Global practice · remote-first from Lagos

A Lagos practice with a worldwide room.

David Akpoviroro Oke works with founders, brands, and institutions across 106 tech hubs — from Lagos to London, Nairobi to New York, Berlin to Bengaluru. The work is remote-first, written down, and scheduled around a real overlap window. No offices are implied; the map is made of conversations, client markets, and corridors.

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Base: Lagos, Nigeria
Time zone: WAT · UTC+1
Hubs in view: 106
Mode: Remote-first

The map

The tech hubs, region by region.

Every place where the work has a reason to travel. Each list is a set of collaboration corridors — not a claim of local offices.

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01 · Home market

Africa & the diaspora

The deepest network. Lagos is the base; the rest of the continent is a short flight or a same-day call away. Growth, reputation, civic technology, and market entry are shaped here first.

Lagos
Abuja
Accra
Nairobi
Kigali
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Cairo
Casablanca
Dakar
Addis Ababa
Dar es Salaam
Kampala
Lusaka
Abidjan
Rabat
Tunis
Algiers
Douala
Gaborone
Windhoek
Maputo

Lagos: Home base for growth, PR, and product delivery.
Nairobi: East African product, climate, and civic networks.
Kigali: Public-sector innovation and civic systems.
Cape Town: Design, media, and product teams.

02 · Narrative & capital

Europe

Media, finance, and startup ecosystems where an African growth story is often misread. The work is to make it legible on European terms without flattening it.

London
Berlin
Munich
Paris
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Dublin
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Barcelona
Madrid
Zurich
Tallinn
Warsaw
Oslo
Helsinki
Milan
Prague
Vienna
Brussels
Istanbul
Athens
Bucharest
Kyiv

London: Media, finance, and the diaspora conversation.
Berlin: Startup and creative-technology rooms.

03 · Media & product

North America

Where distribution, capital, and product expectations are set. Engagements tend to be asynchronous, with a deliberate overlap window for the decisions that need a room.

New York
San Francisco Bay Area
Seattle
Austin
Boston
Los Angeles
Miami
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Chicago
Washington, D.C.
Atlanta
Denver
Waterloo
Calgary

New York: Media, fintech, and cultural distribution.
San Francisco Bay Area: AI, product, and venture networks.
Austin: Early-stage product and growth teams.
Toronto: Diaspora and cross-border product teams.

04 · Trade & events

Middle East

A short flight from Lagos and a frequent bridge for capital, trade, and conferences. Useful when a brand needs a second market before it needs a second office.

Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Riyadh
Doha
Tel Aviv
Manama
Muscat
Amman
Beirut

Dubai: Trade, capital, and event-led market entry.

05 · Engineering & scale

Asia-Pacific

Engineering depth, manufacturing, and distribution. The overlap is tighter, so engagements lean on written decisions and recorded walkthroughs.

Bengaluru
Hyderabad
Mumbai
Singapore
Jakarta
Ho Chi Minh City
Tokyo
Seoul
Shenzhen
Taipei
Sydney
Melbourne
Auckland
Hong Kong
Beijing
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Manila
Osaka
Brisbane
Perth
Wellington

Bengaluru: Engineering depth and delivery partnerships.
Singapore: Market entry and regional headquarters.
Sydney: Late-overlap product and media calls.

06 · Culture & growth

Latin America

Fast-growing digital markets with their own narrative codes. The work is usually brand translation, growth experiments, and product delivery with a local team.

São Paulo
Mexico City
Bogotá
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Brasília
Medellín
Lima
Montevideo
Quito
Panama City

Your city is not listed? The work is still remote-first. The list is a map of attention, not a gate — a conversation is enough to find out whether the fit is real.

Corridors

Six routes that keep repeating.

Some pairs of cities produce the same kind of work. These are the corridors where growth, reputation, and product delivery tend to meet.

LagosLondon

Media, finance, and the diaspora conversation. A brand entering the UK often needs a Nigerian story that reads as an asset, not a curiosity.

Same-day overlap through the London afternoon.

LagosNairobi

East African product, climate, and civic networks. Useful for pan-African launches that need more than a Lagos-only frame.

Two-hour morning overlap; async by default.

LagosBerlin

European startup and creative-technology rooms. The work is positioning, product narrative, and a credible route into the ecosystem.

Morning overlap; written decisions carry the rest.

LagosNew York

Media, fintech, and cultural distribution. The New York morning meets the Lagos afternoon, which makes same-day decisions possible.

Four to five hours of shared working time.

LagosDubai

Trade, capital, and event-led market entry. A practical second market for brands testing demand before committing to a presence.

Three-hour offset; easy same-day calls.

LagosBengaluru

Engineering depth and product delivery. Best used when a growth plan needs a technical partner who can ship, not just advise.

Late Lagos afternoon overlaps the Bengaluru evening.

How remote works

Distance is a design constraint.

The practice is built for teams that are not in the same room. Decisions are written, demos are frequent, and the time difference is planned instead of apologised for.

Lagos, Nigeria · working worldwide

Diagnose remotely

Discovery, audits, and stakeholder interviews happen over calls and shared documents. No travel is required to find the real problem.

Build in the open

A shared workspace, weekly demos, and written decision records. You can see the work moving instead of waiting for a reveal.

Travel when it earns its place

Workshops, shoots, and launches can happen on site when being in the room changes the outcome. Arranged case by case, not as a default.

Leave a system

Documentation, handover, and an operating rhythm the team can keep. The point is capability that remains after the engagement.

Working hours

A shared window, not a guess.

Lagos is WAT (UTC+1) all year; Nigeria does not observe daylight saving. Calls are placed where the overlap is real, and the rest is handled in writing.

United Kingdom: 0–1 hour ahead
Europe (CET): 0–2 hours ahead
Middle East: 2–3 hours ahead
South Asia: 4.5–5.5 hours ahead
East & Southeast Asia: 6–7 hours ahead
US Eastern: 5–6 hours behind
US Pacific: 8–9 hours behind
Brazil: 4 hours behind
Australia & New Zealand: 8–10 hours ahead

Direct answers

Working across borders.

Short answers for founders, journalists, and anyone checking whether the fit is real before sending a brief.

All questions

Does David Akpoviroro Oke work with clients outside Nigeria?+

Yes. The practice is remote-first. Clients and collaborators are spread across Africa, Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, with work delivered asynchronously and through scheduled overlap calls.

Can he attend meetings in my time zone?+

Usually, yes. Lagos runs on WAT (UTC+1) all year. Calls are scheduled inside a shared window — morning overlap with Europe, a narrower window with the Americas, and late-afternoon overlap with South and East Asia.

Does he have offices in the cities listed?+

No. The list describes collaboration corridors and client markets, not physical offices. Work is delivered remotely, with selected on-site workshops, shoots, or launches by arrangement.

Can he help a brand enter Nigeria or the wider African market?+

Yes. Market entry is one of the core offers: positioning for the new market, a route into relevant networks and media, a localised narrative, and a first repeatable pipeline rather than a one-off launch.

What language are engagements delivered in?+

English, at professional working proficiency. French and Yoruba are conversational; basic Hausa, Urhobo, and Okpe are heritage-level and not used for professional delivery.

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