CroftsRentals Lagos: Help Me Go All In"

Aim

"Raising funds to relocate to Nigeria and launch CroftsRentals' fleet — premium car rentals for diaspora & travelers visiting Lagos."

My name is Stanley Okonkwo. I'm a UK-based entrepreneur, and I'm about to do something most people only talk about: move my life and my business to Nigeria.

I founded CroftsRentals to solve a problem I kept running into myself — landing in Lagos as a diaspora traveler and finding car rental options that were either unreliable, overpriced, or simply didn't understand what visitors like me actually needed. Clean, well-maintained vehicles. Drivers you can trust. Airport pickup that actually shows up. A service built for people coming home, not just tourists.

Over the past year I've built the foundation: registered the company, built our own operations platform to manage bookings and fleet, and started sourcing vehicles. What I haven't done yet is move there myself — and that's the piece that changes everything.

Right now, my Lagos operation is run by a small, dedicated team, including my cousin Linda, who manages day-to-day operations on the ground. But to scale this properly — to grow the fleet, build the brand diaspora travelers trust, and expand into the wider vision I have for Nigerian business (from vehicle financing to community-focused ventures) — I need to be there myself, in person, full-time.

That's what this campaign is for: helping me fund the relocation and the next phase of fleet expansion, so CroftsRentals can go from "the business I run remotely" to "the business I run properly."

I'm not asking anyone to take a leap of faith on an idea. The company exists. The platform exists. The team exists. What's missing is the fuel to get me there and get the fleet to a size that makes this sustainable.

If you've ever landed in Lagos and wished the car rental experience matched the excitement of coming home — this is for you. Back the move. Back the business. Let's build something diaspora travelers can actually rely on.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 8th November 2026 at 2:08pm