The informal nature of Africa’s micro, small, and medium enterprise ($\text{MSME}$) sector has long been recognized as a primary barrier to securing commercial credit lines and scaling operations. Without formal corporate registration, structured bookkeeping, and strict tax compliance, millions of local businesses remain shut out from public procurement contracts and international venture capital pools.
To address this structural bottleneck, multi-sector consultant and chemical engineer Engr. Felix Anthony Ojih has scaled his corporate advisory platforms—Perfekto Exceeding Consults Limited and Ojeelix Global Concepts Limited—to drive grassroots business formalization across northern and central Nigeria.
Since launching the advisory framework in 2019, the firms have successfully processed formal Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) registrations for more than 1,000 small businesses, while transitioning over 600 corporate clients into audited tax, accounting, and regulatory compliance networks.
Bridging the Public-Private Procurement Divide
Ojih, an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a registered member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria ($\text{COREN}$), structured his consultancy models by drawing on his previous corporate operations experience with Sterling Bank Plc.
By combining technical engineering standards with a Master of Science ($\text{MSc}$) in Business Administration, his firms have moved beyond basic registrations to secure major technical procurement and training contracts with international development agencies and state governments.
The consultancy’s execution portfolio is built across three primary service lines:
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Regulatory Compliance and Auditing: Providing small businesses with ongoing support in filing annual returns, clearing tax liabilities, and setting up corporate accounting systems.
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Institutional Skill Incubations: Collaborating with the German International Development Agency ($\text{GIZ}$), the National Technology Incubation Programme, and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment to deliver certified vocational training programs.
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Infrastructural Procurement Contracts: Managing and executing physical engineering projects, including solar-powered street lighting installations and educational infrastructure upgrades for sub-national clients like the Gombe State Government and the Federal Polytechnic, Idah.
Institutionalizing Philanthropy: The 2030 Vision
To complement his corporate advisory operations, Ojih has formalized his long-standing grassroots interventions under the Felix Anthony Ojih Foundation, which was officially registered as a corporate trustee in 2026.
The foundation is currently rolling out a specialized maternal and child health intervention titled “Hygiene First: A Foundation for Maternal and Child Health,” which works alongside existing orphanage support programs and community-based education scholarships.
Looking ahead to 2030, Ojih aims to expand the advisory firm’s footprint into a leading pan-African business consultancy group, while simultaneously scaling up the foundation’s healthcare and youth empowerment funding programs across West Africa.
