Results that speak
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A credit company entering a new market needed 15 senior roles filled across commercial, technology, and operations functions. The typical approach of posting jobs and waiting was not an option. They needed candidates who understood the specific demands of African credit markets, could start quickly, and would stay. The cost of a wrong hire at this level was not just financial. Each delay meant a gap in a team being built under live business pressure.

We mapped the full hiring brief in a single session, then activated our fintech networks across Lagos and London simultaneously. Rather than running 15 separate searches, we structured the engagement as a coordinated build-out, running competency-based assessments in parallel across multiple pipelines with weekly progress reporting to the client's CHRO. We prioritised candidates with direct fintech experience and cultural alignment over pure CV strength. Every shortlist was presented with a written assessment, not just a profile.

All 15 roles were filled in 6 weeks. The industry average for senior hiring at this volume is 12 to 18 weeks. Every hire remained in post at the 12-month mark. The client's CHRO has since used Strivolabs as their exclusive recruitment partner for all senior hires, describing the engagement as the most organised hiring process they had experienced.

A multinational financial services firm needed 8 senior software engineers for a 6-month core banking migration project. The project was time-sensitive and technically demanding. Hiring permanently was not justified for fixed-term work. But managing contractors directly meant taking on payroll, employment compliance, and HR administration in a market where they had no existing HR infrastructure. Previous attempts to hire contractors directly had created compliance exposure they were not willing to repeat.

Strivolabs provided 8 senior engineers on secondment contracts, acting as Employer of Record for the full engagement. We sourced and placed each engineer, handled all payroll processing, tax compliance, employment contracts, onboarding, and ongoing HR administration. The client's engineering leads had full day-to-day oversight of the team and their work. We handled everything else. The engineers were embedded directly in the client's office from day one.

The project was delivered on schedule. HR overhead was reduced by 50% compared to the client's previous approach to similar engagements. The client's leadership spent zero hours on compliance or HR admin for the full six months. Two of the seconded engineers were subsequently offered and accepted permanent positions with the client.

A financial services company was processing check verifications and debit card requests through a team of operations staff. Each case required document collection, manual review, cross-referencing against internal records, exception handling, and routing to the right department. The process was slow, expensive to staff, and vulnerable to error at every step. Volume was growing and the team was already at capacity. Hiring more staff to handle more volume was not a workable answer.

We built a custom AI agent to automate the end-to-end workflow. The agent collects documents from multiple input channels, runs automated verification checks against the client's internal systems, identifies exceptions and prepares supporting context for human review, and routes completed cases to the appropriate department without manual intervention. The system was built to integrate with the client's existing infrastructure. No core systems were replaced. The agent works around what is already in place.

The process now runs autonomously for all standard cases. Turnaround time dropped from days to hours. The operations team was redeployed to work that requires genuine human judgment rather than manual data processing. Manual touch points in the standard workflow were reduced to zero. The client estimates the automation covers the equivalent workload of three full-time staff.

A financial services firm knew their operations had processes where AI could reduce cost and improve speed. But they lacked the internal capability to assess where to start, how to evaluate build versus buy options, or how to sequence implementation without creating compliance risk. Previous conversations with technology vendors had produced proposals that were either too generic or too expensive to take seriously at board level. They needed clarity, not another pitch.

Strivolabs spent two weeks embedded with the client's operations and technology teams, mapping every high-volume, rule-based process across their workflow. We identified use cases with the highest return and the lowest implementation risk, assessed their existing tech stack for integration points, and designed a phased rollout that led with quick wins and deferred the more complex builds until confidence and capability were established. The output was a structured board document with timelines, cost estimates, risk assessments, and clear ownership for each phase. No jargon. No padding.

The board approved the roadmap in full at first presentation. Phase one implementation began within 30 days of delivery. The client now has a clear 18-month AI implementation plan that their compliance, operations, and technology teams all signed off on before it reached the board. The engagement has since extended into implementation support for phase one.

Tender Leather Care Co. is a luxury leather restoration and care business based in Lagos. Despite the quality of their work, their entire customer base came through word of mouth and social media referrals. There was no website, no way for new customers to understand the range of services before reaching out, and no way to showcase the quality of results before a client committed. Growth was limited to how far a recommendation could travel. They needed a professional online presence that matched the standard of the work itself.

We designed and built a complete brand website from scratch. The site includes individual service pages with detailed descriptions of each treatment, a before-and-after gallery showing real client results, an online booking flow for service enquiries, a product shop for leather care products available for direct purchase, and a client testimonials section. The design was built around the brand's premium positioning: clean, restrained, and focused on craft. Every page was written and structured to give a first-time visitor a clear picture of what the business does and why it is worth choosing.

The site launched and was entered in the 2023 Lagos Leather Fair. It won the Trailblazer Award. Inbound enquiries from new customers increased significantly after launch. Online booking became a consistent sales channel, reducing dependence on referrals. The product shop gave the business a recurring revenue stream it did not have before.