Audit first. AI only where it earns its place.

Your business is leaking time and money. We find where, and we patch it.

An operational efficiency consultancy for founder-led Nigerian businesses that have outgrown their manual systems. One audit shows you what is broken, what it costs in naira, and what to fix first.

30 minutes. Free. Lagos time. You leave knowing whether a full audit is worth it.

A rose quartz ledger with a hairline crack sealed by a small plum metal patch plate, resting on a stack of invoices
Leak #03Owner approves every payment₦1.9m / month
Leak #07Stock counted on paper, reconciled weekly₦640k / month
Is this your business?

You did not build a bad business. You built one that runs on you.

The work still gets done. It just gets done through workarounds, WhatsApp threads, and your personal attention. Each one is a leak.

Every decision waits for you

Payments, discounts, reorders. If you are travelling, so is the business.

The numbers live in three places

A ledger, a spreadsheet, and someone’s head. None agree at month end.

Good people doing clerical work

Your best manager spends Friday re-typing invoices.

Staff for problems, not processes

Every time something breaks, the answer has been another salary.

The system works. It just needs you in the room for it to work.

Overhead view of a business owner's desk: an open handwritten ledger, a bundle of naira notes, receipts, a phone and a calculator
Approvals3 waiting on you
  • Emeka (Accounts)09:12Oga, please approve ₦240,000 for diesel. Generator is low.
  • Bola (Sales)09:31Customer at Ojota wants 5% off on 40 cartons. Approve?
  • Emeka (Accounts)11:48Still waiting sir.
Cost of waiting this month₦1,900,000
What a leak actually costs

Inefficiency is not a feeling. It has a naira figure.

Every leak is priced: the hours it eats, what those hours cost, the sales it delays, the stock it loses. Not a slide that says “streamline operations.” A line item.

Patch audit · Leak ledgerExcerpt
  • 01Owner as approval bottleneck₦1,900,000
  • 02Manual invoice re-entry (×3 systems)₦780,000
  • 03Stock reconciled weekly, not daily₦640,000
  • 04Chasing receivables by hand₦410,000
Estimated monthly leakageFour of eleven leaks shown
₦0/ month

Illustrative figures from a mid-sized distribution business. Your ledger will look different. It will not be smaller than you expect.

How the audit works

Five stages. Each one produces something you can hold.

No discovery workshops that go nowhere. The audit stands on its own, whether or not you hire us to fix anything.

  1. 01

    Intro call

    30 min · Free · No deck

    An honest go/no-go and a first guess at your biggest leak.

    What you leave with
    Verdict
    GoNo-go

    If an audit is the wrong move, we say so on the call.

    First guessLeak #01Owner as approval bottleneck
  2. 02

    Structured interview

    90 min · You plus one operator

    We walk the eight Lean wastes through your business and name suspects.

    Lean DOWNTIME · named suspects
    • DDefects
    • OOverproduction
    • WWaiting
    • NNon-used talent
    • TTransport
    • IInventory
    • MMotion
    • EExtra processing
  3. 03

    Data pull

    A checklist, not a workshop

    Evidence, not opinion.

    Checklist
    • Sales ledger, 12 months01
    • Payroll02
    • Stock counts03
    • Bank statements04
    • Approvals chat export05
    • Nothing outside the checklist
  4. 04

    Leak pricing

    Ranked by monthly naira cost

    Every suspect becomes a line item with a figure next to it.

    Monthly cost of a leak
    hours_lost×loaded_rate
    +cash_delayed×cost_of_capital
    +stock_lost
    +sales_missed
    = monthly leak₦1,900,000
  5. 05

    Report + 30/60-day roadmap

    Plain language · Yours to keep

    Some fixes are a process change. Some are software. Some are a hard conversation.

    Roadmap excerpt
    Days 1 to 30Delegate payment approvals under a threshold.Process change
    Days 31 to 60Single source of truth for stock. Daily count.Tool, set up properly
Why audit-first

Most agencies open with “we do AI.” We open with: AI might not be your answer.

A company that sells one tool will find that every problem needs that tool. Patch walks in with a diagnostic. Sometimes the fix is automation. Sometimes it is a spreadsheet and a Monday meeting. That honesty is the point.

Five fix types, in orderCheapest first
01
Process change
02
Role redesign
03
Off-the-shelf tool, set up properly
04
Custom automation
05
AI, where it earns its place
Never first
Where Patch sits

Not an AI shop. Not a strategy deck. The bit in between.

CriterionPatchAI / automation agencyGeneral consultant
Starts with a diagnostic, not a productYesNoSometimes
Prices every inefficiency in nairaYesNoSometimes
Will recommend a non-software fixYesNoYes
Can build the fix, not just describe itYesYesNo
Understands how Nigerian SMEs actually runYesSometimesSometimes
Deliverable stands alone without buying moreYesNoSometimes
Typical engagement2 to 3 weeksOpen-ended3 to 6 months
Pricing

Clear prices. No “it depends” until it actually depends.

A

Intro call

₦0
30 minutes
  • WhatsApp or Calendly
  • A go/no-go and a first guess at the leak
  • If an audit is the wrong move, we say so
WhatsApp us
BThe product

Audit

₦350,000to₦750,000
2 to 3 weeks
  • Priced leak ledger
  • Written findings
  • 30/60-day roadmap, yours to keep
  • Credited in full against delivery if you continue within 30 days
  • Quoted exactly on the intro call from size and data access
Get an exact quote
C

Delivery

Scoped from the audit
Starts on day one
  • Process, tool setup, automation, or AI workflow
  • No second discovery
  • Only the fixes the ledger says are worth it
Optional, after the audit
D

Retainer

Optional, after delivery only

Keep the fixes running. Re-audit when the business grows past them.

Prices in naira. Intro is always free. We do not sell retainers first.

A tidy wholesale stockroom with labelled cartons on steel shelves and a count sheet hanging from a clipboard
Day 31Daily stock count live
Leak #03 closed
After the audit

Diagnosis is where we start. It does not have to be where we stop.

Run the roadmap yourself, hand it to your team, or ask us to carry the fixes. Because the audit already mapped the work, delivery starts on day one.

01AuditEveryone starts herePriced ledger, findings, 30/60-day roadmap.
02DeliveryOptionalWe carry the fixes. No second discovery.
03RetainerOptionalKeep it running. Re-audit as you grow.
Who you are actually hiring
Portrait of Ndubuisi Chukwuebuka Desmond

Ndubuisi Chukwuebuka Desmond

Founder, PatchLagos, Nigeria
  • Software engineering
  • Security
  • Networking

Chukwuebuka is the founder of Patch. When the fix is technical, it gets built properly. When it is not, it does not get turned into software for the sake of it.

Works with founder-led Nigerian SMEs, especially distribution and wholesale, where stock, invoices, and owner approvals usually leak first.

  • Distribution
  • Wholesale
  • Multi-branch retail

First audits are underway. Ask for a redacted sample ledger on the call. No invented testimonials, logos, or numbers here.

Questions

The things people ask on the first call.

No. Most leaks we price are process, ownership, and messy books. AI is last, not first.

Thirty minutes. You will know if you have a leak worth finding.

No pitch deck, no pressure. Bring one thing that keeps landing back on your desk.

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