Promoting equitable markets for sustainable development
The Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy works to strengthen fair markets, effective regulation, and inclusive economic governance in Nigeria and across Africa.
Advocating evidence
based reforms for
fairer markets
We support development-oriented reforms across trade, competition, consumer protection, digital governance, sustainability, and public-sector accountability.
Connecting institutions, evidence, & stakeholders for lasting change
We create platforms for informed dialogue among policy makers, regulators, private sector actors, civil society, researchers, and development partners.
We are advancing trade and business reform through evidence, institutions, and stakeholder trust
An independent voice for evidence-based market reform
The Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy is an independent Nigerian non-profit policy, research, and advocacy organisation dedicated to promoting equitable markets for sustainable development. Established in 2018, we work at the intersection of law, economics, governance, and public policy to support reforms that make markets fairer, institutions more effective, and policy processes more inclusive.
Our work responds to a clear gap in the policy and governance landscape. Many of the reforms that shape trade, investment, competition, consumer welfare, digital governance, sustainability, and public-sector accountability are often discussed without sufficient public-interest analysis or inclusive stakeholder engagement. We exist to help close that gap by generating credible evidence, convening informed dialogue, and supporting reform pathways that are practical, development-oriented, and institutionally realistic.
Independent and public-interest driven
Research-led policy advocacy
Dialogue for practical reform
Trade, Investment Climate and Regional Integration
Policy and institutional reform support for fair trade governance, a stronger investment climate, business environment improvement, and practical regional integration in Nigeria and across Africa.
Competition and Consumer Protection
Research, policy engagement, and advocacy on fair competition, responsible market conduct, consumer welfare, sector regulation, and effective protection against harmful products and unfair practices.
Digital Economy, Innovation and Intellectual Property
Policy and advocacy work on digital trade, innovation ecosystems, platform governance, data-driven markets, and intellectual property regimes that support development and shared prosperity.
Renewable Energy and Sustainability
Policy and regulatory engagement on renewable energy, sustainability transitions, green investment, resilient production and consumption, circular economy frameworks, and voluntary sustainability standards.
Public Sector Transparency and Accountability
Policy work on transparency, integrity, accountability, natural resource governance, public resource management, regulatory governance, and accountable public decision-making.
Turning evidence into action through research, engagement, and collaboration
We connect research, engagement, capacity-building, and collaboration for sustainable reform
Research & Analysis
We produce credible, policy-relevant evidence through research, expert collaboration, and practical analysis that helps stakeholders understand reform challenges and assess policy options.
Engagement & Advocacy
We engage policy makers, regulators, development partners, private sector actors, and civil society through dialogue, submissions, commentary, and targeted advocacy.
Capacity Strengthening
We support institutions and stakeholders through policy dialogues, workshops, seminars, briefings, and learning engagements that improve understanding and participation.
Convening & Collaboration
We create platforms that bring diverse reform actors together to exchange perspectives, build trust, strengthen cooperation, and pursue shared policy outcomes.
Bringing together insight, experience, and commitment to sustainable reform
Leonard Otuonye Ugbajah
Executive Director
Understand how our work brings clarity to markets, institutions, and development.
The Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy is an independent Nigerian non-profit policy, research, and advocacy organisation dedicated to promoting equitable markets for sustainable development in Nigeria and across Africa. It works at the intersection of law, economics, governance, and public policy to support reforms that improve market outcomes and strengthen public-interest policy processes.
The Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy was established in 2018. The organisation was founded in response to a persistent gap in policy and governance debates affecting economic transformation, regulatory effectiveness, market inclusion, and sustainable development.
The mission of the Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy is to promote collective understanding and action among state and non-state actors towards development-oriented trade and regulatory governance reforms.
The vision of the Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy is to be a respected and influential voice for the promotion of equitable markets for sustainable development.
The Centre for Trade and Business Environment Advocacy works across five interrelated programme areas: Trade, Investment Climate and Regional Integration; Competition and Consumer Protection; Digital Economy, Innovation and Intellectual Property; Renewable Energy and Sustainability; and Public Sector Transparency and Accountability.
The organisation combines four mutually reinforcing modes of work: research and policy analysis, policy engagement and advocacy, capacity strengthening and knowledge sharing, and convening and bridge-building. Its work is research-led and designed to support reforms that are technically grounded, politically realistic, and responsive to implementation realities.
