Why This Matters
The capital exists. Most businesses cannot reach it.
Funding is available from banks, development institutions, grant bodies and international investors. Very few of the businesses that need it are ready to receive it.
0M+
small businesses in Nigeria
Contributing nearly half of national GDP
<0%
access formal credit
Despite viable operations and real customers
$0.0T
global SME financing gap
Capital waiting for businesses prepared to receive it
The gap is not ambition. It is readiness.
Our Services
Four ways we strengthen businesses
Every service closes a critical gap between where your business is today and where funders, partners and growth opportunities expect it to be.
Virtual Funding Clinic
A digital assessment that evaluates your business's funding readiness and provides personalised recommendations.
Take the assessment →Business Structuring
Helping businesses establish stronger financial, legal, operational and governance foundations.
Learn more →Funding Readiness
Helping businesses prepare for grants, loans and investment opportunities.
Learn more →Strategic Growth
Helping businesses develop scalable growth strategies, strengthen competitive positioning, enter new markets and unlock long-term opportunities.
Learn more →Every Stage Welcome
Built for businesses at every stage
Wherever you are starting from, the assessment meets you there.
Idea Stage
You have a business idea and want to start properly from day one.
Foundation Stage
You are trading and ready to put real structure in place.
Growth Stage
You are growing and preparing for bigger opportunities.
Investment Ready
You are positioned for funding and looking to scale sustainably.
Flagship Product
The Virtual Funding Clinic
Our digital business assessment platform evaluates how prepared your business is for grants, loans and investment, and returns a Funding Readiness Score together with a practical roadmap of what to do next.
- ✦Plain language. No accountant or documents needed.
- ✦Measured against what local and international funders evaluate.
- ✦A roadmap, not just a number.
- ✦Your results guide you toward funding opportunities matched to your business.
- ✦Free, and takes under ten minutes.
100
Your Funding Readiness Score, out of 100
21
Questions
7
Areas
10 mins
To finish
About Us
Why Thrivant Africa exists
Across Africa there are millions of businesses that work. They serve real customers, they sustain families, and they could grow considerably with the right capital and support behind them.
What holds them back is rarely ambition or ability. It is the structure, the records and the readiness that funders require, and that nobody ever showed them how to build.
Thrivant Africa exists to close that gap. We assess a business honestly, help it build what it is missing, match it to the funding opportunities it qualifies for, and stand with it through sustainable growth.
Partner With Us
Building stronger business ecosystems together
Thrivant Africa is building partnerships with governments, financial institutions, development organisations and ecosystem enablers committed to strengthening African businesses. If your organisation is interested in collaborating to improve business readiness and access to finance, we would like to connect.
Contact Us- ✦Government agencies and MSME development bodies
- ✦Banks and development finance institutions
- ✦International development organisations and grant bodies
- ✦Investment firms and capital market partners
- ✦Corporates running supplier and inclusion programmes
Questions
Before you start
It is our free digital assessment. It evaluates how prepared your business is for grants, loans and investment, gives you a Funding Readiness Score, and returns a practical roadmap of what to strengthen first.
Yes. The assessment, your score and your roadmap cost nothing. If you later want help implementing the roadmap, our advisory services are paid, and we will tell you the cost clearly before any work begins.
Under ten minutes. The questions are in plain language and you do not need any documents in front of you to answer them honestly.
No, and we will never claim otherwise. Funding decisions belong to funders. What the assessment does is show you honestly where your business stands and what sits between you and a strong application, so that when you apply, you are genuinely ready.
Ready to discover how funding-ready your business is?
Free. Under ten minutes. An honest answer.