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The system that took a Lagos fintech from ₦8M to ₦15M monthly is available to your business.

Elan Africa is the business development and growth architecture company for ambitious Nigerian SMEs. We install the executive leadership, proprietary methodology, and AI-powered systems that compound into category dominance.

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Trusted by founders scaling ₦5M → ₦100M+  |  20+ years of executive growth leadership

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91%
revenue growth, 12mo
Is this your business?

You Have Built Something Real.
Now You Are Stuck.

Disconnected activity, not a system
You have agencies, freelancers, tools — but no one owns the commercial thesis. Every naira spent is a bet, not a decision.
What you've tried is not enough
Agencies gave you activity reports, not revenue. Freelancers gave you deliverables, not strategy.
The missing ingredient isn't content
It's senior strategic leadership — accountable for the system, sequence, and results. That's the gap CMOaaS closes.
The System

Three Layers. One Growth Architecture.

The reason most marketing investments disappoint is that they address one layer of growth while ignoring the others.

Layer 1
CMOaaS
Your executive growth function
Installs the leadership accountability that drives everything else.
Layer 2
ELEVATE™
The operating methodology
A 7-stage engine that turns strategy into compounding results.
Layer 3
Brand Dominance
The outcome architecture
Five altitude stages from Visibility to Category Dominance.
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The Methodology

Seven Stages. One Sequence.

Click a stage to see what it does.

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What Happens When Growth Is Engineered

Results, Not Activity Reports

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Services

Four Ways We Build Your Growth Architecture

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CMOaaS
"Can't justify a full-time CMO salary."
Embedded executive function, full team + AI.
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Elan Studio
"The video I made didn't work."
Strategy-led brand video, distribution plan attached.
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Tech Stack Advisory
"Reporting takes half a day."
The right stack for your budget, plus an AI layer.
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Elan Digital
"My website isn't generating business."
Conversion-built, integrated with your stack.

Not an Agency. Not a Freelancer. Not a Lone Consultant.

Strategic ownership, execution capacity, proprietary methodology, and AI integration — in one accountable engagement.

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How We Work

From First Conversation to Live Results in 90 Days

DAYS 1–30
Diagnose
We audit your customer, economics, and competition — without assumptions. Deliverable: Growth Diagnostic Report + signed-off market position.
DAYS 31–60
Engineer
We design your growth strategy and prove its riskiest assumptions cheaply before spending at scale. Deliverable: Growth Blueprint + validated channel plan + approved budget.
DAYS 61–90
Activate
We launch at full scale with data-backed confidence. Deliverable: Live campaigns + active pipeline + Growth Scorecard dashboard.

Ready to Build the System, Not Just Run the Campaigns?

A Strategy Session with Elan Africa is 15 minutes. You share your revenue goal and your biggest constraint. We tell you — honestly — whether we can move the needle and what it would take. No deck. No pitch. Just clarity.

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How We Work

The Three-Layer Growth Architecture

CMOaaS installs who leads. ELEVATE governs how. Brand Dominance defines where it takes you. Required reading for every serious buyer.

Layer 1 — Who Leads
CMOaaS
Your executive growth function. Installs the leadership accountability that drives everything else — strategic, marketing, communications, brand, growth and revenue leadership in one engagement.
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Layer 2 — How
ELEVATE™
The operating methodology. A sequential 7-stage pipeline — Explore, Locate, Engineer, Validate, Activate, Transform, Expand — where every stage has one job and progress is always measurable.
Layer 3 — Where It Takes You
Brand Dominance
The outcome architecture. Five altitude stages from Visibility to Category Dominance — diagnose where you sit today, and what the next stage requires.
The Methodology — Proprietary to Elan Africa

Most "Frameworks" Are Parallel Buckets.
ELEVATE Is a Pipeline.

Parallel frameworks let teams cherry-pick the comfortable activities and skip the hard ones. ELEVATE is deliberately linear — the discipline of the sequence is the value. Skipping stages is the most common reason growth campaigns fail.

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AI Across ELEVATE

An Operating Layer at Every Stage

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The Outcome Architecture

The Brand Dominance Model

Five altitude stages diagnose where a brand sits today — and what the next stage of growth architecture requires. This is the same model the Growth Diagnostic Tool scores you against.

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Find Out Where You Sit — Take the Growth Diagnostic
The 90-Day Roadmap

Your First 90 Days — Fixed, Proven, Predictable

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Let's See If We're a Fit

No Pitch Deck Required. Just a Conversation.

CMOaaS

You Do Not Have a Marketing Problem. You Have a Leadership Problem.

