The Intelligence System
The Intelligence System
Intelliblock is not a consultancy that happened to add AI. It is an AI-native intelligence infrastructure built to detect bankable infrastructure opportunities in the Nigerian market 12 to 18 months before the market does.
The structural argument
Nigeria's infrastructure finance process has a documented 12 to 18 month gap between government policy signal and market mobilisation. Under the ICRC PPP framework, the cycle from Project Identification to Transaction Advisory Appointment runs 12 to 18 months for standard-track projects — the point at which Big 4 firms and boutiques receive their mandate call.
Three comparable Sub-Saharan African transactions (Taiba N'Diaye Wind, Senegal, 2016–2018; Azito Phase 4, Côte d'Ivoire, 2014–2016; Kenya Solar Feed-in Tariff Reform, 2019–2020) confirm this timing: detection of enabling regulations to advisory mandate appointment ran 12 to 15 months in each case.
Intelliblock operates at Stage 2 to 3 — the policy convergence window. The market enters at Stage 5 to 6. That gap is structural. Big 4 economics require a confirmed mandate before substantive work begins. Intelliblock's AI-native infrastructure (~£70/month) means the detection and pre-scoring work costs almost nothing. The lead time is a cost model advantage, not a workflow trick.
Why AI-native matters
Three numbers that explain the structural cost advantage.
Cost of the AI detection and pre-scoring infrastructure. Comparable Big 4 pre-engagement resource cost: £8,000–15,000.
Market lead time advantage. The window between policy signal and advisory mandate appointment.
Current version of the Bankability Framework. Named, versioned, gate-cleared. Not an ad hoc assessment.
Founder credentials
Intelliblock is run by Ayodeji Idowu, a project finance professional with dual-jurisdiction experience across the UK and Nigerian infrastructure investment markets. Prior work includes DFI-adjacent advisory, infrastructure origination, and financial structuring in Sub-Saharan African markets. Based in Portsmouth, UK (GMT+0).
Nigeria visits scheduled months 2, 6, and 10 of each operational year — for relationship building with developer and DFI contacts, not for cold market entry. The dual-jurisdiction base is a deliberate structural choice: UK regulatory literacy and DFI relationship access (London is the hub for IFC, Afreximbank, BII, and AfDB European operations) combined with direct Nigeria market intelligence sourced on the ground.
What we are not
Four boundaries that define where Intelliblock operates and where it does not.
- Not a Big 4 substitute. We operate before their mandate process begins.
- Not a news aggregator. Every signal is scored before it reaches a client.
- Not a database subscription. The deliverable is intelligence, not data.
- Not a traditional boutique. The cost model is designed for early-stage detection, not late-stage mandate fees.
See the methodology in action
The Framework page publishes the full category architecture, score thresholds, binary gates, and a worked example.