Is this opportunity worth testing?
Compare ideas, challenge assumptions and identify the smallest useful test before a larger commitment. A high score earns a test, not an automatic launch.
See what is holding your business up.
Before you commit more money, understand the opportunity, the evidence and the practical conditions for making it work. The L.A.G.O.S Bridge is BFA’s structured diagnostic method for businesses you want to start, test or run in Nigeria from abroad.
L · Local Pain
Is there a real customer problem worth solving?
A · Affordability
Will customers pay a price that makes the numbers work?
G · Growth
Is there room and capacity for the next stage?
O · Operations Simplicity
Can delivery work with control from abroad?
S · Stickiness
Why will customers return, renew or stay?
One method. Two starting points.
What needs strengthening next?
For a trading business, examine actual customer behaviour, commercial results, people and operating controls. Separate immediate fixes from growth ideas that still need evidence.
From a score to a useful next step
- Score the pillarsAssess all five dimensions using the starting or operating lens. Record unknowns honestly.
- Grade the evidenceDistinguish what has been said, what has been seen and what has been substantiated for the decision.
- Check readinessReview founder fit, people, numbers, setup and remote controls. A critical gap cannot be averaged away.
- Agree the next moveIdentify priorities, owners, spending limits and a review date. The right decision may be to test, reinforce, proceed within limits or stop.
The diagnostic’s evidence grades, decision grid and thresholds are practice tools being piloted and calibrated. They support judgement and do not predict success or replace specialist advice.
Read it. Use it. Bring your questions.
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L.A.G.O.S Scorecard
Compare up to three business ideas, record the evidence and choose one for a small test. Includes scoring guidance, worked examples and your next-step worksheet.
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L.A.G.O.S Bridge Diagnostic
Explore both business stages, the evidence and readiness checks, a worked example, the decision grid and a client record for priorities and actions.
Subscribe & get both PDFsIncludes a fillable client record. The bridge can be drawn or annotated separately; it is not an automatic scoring app.
One sign-up gives you both PDFs through the Resources Hub. We will email your access link. For fillable fields, open the saved PDF in a PDF reader.
Your completed bridge is the useful part.
Bring your evidence to a focused Decision Session, apply the method through the Business Lab, or agree a deeper consulting assessment for an established business. The scope determines how much review is needed.