Your business has outgrown DIY marketing and junior execution. What it needs now is a Chief Growth Officer — someone accountable for the commercial thesis, the system, and the results.

Led by 20+ years of startup and tech growth experience · Trusted by founders at ₦5M–₦100M+ monthly revenue

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This Is Not for Everyone

Are You a Fit? Check What's True.

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Not a fit if you...
Are pre-revenue or still validating the business model
Need a full-time employee in the building 9–5
Are looking for cheap execution without strategic oversight
Expect overnight results from a six-month strategic problem
Aren't prepared to give data access and leadership time early on

The Cost of Operating Without Senior Marketing Leadership

No strategic ownership
Founders run marketing as a side function. Spend chases tactics instead of outcomes.
Fragmented execution
An agency here, a freelancer there, a tool nobody fully uses. No single thread ties activity to revenue.
Data blindness
Teams report activity — posts, impressions — rather than economics: CAC, LTV, payback.

You cannot fix a system with a tactic. You replace it with a better system.

Fractional Cost. Full-Time Impact.

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An Entire Executive Growth Office. Inside Your Business.

Not a consultant who leaves a deck. A fully installed executive function — six leadership roles operating as one integrated engine. Click a role.

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The ELEVATE™ Engine
What Runs Inside Every CMOaaS Engagement

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Free Lead Magnet

Get the Free PDF: "The 5-Move Checkmate"

Learn the exact framework we use to take SMEs to ₦50M+. The five strategic moves, in the right sequence, that shift a business from plateau to scale.

✅ Move 1: The Diagnosis — finding the real constraint on your growth
✅ Move 2: The Position — owning the one place no competitor can take
✅ Move 3: The System — replacing disconnected activity with an engine
✅ Move 4: The Proof Machine — turning results into the asset that lowers CAC
✅ Move 5: The Scale Play — expanding proven wins across new segments

Frequently Asked Questions

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Your Business Has Outgrown What You Have Been Doing.

Book a 15-minute Strategy Scan. Tell us your revenue target and your biggest marketing constraint. No deck. No pitch. Just strategy.

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Elan Studio

One Brand Video. ₦14M in New Deals. 90 Days.

That is what happens when video is built with a strategy first — for Nigerian SMEs, built to move buyers through the funnel.

Book a 15-Minute Portfolio Review Download: 7 Videos Every Brand Needs

✓ Strategy-first approach ✓ 14+ years experience ✓ Fintech, logistics, professional services ✓ 1,067% average ROI

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You Know You Need Video. But Something Keeps Getting in the Way.

Don't know where to start
Brand film? Explainer? Testimonial? The options overwhelm, so you do nothing.
Tried it, it didn't deliver
You paid, posted, and nothing happened. The problem was the absence of a strategy behind it.
Worried about cost and complexity
Without answers, you stick with text and photos — the safe, suboptimal choice.
Interactive Tool

Your Video Growth Readiness Score

Check off what's already true for your brand. Based on the Video Growth Academy™ self-assessment.

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Brand Story Film
₦800k–₦5M+
2–4 minute film, founder interview, professional editing, social cuts, distribution plan.
Product Launch / Explainer
₦500k–₦3M+
60–90 second video, motion graphics, optimised for website, social, and email.
Monthly Content Retainer
₦1.5M–₦4M/month
4–8 videos/month, social-first, strategy and planning included.
Custom Projects
Contact for quote
Testimonials, event coverage, corporate profiles.
"Our brand video helped us close ₦14M in deals within 90 days. Best investment we made all year."
— Founder, Professional Services Firm — Lagos
"Elan didn't just produce a video — they gave us a framework for using it. The distribution plan alone was worth the investment."
— CEO, Lagos Fintech
Free Lead Magnet

Get the Free PDF: "7 Videos Every Brand Needs"

Learn which videos actually move buyers, build trust, and support revenue — before you spend another naira on content.

✅ The 7 video types every serious brand should have
✅ What each video is designed to achieve in the buyer journey
✅ How to choose the right video instead of producing content blindly
✅ How to connect video to distribution, leads, and sales
✅ A practical starting point for building a strategy-led video system

Frequently Asked Questions

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Tech Stack Advisory

The Right Tech Stack for Your Budget. An AI Layer for Your Revenue.

Spreadsheets, silos, and disconnected tools are revenue leaks. We assess your workflows, budget, and goals, then design and implement the stack that fits — plus the AI layer that turns it into a productivity and revenue engine.

