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Systems thinking
We look beyond the requested output to causes, dependencies and intended outcomes.
Project Management & Advisory
We solve the problem, not just the brief.
Strictlydev helps organisations understand complex challenges, identify what will work and manage delivery through to measurable results — combining systems thinking, local intelligence, technology and disciplined project management.
- 140+
- Projects delivered across diverse sectors
- 20+
- Countries across Africa and beyond
- 50+
- Public, private and development partners
The problem with briefs
Complex problems rarely fit neatly into one discipline.
A technology request may actually be a process problem. A stalled project may be a governance problem. A market-access opportunity may depend on regulation, coordination and execution.
We look at the wider system before prescribing the intervention.
How we think
Four things that shape every engagement.
Systems thinking helps us understand the problem. Local intelligence helps us understand what will work. Technology improves speed and accuracy. Project-management discipline turns the solution into coordinated action.
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Contextual intelligence
We design for Nigerian and West African operating realities while using recognised professional methods.
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Technology-enabled delivery
We use digital tools, data and automation to improve speed, accuracy, visibility and efficiency.
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Advisory integrated with delivery
Recommendations are designed for implementation and supported by disciplined project management.
The Strictlydev Way
Understand. Challenge. Design. Deliver. Improve.
- Understand See the objective, actors, constraints and evidence.
- Challenge Test assumptions and examine alternatives.
- Design Structure the most effective and efficient intervention.
- Deliver Coordinate action with clear ownership, controls and visibility.
- Improve Measure, learn and adapt.
Our capabilities
Five practices. One operating philosophy.
Project & Programme Management
Bring structure, coordination and discipline to delivery.
Strategy & Transformation
Turn complex challenges into practical choices and executable change.
Trade & Economic Advisory
Navigate market access, regulation, policy and economic opportunity.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Turn evidence into better decisions and improved performance.
Digital & Technology Advisory
Apply technology where it creates real value.
Proof, not claims
Evidence matters.
We describe our experience in terms of the problem, our role, what we delivered and the outcome — not in unsupported claims.
Trade & Economic Advisory
ETLS Application Support
- Challenge
- The client sought support to navigate the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme.
- Our role
- Strictlydev supported application review, submission and interface with the Approval Committee.
- Outcome
- The client ETLS application was successfully approved.
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Who we work with
Private-sector organisations. Public institutions. Development and institutional clients. The common denominator is not sector — it is a meaningful problem that requires structured thinking and disciplined delivery.
Nigeria-rooted. Africa-focused.
Grounded where the work actually happens.
Strictlydev is grounded in Nigerian operating realities, with an ambition that expands through West Africa, across Africa and internationally.
Structured thinking. Disciplined delivery.
Latest thinking
Practical thinking for complex work.
Perspectives on project delivery, trade and economic issues, monitoring and evaluation, systems thinking and technology-enabled transformation.
Project Delivery
Trade & Economic Policy
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Systems Thinking & Transformation
Digital & Technology
Engagement
Let’s understand the problem first.
Have a complex objective, a difficult project or a brief that needs to be challenged?