Building the systems behind sustainable growth.
Civic & Co. works at the intersection of strategy, governance, institutional development, trade, investment and social impact.
We help close the gap between intent and execution.
Across emerging markets, policy reforms can struggle at execution, businesses can scale without the governance architecture required to support them, capital can move without sufficient market alignment, and partnerships can underperform without the systems to sustain them.
Civic & Co. works in that space between ambition and execution.
We bring together governance expertise, institutional strategy, business systems intelligence, trade and investment advisory, organisational development and cross-sector execution experience.
Our work is ultimately about helping organisations make better decisions, build stronger systems and translate strategic intent into measurable institutional performance.
Built for complex decisions and institutional work.
Civic & Co. combines senior expertise, structured methodology and practical execution to help organisations navigate growth, reform and market opportunity.
Principal-led expertise
Senior practitioners remain directly connected to the work, bringing strategic judgement and specialist expertise from diagnosis through execution.
Institutional standards
Our approach combines analytical rigour, structured methodology and practical execution to support organisations operating in complex environments.
Designed for lasting value
We build strategies, systems and capabilities that can continue to create value beyond the immediate engagement.
Strategy is only valuable when it changes what an organisation can do.
Our perspective is grounded in the relationship between policy, people, capital, markets and institutional capability.
We look beyond individual interventions to the structures, incentives, capabilities and relationships that determine whether change can actually be sustained.
What we know
Governance, public policy, institutional design, trade, investment and organisational strategy in emerging markets.
What we do
Diagnose, design, implement and institutionalise the systems institutions need to translate ambition into performance.
Where our experience sits
Systems strengthening, governance reform, gender and social policy, cross-border trade, peacebuilding and institutional development.
What we are building
A methodology-led African advisory institution connecting policy, markets, capital and institutional performance.
Senior expertise at the intersection of policy, capital and markets.
Civic & Co. brings together complementary expertise across international development, governance, institutional strategy, finance, investment, trade and sustainability.
Principal-led advisory
Senior expertise remains directly connected to the work, from strategic diagnosis through execution and institutional strengthening.
Civic & Co.
Temitope Babatunde
Temitope Babatunde is an international development and public policy professional, governance strategist and tri-sector leader with almost two decades of experience spanning institutional strengthening, governance reform, gender and social policy, cross-border trade, peacebuilding and security.
Areas of expertise
Professional experience
Doctor's Health Initiative · American International Insurance Company Limited · Life Eternal & Company Limited
Education
MBA · Strategic Management
Civic & Co.
Chidera Sonia Nelson
Chidera Sonia Nelson is a finance, investment and sustainability professional with experience across Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and KPMG.
Areas of expertise
Professional experience
Goldman Sachs · Bank of America · KPMG
Education
Duke University · MBA + Master of Environmental Management
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Strategy for complex decisions. Systems for lasting impact.
Whether you are navigating institutional change, market opportunity, organisational growth or complex policy challenges, we bring the strategy, systems and perspective required to move forward.