LEAD MAGAZINE | 2019
Billy is an Internationally acclaimed Inspirational Keynote Speaker,
qualified as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), as well as a
Personal, Team and Organizational Effectiveness Specialist. He is
Executive Chairman of Billy Selekane and Associates with associated
footprint in Australia, Middle East, Singapore, Sweden, UK, USA -
an Action Learning, Strategy Formulation, Team, Organizational
Effectiveness and Leadership Development Organization. His focus is
in Personal, Team and Organizational Effectiveness, which he delivers
through, Customized Keynotes and Client Centric Interventions.
He works in Asia, Europe, UAE, UK and the USA as well as various African
countries, including Botswana, Kenya, Namibia and Nigeria for fortune
500 companies such as 3M Sub-Sahara Africa, ADT Security, African
Bank, Development Bank of South Africa, DTI, Eskom, International
Youth Fund, Maps UK, Nike Southern Africa, Nokia, Pam Golding
Properties, Roche Pharmaceuticals, SEFA, Swedish Institute of Public
Administration, Wesbank to name but a few.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BILLY
• Features on the Southern Africa Speakers Hall Of fame
• 1st South African speaker to speak at a General Assembly NSA
(USA) convention.
• He is an in-house Inspirational Speaker at Radio 2000 breakfast
show every Monday.
• He is a regular featured guest at a Gauteng based radio station
Kaya FM with a listenership of + 2 000 000 daily where he inspires
and give advice on Personal, Leadership , Organizational and Team
Effectiveness issues.
•
He featured as a regular Motivational/Inspirational Speaker on
SABC 3’s The World Today program with a viewer ship of +3000 000
•
Past President PSASA (Professional Speakers Association of
Southern Africa) 2006-2007
• Author of “From Barefoot to Snakeskin Shoes”
Billy has inspired over 30 million people globally through this Bespoke
Keynotes, Seminars, and his Client Centric Interventions.
The educational system should be a joint venture
between government and private sector, more
driven by private sector with a very high sense
of social responsibility to ensure that there is
universal access. we should control what is being consumed. We
cannot just be excited by modernism which
has a destructive streak in it, fast food is not an
African concept and has brought untold illnesses
which were never in the continent.
Commerce: We should create nutritional programs which
will use food as medicine instead of poison, we
have all we need to achieve this.
The borders which by the way were designed
by the colonialist to divide and rule be slowly
eradicated to create easy of trade and tourism
within the countries in closer proximity to
strengthen local economies in encouraging
people to trade with each other rather than
focusing on Europe, China and the Americas.
Africa should create local beneficiation
centres instead of sending raw materials to be
beneficiated by European countries and sold
back, it must all happen in the continent. All
commodities must be mined and processed in
the continent.
Healthcare:
Cuba has been the leading country in the world
as far as health goes, they have mastered the
science of preventative medicine and not after
the fact. The health issue is driven by nutrition,
Africa is rich with natural products, I believe that
Sports:
We have naturally gifted athletes who sadly
some are uprooted, naturalised and eventually
represent the colonialist governments. We
should curb sport colonialism by creating much
stringer sporting institutions in the continent, we
can partner with developed nations in doing this
instead of being their talent pipeline.
Infrastructure:
We should create a continental infrastructure
program to modernise our rail , road and port
infrastructures this should be led by a public and
private partnership driven by tried and tested
entrepreneurs and also use it as a pipeline
to bring people into the infrastructure driven
industry instead if depending on the Chinese
who are busy applying a 4.0 colonialization
strategies of flooding Africa with debt they know
cannot be repaid and then own nations yet again
like Europe did.
We have the skill and expertise to make the
continent a 1st world infrastructure zone, it is the
will and the vision which is in short supply which
is hampering us.
My Vision is for an Africa which is self-reliant
driven by meritocracy wherein people get ahead
and succeed based in the strength of their
characters rather than political affiliation.
The politics of Africa are riddled with old corrupt
and tired men, who once and for all the youth
have to unseat and send to retirement. I believe
that this is the time fir Africa to rise up, this new
revolution will not be driven by politicians but
by entrepreneurs who will build industries
bugger than government and this awaken
this sleeping giant to take its place among the
nations of the world.
My Vision is for Africa that creates more and
consume less, being at peace with herself and
ensuring that we create enough leverage for
generations to come to awaken in a place filled
with love and driven by meritocracy.
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