger State Government · Niger State Investment Promotion Agency
Reform Financing Support Niger State 2025

Business Enabling Reforms Action Plan — Cross-DLI Architecture

Designed Niger State's integrated Business Enabling Reforms Action Plan — sequencing land, trade, infrastructure, PPP, and service delivery reforms into a single coherent programme.

8
Reform areas integrated
6+
MDAs coordinated
Niger State Government · World Bank-supported programme
Trade & Investment Niger State 2025

Trade Facilitation & Export Growth — Inter-State Commerce Reform

Built the technical and institutional foundations for Niger State's trade facilitation reform — harmonising inter-state levies and creating an actionable pipeline of export-certified firms.

1
State trade framework
5
Priority sectors
Niger State Ministry of Commerce · NEPC · Niger State Chamber of Commerce
Reform Financing Support Niger State 2025

Service-Level Agreements & Grievance Redress Mechanisms

Operationalised Niger State's service delivery standards and grievance redress architecture — designing systems that allow citizens and investors to hold government accountable to published …

1
SLA framework
1
GRM operational design
Niger State Government · World Bank-supported programme
PPP Advisory Niger State 2025

PPP Appreciation & Technical Training — Niger State Officials

Delivered structured PPP training to Niger State officials — building working knowledge of project cycles, risk allocation models, and the fiscal governance disciplines required …

3
Day programme
Niger State Government · Niger State PPP Unit
Land Governance Niger State 2025

Land Administration Systems Strengthening

Strengthened Niger State's land administration architecture — clarifying institutional mandates and producing process improvement recommendations for land allocation and registration.

1
Coordination framework
4
MDAs covered
Niger State Ministry of Lands · NIGIS · NSIPA
Trade & Investment ECOWAS Region 2025

IPAWAS Investment Intelligence Platform — 12 ECOWAS Countries

Built and translated into French and Portuguese the IPAWAS regional investment promotion platform for 12 ECOWAS member countries, tracking business enabling reform across West …

12
Countries covered
3
Languages
ECOWAS Commission · IPAWAS
Land Governance Katsina State 2025–2026

FRILIA — Framework, Committees and Toolkits

Responsible land-intensive agriculture moved from a policy document to a working institution: two committees, eight toolkits and the capacity to apply them to a …

8
Toolkits developed
2
Capacity-building workshops
Katsina State Government · World Bank-supported SABER programme
PPP Advisory Katsina State 2025–2026

A PPP Framework the Executive Owns

The legal, fiscal and disclosure architecture for PPPs, built alongside three tiers of capacity building — because a framework no one at the top …

3
Workshops, three tiers
1
Project Facilitation Fund
Katsina State Government · KIPA · World Bank-supported SABER programme
Digital Infrastructure Katsina State 2025–2026

Right of Way and Fibre Deployment Compliance

A published, priced and predictable Right of Way regime — the regulatory precondition for private capital to lay fibre in the State.

₦145
Per-metre fee cap
1
Compliance workshop
Katsina State Government · World Bank-supported SABER programme
Trade & Investment Katsina State 2025–2026

Fee Transparency, Grievance Redress and Interstate Trade

Published fees and timelines across five business-enabling MDAs, a consolidated schedule of interstate trade charges, and grievance mechanisms held to a measurable service standard.

5
Business-enabling MDAs
75%
Grievance SLA target
Katsina State Government · World Bank-supported SABER programme
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