The complete six-week guided programme.
The Build From Abroad Business Lab
Build your Nigerian business with evidence, not guesswork.
A practical six-week guided programme for Nigerians abroad who are preparing to start a business in Nigeria or need to strengthen one already operating.
No payment today. The founding cohort begins Wednesday 13 January 2027, subject to a minimum of four participants.
Founding cohort key facts
Know the commitment before you register.
Instalments cost £33 more than paying in full.
Six 90-minute guided sessions delivered live on Zoom.
No live session on 17 February.
Your final evidence-led decision and 90-day roadmap are due after the last live session.
This includes the 90-minute live session and implementation work.
Minimum cohort: four participants. If the minimum is not reached and the cohort does not run, anyone who has paid may transfer to the next cohort or receive a full refund.
Is this for you?
Designed for the reality of building from abroad
Distance changes how you test an idea, choose people, release money and verify what is happening on the ground.
You are still shaping the idea
You need to decide what is worth testing before you commit serious money, appoint people or sign long agreements.
You have started, but too much rests on trust
You need to know who is doing what, how the work is being checked, how problems are raised and what happens when a key person leaves, so the business is not relying on your constant physical presence.
You want support while doing the work
You value expert challenge, a founder group and deadlines that turn good intentions into usable business documents.
The six-week journey
One business. Six evidence gates.
Each week answers a decision you must be able to make before the next investment of money, time or trust.
Choose the opportunity
Define the real problem, surface your assumptions and decide what deserves testing.
Test demand
Gather evidence from real potential customers and separate interest from willingness to buy.
Test people, suppliers and cover
Verify capability, expose conflicts and put sensible limits around access and authority.
Prove the numbers
Pressure-test price, costs, cash needs and the financial assumptions behind your plan.
Build remote controls and staffing resilience
Design the checks, reporting, escalation and backup arrangements the business needs.
Make the decision
Choose to proceed, adjust or stop, then turn the evidence into a practical 90-day roadmap.
What you will leave with
Working documents for your actual business
The aim is not a perfect business plan. It is a useful evidence pack that makes your next decision safer and clearer.
- Opportunity briefThe business problem, customer and assumptions worth testing.
- Demand evidenceWhat real customers did, said and paid, plus what still needs proving.
- People and supplier planChecks, limits, working expectations and backup arrangements.
- Financial viability summaryPrice, costs, cash exposure and the numbers that determine your decision.
- Remote operations planReporting, approvals, spot checks, escalation and continuity controls.
- 90-day roadmapYour evidence-led decision and the next actions, owners and review points.
Led by Davinia
Practical challenge, applied to your real business.
Davinia Edafioka, founder of Bright Bridge, designed the Business Lab around a disciplined process: define the decision, test the assumptions, document the evidence and turn it into practical controls and next actions.
Her role is to guide the work, challenge weak assumptions and help founders keep moving. The Lab does not replace legal, tax, regulatory or investment advice.
How the Lab works
Learn it, apply it, bring back the evidence.
Live guided sessions
Work through the decision of the week with practical teaching and discussion. Facilitator-led teaching and demonstrations are recorded and made available to registered cohort participants until 30 days after the final live session for catch-up and review.
Business Lab workbooks
Use structured prompts, templates and evidence gates to do the work properly.
Founder accountability
Learn alongside people facing the same distance, trust and control challenges.
Responsible use of AI
Use AI to organise research and draft documents, then verify every material fact and keep responsibility for the final work.
About 4 to 5.5 hours a week, including a 90-minute live session.
Clear expectations
Practical support without false promises
This is
- A hands-on, guided implementation programme
- A structured way to test and improve a real business
- A place to make evidence-led decisions with support
This is not
- A done-for-you business launch
- A promise of profit or guaranteed investment success
- Legal, tax, regulatory or investment advice
Prefer to start with one decision?
Explore the Decision Session
Book a Business Decision Session first.
Get focused one-to-one support on one important business decision. Join the Business Lab within seven days of your session and the full session fee is credited against your Lab fee. At the current £97 introductory price, the £297 pay-in-full balance becomes £200.
Founding cohort
Would you like to build this with us?
Register your interest for the founding cohort beginning 13 January 2027. There is no payment or commitment today. We will send the written offer, participant terms and enrolment invitation before any payment is due.
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