Saskia Consulting

What Saskia Consulting does

Saskia Consulting is a Nigeria-based soft-skills and HR consulting firm founded in 2020 by Martin Ayeni and Oyin Egbeyemi, operating from Lagos with a 1–10 person team. The firm specializes in leadership, communication, and professional etiquette training for corporate clients across West Africa, delivered through a distinctive theatre-based methodology that integrates acting and performance techniques with professional development. Its core offerings include one-on-one coaching, team training packages, and a growing advisory line covering commercial partnerships, strategic alliances, and investment inflows — the latter three expanded in August 2024.

The firm's service portfolio spans eight named products: One-on-one Coaching, Team Training Packages, Commercial Partnerships Advisory, Strategic Alliances Development, Investment Inflows Advisory, Trade Promotion & International Trade Connections, Sponsorship Acquisition, and Business Development. Delivery is direct and bespoke, with no technology platform, software product, or disclosed pricing tiers. Distribution is entirely direct-engagement, relying on a corporate website, contact-form inquiries, and event-gallery content as primary marketing channels. The firm claims a global network across Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas that it leverages for cross-border partnership and capital-flow facilitation mandates.

Saskia generates revenue through professional services engagements billed per project or as bespoke advisory mandates, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Its named client base includes enterprise logos (Arnergy, Kobo360, Skymit, TwentySix, HY, Neo, Bel, Kene, Foreshore, Lock and Switches, PS), one government client (LAMATA), and one education-sector client (Vivian Fowler). The company is privately held with no institutional funding, no disclosed revenue figures, and no AI/ML capability footprint; founders' parallel executive roles at Skymit Group and The Foreshore School are both client-list members, indicating a tightly relationship-driven commercial model.

Name

Saskia Consulting

Legal name

Saskia Consulting

Website

https://saskiaconsulting.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Saskia Consulting is a Nigeria-based soft-skills consultancy that delivers theatre-based training in leadership, communication, and professional etiquette to corporate, government, and education clients across West Africa, with a growing advisory line in partnerships, strategic alliances, and investment facilitation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

Keywords

• HR consulting services
• Soft skills training
• Executive coaching services
• Leadership development
• Business advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Lagos

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Services: Saskia Consulting generates revenue through delivering professional training services including one-on-one coaching and team training packages. These services are priced based on client needs and engagement scope, likely billed per engagement or as part of contractual arrangements.
2. Advisory Services: The firm provides advisory services including Commercial Partnerships Advisory, Strategic Alliances Development, and Investment Inflows Advisory. These consulting engagements generate revenue through bespoke advisory arrangements with corporate and government clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Saskia Consulting is a Nigeria-based HR and soft-skills consulting firm that delivers customizable theatre-based training programmes (one-on-one coaching and team training packages) alongside a portfolio of business advisory services. These advisory offerings cover commercial partnerships, strategic alliances, investment inflows, trade promotion, sponsorship acquisition, and business development, targeting corporate organizations, government entities, and international businesses.

Product overview

Saskia Consulting offers a portfolio of consulting and training services organized around professional development and business growth solutions. The core offerings include One-on-one Coaching for individualized communication and presentation skill development, and Team Training Packages for organizational capacity building. These are complemented by advisory services: Commercial Partnerships Advisory, Strategic Alliances Development, and Investment Inflows Advisory. Additional services include Trade Promotion & International Trade Connections, Sponsorship Acquisition, and Business Development. The company also provides customizable training programmes using a distinctive theatre-based methodology. All services are designed for companies across West Africa seeking HR consulting and training in leadership, communication, and professional etiquette.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• One-on-one Coaching
• Team Training Packages
• Commercial Partnerships Advisory
• Strategic Alliances Development
• Investment Inflows Advisory
• Trade Promotion & International Trade Connections
• Sponsorship Acquisition
• Business Development

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 university students trained on employability skills through Ready-Set-Work Lagos State initiative
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stratford Executive Education (Africa programmes): Stratford Executive Education and similar global executive education providers run open-enrolment and corporate leadership programmes serving African executives. They compete for the same corporate training budget and C-suite soft-skills engagement work that Saskia targets.
• McKinsey Africa: McKinsey's Africa offices serve West African corporates and governments on organisation, capability building, and leadership development. While positioned at the strategic end, McKinsey competes with Saskia's advisory mandates in trade, investment, and partnerships facilitation.
• PwC Nigeria: PwC Nigeria offers a broad portfolio of advisory, consulting, and people & organisation services to West African corporates and government. Co-founder Oyin Egbeyemi previously worked at PwC, and the firm's broader people transformation practice competes for the same training and change mandates.
• Accenture Nigeria: Accenture's Nigeria office delivers management consulting, talent and organisation services, and capability-building programmes. Co-founder Oyin Egbeyemi is a former Accenture consultant, and the firm's broader L&D and transformation practice represents a credible larger alternative.
• KPMG Nigeria: KPMG Nigeria delivers people and change consulting, advisory, and corporate training across West Africa. It is a comparable broader incumbent for enterprise-grade training and organisational development mandates.

Regional players

• Lagos Business School (Pan-Atlantic University) Executive Education: LBS is Nigeria's leading executive education provider offering leadership, communication, and management programmes to West African corporates. It competes with Saskia for the same training budgets and corporate relationships, though it operates at a larger institutional scale.
• Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF Entrepreneurship Programme): The Tony Elumelu Foundation runs one of Africa's largest entrepreneurship training, mentorship, and capacity-building programmes. It is a relevant regional comparator for Saskia's employability and business development training footprint, particularly with public-sector partnerships.

Emerging players

• Andela: Andela is an African-headquartered talent development and training company that builds technical and leadership capability across the continent. While its core is software talent, its training methodology and Africa-wide employer relationships overlap with Saskia's capability-building offering.

Direct peers

• Dale Carnegie Training (Africa): Dale Carnegie is a global leader in communication, leadership, and professional development training, with established African franchise operations. Its curriculum on presentation, influence, and interpersonal effectiveness is the closest direct substitute to Saskia's core soft-skills offering.
• African Management Institute (AMI): AMI provides management and leadership training programmes to African businesses and entrepreneurs, with a comparable focus on practical, customized business skills development. It directly overlaps Saskia's mission of building management and leadership capability across African corporates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/saskiaconsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/saskia-consulting

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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