Turning lived experience into leadership, legacy & impact.
Ayo-Alex Consulting Services is the personal brand and legacy platform of Ayorinde Alex, a certified project management professional, management consultant and travel & tourism entrepreneur with over a decade of hands-on business experience.
Four chapters, told deliberately.
Olubusade Ayorinde Alex · Founder & Lead Consultant · CPM (CIPMN) · CMC & CPMP (IIPM)
- The Setback01
Ten attempts at O'Level
Failed the O'Level examination ten times before finally gaining admission into a Nigerian university. A story of persistence most audiences find both relatable and unusual.
- The Turnaround02
Top of the class, Chief Justice
Graduated top of his class and rose to serve as Chief Justice of the Students' Union Government, proof that the setback was a delay, not a ceiling.
- The Builder03
A decade in business
Built a consistently six-figure-monthly travel and tourism business, while treating the ventures that failed as tuition rather than verdicts.
- The Teacher04
Ayo-Alex Consulting Services
Consolidated the credentials, the track record and the story into a consulting, training and publishing platform for African professionals.
To become a leading Afrocentric voice in project management, personal development, and entrepreneurial resilience — known for turning real, tested experience into practical training that changes how young Africans lead, work, and recover from failure.
To equip professionals, students, and organisations with practical project management, leadership, and communication skills through consulting, training, coaching, and published content — delivered with integrity and grounded in genuine lived experience.
A documented, verifiable base.
The brand's credibility rests on certificates, licences and an academic record, not only on assertion.
Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
Integrated Institute of Professional Management (IIPM)Mini-Masters in Business Administration, Executive Leadership & Management Development
IIPMRhetoric: The Art of Persuasive Writing and Public Speaking
HarvardX Verified CertificateCertified Project Management Professional (CPMP)
IIPM5-Day Tour Guide Course
National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR)Chartered Member & Professional Practicing Licence, Project Management
CIPMN · Licence No. CPM/0932MSc Business Administration (near completion) · BSc Business Management
Academic foundationWhy I teach this: because nobody told me a delay was survivable.
Ten O'Level attempts is not a footnote, it was almost the end of the story. What changed it was structure: knowing how to plan, how to keep going when a plan fails, and how to treat a failed attempt as information. That is exactly what project management gives an organisation, and exactly what most young African professionals are never taught. This practice exists to close that gap with real tools, honest stories and verifiable skill.
Let's turn your next project, programme or platform into a documented result.
A short discovery call is free. Bring the brief, the deadline and the constraint, you'll leave with a view on what it takes.