✓ Platform-agnostic stack design ✓ AI productivity layer ✓ Right-sized to any budget ✓ Ongoing support

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If Any of This Sounds Familiar, It Is Time for a Real Tech Stack.

Data lives everywhere — and nowhere
Sales in one place, finance in another. No single source of truth.
Reporting takes hours, not minutes
By the time it's assembled for Monday's meeting, it's already out of date.
Manual entry is a full-time job
A systems problem — costing you time, accuracy, and headcount.

This isn’t about Owning a Tech-Stack. It’s about the Right Stack for you.

Right-sized to your budget
We scope to what you can actually invest — not a one-size package.
Platform-agnostic
Zoho, HubSpot, Google Workspace, or what you already own — we recommend on fit, not preference.
An AI layer on top
Automation and AI workflows that turn the stack into a productivity and revenue engine, not just a database.
Interactive Tool

The Manual Work Cost Calculator

See what disconnected systems are actually costing you every month.

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Tech Stack Audit
₦500k–₦1M
Systems review, platform-agnostic roadmap, implementation plan, leadership presentation.
Implementation
₦1M–₦3M+
Setup, configuration, AI workflow automation, data migration, team training.
Retainer Support
₦500k–₦1M+/mo
Monthly check-ins, optimisation, help desk, QBRs.
Free Lead Magnet

Get the Free PDF: "Tech Stack Checklist"

Use this practical checklist to spot disconnected systems, unnecessary manual work, and the gaps keeping your technology from becoming a productivity and revenue engine.

✅ Check whether your core business data has a single source of truth
✅ Identify manual reporting and data-entry work that should be automated
✅ Assess CRM, analytics, forms, and workflow integration
✅ Evaluate whether your current tools fit your budget and actual needs
✅ Identify where an AI operating layer can create measurable leverage

Frequently Asked Questions

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Elan Digital

Your Website Is Your Most Expensive Salesperson. Is It Doing Its Job?

Most SME websites look fine and perform terribly. Elan Digital builds strategic digital presence that generates business, integrated with your tech stack.

✓ 10+ years experience ✓ Strategy-led approach ✓ Fintech, logistics, professional services ✓ Ongoing support

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But Most SME Websites Are Letting Their Businesses Down.

Outdated design destroys credibility
Visitors judge credibility in under 10 seconds. An old-looking site tells your best buyers to move on.
Traffic without conversion
No calls. No emails. A homepage brochure gives visitors no reason to act.
No integration — flying blind
No connection to CRM or analytics. You can't trace a lead to a closed deal.
Interactive Tool

The Website Conversion Grader

Check off what your current website already does.

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Corporate Website
₦1.5M–₦3.5M
5–10 pages, CMS, mobile responsive, CRM-linked forms.
E-commerce Site
₦2.5M–₦5M+
Catalogue, payment gateway, inventory sync, analytics.
UI/UX Redesign
₦800k–₦2M+
Audit, wireframes, design system, handoff docs.
Maintenance Retainer
₦300k–₦1M+/mo
Updates, security, monitoring, monthly reporting.
Free Lead Magnet

Get the Free PDF: "The Digital Foundation"

Use this guide to assess whether your website is simply online — or actually working as a conversion-focused growth engine for your business.

✅ Check whether your homepage clearly says what you do and who you serve
✅ Make sure every page has one clear conversion goal
✅ Assess CRM, analytics, and lead-tracking integration
✅ Identify the trust signals your website needs to convert serious buyers
✅ Check the mobile, speed, SEO, and measurement foundations that support growth

Frequently Asked Questions

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Results

What Happens When Growth Is Engineered

Quantified outcomes across every engagement — no averages, no vanity metrics.

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"Elan didn't just run our ads; they gave structure and process to our entire marketing department. We finally have clarity."
— Delvin, E-commerce and Fashion Retail
"Within 90 days of engaging CMOaaS we had a clear strategy, a live pipeline, and growth we could actually explain to our board."
— Founder, Lagos Fintech — 91% revenue growth

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Growth Lab · Growth Diagnostic Tool

Find Out Where You Sit.

Take the Growth Diagnostic — see exactly where your brand sits on the Brand Dominance Model.

Free · 10 Questions · 2 Minutes

The Growth Diagnostic

Answer 10 quick questions about how your business currently grows. We'll map you onto the Brand Dominance Model — Visibility through Category Dominance — and tell you the single highest-leverage next move.

