Structure.
Strategy.
Impact.
Zivaelda is the operational backbone for growing organisations. We find where money, time or trust is leaking, build the structure that fixes it, and stay on as independent oversight so it holds.
24+
Organisations supported
6+
On monthly retainer
Since 2024
Based in Abuja
4
Types of organisation served
The problem we solve
Busy isn't the same as in control.
Most organisations we meet don’t have a funding problem or a talent problem. Staff are working, programmes are running, money is moving — but nobody can verify any of it. That isn’t a failure of effort. It’s growth outpacing the systems behind it.
You can't say where the money goes.
Cash, sales and expenses aren’t reconciled, so a good month and a loss-making one look the same.
Reports exist, but no one checks them.
Decisions are made on figures nobody has independently verified.
It runs on trust in people, not systems.
That works until a key person leaves, or something goes wrong.
Compliance is quietly piling up.
CAC, tax and regulatory filings slip in the background until they become fines.
How we work
Assess. Build. Partner.
01 — Assess
We review your finance, operations, people and compliance, and tell you plainly what’s broken and what it’s costing you.
02 — Build
We put the missing structure in place: policies, controls, reporting, roles and procedures. They’re documented and yours to keep.
03 — Partner
If you want it, we stay on monthly as independent oversight. We verify the numbers, flag problems early, and keep the structure from slipping.
Two ways to work with us.
One-time: Diagnose & Build
A focused engagement, usually two to three weeks, that diagnoses the gaps and hands over a documented fix: a playbook, policy suite or diagnostic report your team owns going forward.
Best first step for most organisations.
Monthly: Safeguard Retainer
An ongoing relationship where we verify, report and advise every month, with HR, financial and compliance reports, so the fix sticks and new problems are caught early. It gives you a multidisciplinary back office without hiring one.
One partner across the whole back office.
People & HR
Policies, handbooks, recruitment, onboarding and performance systems.
Finance & Administration
Bookkeeping, management accounts, payroll, budgets and internal controls.
Legal & Compliance
Contracts, CAC, tax and regulatory compliance, governance documents.
Programme & Donor Readiness
Impact assessments, M&E frameworks, grant proposals and donor reporting.
Events & Stakeholder Engagement
Conferences, launches, AGMs and donor events, planned and documented end to end.
Built for organisations that are growing.
NGOs & Nonprofits
Donors have money. They need organisations they can trust with it.
SMEs
Fully staffed, fully producing, and still unsure where the profit goes.
Established companies
An independent diagnostic when something feels wrong but nobody can say what.
Community & member institutions
Governance that outlasts any one leader.
From our work
Fully staffed. Fully producing. Losing money.
A water and bread manufacturer came to us profitable on paper and underperforming in practice. Our diagnostic found that production reports were never verified, cash was collected by drivers with no reconciliation, nothing tracked wastage, and three years of statutory filings were outstanding. We built the controls, procedures and reporting to close each gap, and set up monthly oversight for the MD and Chairman.
“Our role is not to replace management or staff, but to safeguard the business and make sure every naira produced and earned is tracked.”
Why organisations choose us.
Independent eyes
Staff can’t audit themselves. An outside view catches what internal politics hides.
A full team, a fraction of the cost
Legal, finance, HR and development expertise, without hiring a back office.
Accountable for results
We don’t write a report and disappear. Our retainers keep us answerable for the outcome.
Development-sector depth
We’ve helped organisations secure grants, handle donor reporting and get audit-ready.
Not sure where to start?
Most clients start with a diagnostic. Tell us what isn’t working and we’ll recommend the right first step. No obligation.