Clientele
Our client base is a varied ranging from SMEs, financial institutions engaged in financing of SMEs and intermediary organisations that seek for the most effective ways to assist SME entrepreneurs one and grows with every new assignment. Over the past eight years DA offered its services to a broad range of clients, for whom assignments of all kinds have successfully been carried out. Some of the following organizations have recognized our work and have requested for our services. Bilateral Donor Agencies: USAID, DFID, GTZ; International Finance Institutions: World Bank; Africap; Local Financial Institutions: Central Bank Of Nigeria, United Bank for Africa; Non Governmental Organisations: Grameen Foundation, Women’s World Banking, Enterprise for Development International, Country Women Association of Nigeria, West Africa Management Development Institutions Network; UN Agencies: UNDP; European Commission; Private Organisations: Weidermann & Associates, Chemonics International, Emerging Market Economics

Projects 

 DFID/PrOpCom – June to August 2008: Facilitation of access to finance for 1,300 women rice parboilers in 48 cooperative groups in 4 local government areas of Kano state.

 EoPSD/GTZ – May - June 2008: Assessment of Capacity Building Needs of Five Microfinance Banks in Niger State.

 Grameen Foundation USA- January - April 2008: Business process mapping for key activities of Microfinance institutions partners of Grameen Foundation in Bauchi Kwara and Edo states.

 Grameen Foundation USA- April 2007: Due Diligence assessment for MFIs having criteria for potential GFUSA partnership. DA investigated and analyzed various organization’s administration, management and operations. Assessed these institutions for constructive partnership support, relationship establishment between GFUSA and the prospective partners.

 PRISMS/USAID & EoPSD/GTZ On-going: Co-funded curriculum review and repackaging of capacity building and training courses and Training of Trainers (TOT) for the governance and strategic management staff of community banks in Nigeria.

 HTSPE/EME – April 2006 - July 2007: Development of World Bank’s Nigeria Country Economic Memorandum Research study of domestic trade in Nigeria: Opportunities for improving productivity and competitiveness.

 EoPSD/GTZ – September 2006: Facilitated and support financial institutions in micro financial product development and adoption.

 EoPSD/GTZ – September 2006: Organization and viability assessment and provision of technical assistance towards the transformation of Community Banks into Microfinance banks in Niger and Nassarawa states.