Executive Barometer · Wave 1, 2026

How confident are the people who run Nigeria's mid-market?

Open now · closes Nov 2026

A 5-minute survey for founders, CEOs and senior executives. It asks what leaders believe about their own enterprise and the year ahead. You get your own Enterprise Confidence Index as soon as you finish.

Answer the survey

About 5 minutes20 multiple-choice questions. No free text.
Anonymous unless you add an emailAnswers are published only as totals, never by name.
For senior leadersFounders, CEOs, managing directors, C-suite and directors.

The survey

Four short sections.

01Your operating modelHow confident you are in each of the five ESRE OS layers, from business design to governance.
02The year aheadWhat you expect for revenue, staff, technology spending and business conditions.
03What holds you backYour top three constraints, outside the business and inside it.
04TrustHow far you trust banks, government, suppliers, customers and your own figures.

Step 1 of 5

Wave 1, 2026

Your enterprise

About you and the enterprise you lead. Used only to group answers.

Your role

Main sector

Number of staff

Annual revenue

Where the enterprise is based

Method

What leaders believe, measured separately from what the diagnostic finds.

The AEHI scores enterprises on evidence, through the diagnostic. The Barometer asks for judgement. We publish them side by side and never mix them, so the gap between the two can be seen.

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The Enterprise Confidence Index: Enterprise Confidence Index = ½ × operating-model confidence + ½ × outlook, each rescaled from the 1 to 5 answers to 0 to 100. Trust and constraints are reported on their own and are not in the index.
Who counts: Published figures include only senior leaders (founder, CEO, managing director, C-suite or director) of enterprises based in Nigeria with 20 or more staff and revenue above ₦500 million. Respondents who preferred not to give revenue are included when the staff rule is met.
When we publish: After fieldwork closes, and only if at least 100 eligible leaders have answered. Sector figures need at least 30 responses each; smaller groups are not shown.
Limits: The sample is self-selected and reached online and through partner networks, so it leans towards larger, better-connected and urban enterprises. Every result is published with its sample size and fieldwork dates.
Privacy: Answers are stored securely and are never published individually. An email, if you give one, is used only for what you ticked and is never shared.

Four short sections.

01Your operating modelHow confident you are in each of the five ESRE OS layers, from business design to governance.

02The year aheadWhat you expect for revenue, staff, technology spending and business conditions.

03What holds you backYour top three constraints, outside the business and inside it.

04TrustHow far you trust banks, government, suppliers, customers and your own figures.