Traction Outsourcing
You have the business idea, the capital, and the drive. What you do not have is a reliable way to build a team in Nigeria from 6,000 km away. This problem is more common than you think, and your friends may be thinking about it too.
More Nigerians are investing in businesses in Nigeria with the aim of having a successful fall-back option when they decide to come back home. For some others, they are carrying a generational business that has stayed in the family for years. However, the challenges are universal: Nigeria is where the business is, but you are not.
The good news is that your physical location does not need to determine how well your Nigerian business runs. It just determines how you set it up.
The Problem With Hiring and Managing Directly From Abroad
Most diaspora business owners start by hiring through personal connections, a cousin, a referral from a friend, someone a family member vouches for. Sometimes it works, other times it does not. But when it does not work, the consequences are too expensive.
Another area is managing the staff well. Most Nigerians in diaspora hire a manager who is expected to manage the business like the owner. This does not work 8 times out of 10, and the reason is not far-fetched. The truth is that management without oversight gives room for excesses like stealing, copyright infringement, staff harassment, abuse of power, and many other workplace issues.
What You Actually Need
There are 3 important areas to focus on when you start building a team in Nigeria from abroad.
The first is recruiting the right people for the right roles. This requires having access to the right employee channel, a vetting process, and knowledge of the Nigerian job market for competitive compensation and benefits. It is not something you can do reliably from a different time zone using generic information on the internet.
The second is job infrastructure or documentation. This involves standardized legal offer letters, employment contracts, NDAs, payroll, statutory deductions, leave management, and the ongoing HR process that keeps your team legally employed and operationally accountable. Without this, even a great hire can become a liability.
The third is daily, weekly, and monthly staff management and leadership oversight. You need a tool that allows your management to measure staff value addition daily, weekly, and monthly. Amongst other things, the tool must also help you see how much value your team is giving you compared to how much you are investing in them.
How It Works With Traction Outsourcing Limited
Traction Outsourcing has been in the business of hiring competent staff across Nigeria for more than a decade. We understand the pain of businesses and what it means to invest in people and processes. Our capable teams solve the problem of recruitment, management, and oversight. Our new HRMS application gives you a 360 degree business overview of what is happening in your business from anywhere in the world.
This is how diaspora founders in the UK, US, Canada, Portugal, Dubai, Rwanda, Ghana, and Kenya are building and running Nigerian businesses without burning out trying to manage everything remotely on their own. To get started, Book A Free Call with us, send us an email at partner@tolnigeria.com, or call us for urgent requests on +234 707 870 7777.
Let Us Build Your Nigerian Team For You.
Book a free 30-minute call with our team. Tell us what your business needs, which roles you are looking to fill, and where you are based. We will tell you exactly how we can make it work.