Finding the right licensed DPCO or DPO used to mean cold calls, referrals, and weeks of back-and-forth. Asiri's Marketplace connects Nigerian companies who need expert data protection help with licensed practitioners who are ready to deliver.
The Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 changed the rules for every business that touches personal data. Fintechs handling identity and financial data, lendtechs managing credit underwriting, healthtechs holding patient records, and SaaS companies processing customer information all face the same question: how do we prove we are handling data the way the law requires?
For many companies, the answer involves hiring or engaging a licensed Data Protection Compliance Organization or Data Protection Officer. These are not optional roles for businesses projecting regulatory scrutiny, investor due diligence, or enterprise buyer reviews. They are the people who translate NDPA obligations into operational workflows, assemble audit evidence, and file statutory returns on time.
The challenge is not whether Nigerian companies need this expertise. The challenge is finding licensed practitioners who understand the specific requirements of Nigerian law, who can start immediately, and who do not require weeks of onboarding before they can deliver value.
Asiri's Marketplace connects Nigerian companies with licensed DPCOs and DPO practices who are ready to take on compliance work. It is built for speed, transparency, and evidence-led matching.
Here is what makes it different: the companies listing their needs on the Marketplace are already using Asiri. That means they have budgets allocated for compliance work, their registers are being maintained in the platform, and their documentation is current and accessible. Licensed practitioners are not walking into a mess of missing evidence and untracked obligations. They are walking into an environment where the foundational work is already structured, and the heavy lifting of evidence assembly is automated.
When a licensed DPCO or DPO accepts an engagement through the Marketplace, they gain scoped access to the company's compliance workspace. They can see the registers, review the evidence trails, identify gaps, and begin advisory or filing work immediately. No back-and-forth email chains asking for documents. No stale spreadsheets. No guessing whether the evidence is current or whether it can survive an auditor's questions.
Practitioners decide their own fees. Asiri does not set rates or take a percentage of the engagement value. The Marketplace exists to connect demand with supply, not to extract margin from either side. Listing on the Marketplace is free for licensed DPCOs and DPO practices.
The Marketplace solves three problems that licensed practitioners face when building a compliance practice: finding clients who are serious about compliance work, reducing the time spent on evidence gathering before advisory work can begin, and maintaining control over pricing and engagement terms.
First, lead generation. Most compliance practitioners rely on referrals, cold outreach, or word-of-mouth to find clients. The Marketplace inverts that model. Companies in need of licensed help post their requirements, and practitioners respond with proposals. The companies are pre-qualified: they already have budgets, they are already tracking their obligations in Asiri, and they understand the scope of the work. That filters out time-wasters and reduces the sales cycle.
Second, evidence readiness. The single largest drain on a DPCO or DPO's time at the start of an engagement is gathering documents, verifying what exists, and figuring out what is missing. When a company is already using Asiri, that work is largely done. The registers are maintained, the audit trails are continuous, and the evidence is linked to observable events in the client's systems. Practitioners can start advising, filing, or preparing audit packs on day one instead of spending weeks chasing spreadsheets.
Third, commercial independence. Practitioners set their own fees, define their scope, and negotiate directly with the client. Asiri does not insert itself into the commercial relationship. The Marketplace is infrastructure, not an intermediary. Licensed firms retain full control over how they price their services, structure their engagements, and manage their client relationships.
The companies using Asiri are not looking for someone to tell them compliance matters. They already know. They are looking for licensed practitioners who can take their existing compliance posture, identify what is missing, advise on remediation, and file accurate returns with the regulator.
Because these companies are already maintaining their registers in Asiri, the matching process is grounded in evidence rather than optimistic self-assessment. A licensed DPCO reviewing a prospective client can see the live compliance score, review the populated registers, identify high-residual-risk items, and assess the scope of the engagement before committing. That transparency works both ways: companies can evaluate whether a practitioner's expertise aligns with their specific regulatory obligations and industry context.
This is not a marketplace for generic compliance advice. It is a marketplace for Nigerian data protection work, grounded in the NDPA, and structured around the actual obligations that fintechs, healthtechs, lendtechs, and SaaS companies face when they operate in Nigeria or serve Nigerian customers.
The result is faster engagement cycles, more accurate scoping, and fewer surprises on both sides. Practitioners know what they are walking into. Companies know they are engaging someone who understands the specific requirements of Nigerian law and can deliver work that will satisfy auditors, regulators, and enterprise buyers.
Asiri is built around the NDPA from the first line of code. The Marketplace extends that philosophy to the practitioner ecosystem. It connects Nigerian companies with licensed professionals who specialize in Nigerian data protection law, not foreign frameworks with Nigerian bolt-ons.
For licensed DPCOs and DPO practices, the Marketplace is a lead-generation channel that delivers pre-qualified clients with structured evidence, clear budgets, and immediate engagement readiness. For companies, it is a way to find licensed help without cold-calling consultancies or waiting weeks for proposals and onboarding.
Listing on the Marketplace is free. Practitioners decide their fees. Companies decide which proposals to accept. Asiri provides the infrastructure that makes evidence-led, fast-cycle engagements possible.
If you are a licensed DPCO or DPO practice looking to grow your client base with companies that are already serious about compliance, the Marketplace is built for you. If you are a Nigerian company that needs licensed help and does not want to spend weeks gathering documents before work can begin, the Marketplace connects you with practitioners who are ready to start.