Automating Nigerian Business Operations — Approvals, Inventory, Payroll and Reporting

Description and use

Automation of key business operations in Nigeria—approvals, inventory, payroll and reporting—replacing WhatsApp and Excel.

Problem

Nigerian businesses rely on WhatsApp and Excel for approvals, inventory, payroll and reporting, leading to inefficiencies, lack of audit trails and manual errors.

Outcome

Reduced manual effort, eliminated errors, ensured auditability, and improved compliance with Nigerian tax regulations.

Workflow

• Create approval request via API, notify approver, auto‑escalate if no response, log decision immutably.
• Record sales transaction, atomically decrement inventory, trigger reorder if below point.
• Calculate payslips using Nigerian tax formulas, generate monthly payroll reports.
• Generate consolidated operational reports from the system data.

Evidence

Most Nigerian businesses run critical operations through WhatsApp and Excel. Here is the technical implementation of the automation that replaces them.

Source

// Every approval: routed, timestamped, audit-logged

// Stock updates atomically on every sale

// Correct Nigerian PAYE, pension, NHF, NSITF — automated monthly