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Resource Library

Lead Magnets, Now Available as Standalone Guides

THE 5-MOVE
CHECKMATE
The 5-Move Checkmate
CMOaaS · Growth strategy
VIDEO
THAT SELLS™
Video That Sells™
Elan Studio · Video growth playbook
THE 90-DAY
GROWTH WORKBOOK
The 90-Day Growth Workbook
CMOaaS · Execution workbook
Growth Lab · Articles

Short, Practical, Organised by ELEVATE Stage.

No filler. Each article builds authority on one specific growth discipline.

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Why Elan Africa

Élan Means Energy, Style and Enthusiasm. That's On Purpose.

The name comes from a French word meaning "to dart" — a little flair, a lot of momentum. That is the idea behind the company: we are constantly in motion, and we bring that energy into every business we work with.

Since 1999, we have built digital solutions for African startups, tech companies and SMEs who had big plans and not quite enough revenue or bandwidth to get there alone. We believe growth starts with the nitty-gritty — a top-down look at what is actually happening in the business, not a deck full of buzzwords.

The Manifesto

The Growth Crisis Is a Leadership Crisis

Revenue at ₦10M, ₦20M, sometimes ₦50M a month. A real business, real customers, real potential — and then: plateau. Marketing scattered across agencies, freelancers, and tools nobody fully used. No strategic ownership. No system.

The businesses that broke through weren't the ones that found a better agency. They built the leadership, the methodology, and the systems that made growth compound. That is growth architecture. That is what we do.

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Our Personality

Five Traits, Every Engagement

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What We Believe

Five Beliefs That Drive Every Engagement

Growth without a system is luck. And luck does not scale.
Africa is not a follower market. The brands that move first with AI-native execution will own the next decade.
The absence of senior marketing leadership is the single most under-diagnosed cause of stalled SME growth.
A methodology is only valuable if it is linear — parallel frameworks let teams skip the hard parts.
The goal is never more marketing activity. The goal is a compounding asset: a brand that lowers the cost of every future sale.
Leadership

The Principals

Afam Anyika
Afam Anyika
Founder, Elan Africa · CEO, MediaKing Nigeria

20+ years across startup building and tech-driven growth leadership. Afam's unconventional belief: most Nigerian SMEs don't have a marketing problem — they have a leadership vacuum where a Chief Growth Officer should sit. That thesis is the foundation of CMOaaS. Alongside Elan, he leads MediaKing Nigeria's rollout of the country's largest high-density public Wi-Fi network — a bet that infrastructure, not just campaigns, is how category positions get won.

Oluwabunmi Yagba
Oluwabunmi Yagba
Co-Founder, Elan Africa

Deep execution expertise across Nigerian SME growth — the discipline of turning a strategy deck into a live, measurable engine. Oluwabunmi's view: most growth advice imported from Western playbooks assumes infrastructure Nigerian SMEs don't have. ELEVATE was built specifically for the constraints and opportunities of this market, not adapted from one built elsewhere.

Let's See If We're a Fit

No Pitch Deck Required. Just a Conversation.

MediaKing Nigeria · Public Wi-Fi

Free, High-Density Public Wi-Fi — Built to Not Fall Over.

MediaKing and Play Network Africa are rolling out one of Nigeria's largest cloud-managed public Wi-Fi networks, starting in Lagos and Abuja — free for the people who connect, and a direct channel for the brands and institutions who reach them.

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5,000–10,000
Hotspots per city in phase one
Lagos + Abuja
First markets, ahead of continental rollout
Cloud-managed
Thousands of simultaneous users per hotspot, no slowdown

Where It's Going, and Why It Works

Traditional public Wi-Fi struggles in Nigeria — high user density and unreliable power overwhelm access points that try to handle traffic locally. MediaKing's model, already proven in Split, Croatia, shifts routing and bandwidth allocation into the cloud instead, so a hotspot stays fast whether ten people or ten thousand connect.

Deployment prioritises markets, transport hubs, commercial districts, schools and hospitals — the places demand for reliable internet is highest and hardest to meet today.

Beyond Connectivity

The Wi-Fi Billboard

Every connection moment is also a communication moment. The network's integrated Wi-Fi Billboard platform lets governments, institutions and brands reach large audiences at the exact point of connection — for public awareness, service delivery, or direct marketing.

For Brands & Institutions
Advertise on the Wi-Fi Billboard
Reach thousands of connected users daily in Lagos and Abuja's busiest public spaces — for awareness campaigns, service delivery, or national initiatives.
Talk to Us About Advertising
For Landlords & Institutions
Host a Hotspot at Your Location
Markets, malls, transport hubs, schools and hospitals: bring free, fast Wi-Fi to the people who use your space, at no infrastructure cost to you.
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