Because a plan is not a presence.
There are firms that will tell you about Africa. Chiconna is the one that builds your actual operation there.
We live where the work happens.
Chiconna is headquartered in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos — not a satellite office opened for optics, but where our team actually sits, day to day. When a filing stalls or a partner goes quiet, we’re a drive away, not a time zone away.
We finish what we start.
A strategy document doesn’t register a company, hire a first employee, or onboard a vendor. We do those things ourselves, under the same engagement that produced the plan — so nothing gets lost in a handoff to someone else.
We speak both languages.
What a board in London expects from a compliance memo and what a Nigerian regulator actually requires on the ground are rarely word-for-word the same document. We work both sides of that gap daily, so nothing gets lost translating one into the other.
We show our work.
Every engagement runs on a defined scope and a reporting cadence you agree to up front. You’ll always know what’s been done, what’s next, and why — not just a quarterly summary that arrives after the fact.
We already know who to call.
Legal counsel, banking relationships, recruitment networks, government contacts, distributors — the relationships that usually take a new entrant years to build are ones we’ve already built. You’re borrowing a network, not starting one from zero.
We built a method, not an improvisation.
Discover, Assess, Strategize, Execute, Scale — every engagement runs through the same five stages, each with its own objective, timeline, and deliverables. You always know which stage you’re in and what happens next. See the full methodology →