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McKinsey in Nigeria

With 170 million people, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, and its economy is one of the world’s fastest growing. Since 2002, McKinsey has played an active part in driving this growth and accelerating development.

Our team of highly qualified consultants, from Nigeria and around the world, helps government leaders reform key institutions, build skills, expand infrastructure, and shape the growth of major economic sectors. And we support business leaders on their top strategic issues— helping major Nigerian companies win as regional and global champions, and helping multinationals build high-impact African operations. We also work in many other countries in the region, contributing to the economic rebirth of sub-Saharan Africa.


  • 10 years of McKinsey presence in Nigeria

    McKinsey has played an active role in Nigeria

  • 120 projects completed in Nigeria to date

    completed in
    Nigeria to date

  • 70 percent of consultants have at least a master’s degree from a top international university

    of consultants have at least a master’s degree from a top university

Our people

  • Acha Leke, Partner

    Acha Leke

    Director

    Leads McKinsey’s Lagos office; works with key public-sector institutions and major companies to accelerate growth and development in Africamore

  • Indrek Heinloo

    Indrek Heinloo

    Associate Principal

    Leads McKinsey’s Operations Practice in West Africa; works with leading companies to design and implement multiyear business-transformation programs more

  • Reinaldo Fiorini

    Reinaldo Fiorini

    Principal

    Passionate about helping African companies compete on the world stage. Shapes growth strategies, designs organizations, and drives implementation.more

  • Scott Desmarais

    Scott Desmarais

    Principal

    Works with global corporations, governments, and social institutions in strategy consulting, operations, and performance improvementmore

Featured practices

Industries
McKinsey works across all key economic sectors in Nigeria and other countries in the region—including oil and gas, financial services, telecommunications, retail and consumer goods, agriculture, and the public and social sectors. We help major local and international companies build winning businesses and support reform and restructuring across entire sectors.
Functions
We apply McKinsey’s global expertise to shape growth strategies for major businesses and sectors, help transform corporate and public-sector organizations for high performance, build our clients’ leadership and capabilities, and develop marketing strategies to tap into Nigeria’s huge and fast-growing consumer base.

Careers

For top talent from Nigeria and around the world, McKinsey’s Lagos office provides exciting opportunities to work directly with senior government and business leaders on critical issues—and to deliver impact that is visible in the transformation of entire organizations, sectors, and even countries. Our culture is energetic, entrepreneurial, and close-knit, and we strongly support professional and personal development. We are recruiting top-tier professionals at all levels of experience and offer tailored programs for exceptional young talent.more

Publications

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report | McKinsey Global Institute

Africa at work: Job creation and inclusive growth

August 2012—The world's second-fastest-growing region must speed up job creation to sustain its successes. By focusing on labor-intensive sectors such as agriculture, some types of manufacturing, and retail and hospitality, African nations could boost the number of new wage-paying jobs from 54 million on current trends to 72 million by 2020.more

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report | McKinsey Global Institute

Lions on the move: The progress and potential of African economies

June 2010—Africa's economic growth is creating substantial new business opportunities that are often overlooked by global companies. Consumer-facing industries, resources, agriculture, and infrastructure together could generate as much as $2.6 trillion in revenue annually by 2020, or $1 trillion more than today.more

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The African economy is finally stirring
article | Harvard Business Review

Cracking the next growth market

May 2011—In 2010, when South Africa hosted the World Cup of football, a Tswanian phrase, Ke Nako (“It’s Time”), reverberated across the world like the cacophony of a million vuvuzelas, announcing that Africa’s moment had come.

Emerging market banks
report | Financial Services Practice

Micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets

The time is right for banks to step up their efforts to serve micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets. There are three reasons for our optimism.

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Nigeria office

Lagos

1 Murtala Muhammed Drive
1st floor
Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria

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