Ms. Alisha Smith deposits Mr. Daylin Van Vollenhoven

Ms. Alisha Smith deposits Mr. Daylin Van Vollenhoven, the founder, and CEO of BAZALWANE  BUSINESS PARTNERS PTY LTD, a company duly incorporated and operating in terms of the laws of South Africa (BBP), that provides solutions to several companies, into the Bank of Hope or the 10,000POL Hall of Fame.

Yesterday, Ms. Smith, an Ambassador for the Banking on Africa’s Future (BOAF), organized a BOAF get together at the Rivonia News Cafe with Mr. Van Vollenhoven to share ideas, insights, knowledge, and experiences on what is required to lean forward in search of the opportunities that are available to unlock value and in so doing secure a prosperous life.

Ms. Smith said: “When I arranged the get-together, my primary focus was to introduce Edusysms, a digital education management information system, to BBP as I thought that this would enhance the reach of BBP.

I was introduced to the www.edusyms.co.za portal by Mr. Mawere and I immediately fell in love with it not least because the developer of this unique and novel platform is a member of the BOAF but because of its functionality and relevance in this digital era.

I believe that this platform holds a very good promise for business owners apart from its core use in the education arena to aggregate, accelerate and optimize to build clusters of connected value chain actors into a formidable market force.

I believe that volume delivers value that is not only competitive but least-cost. I am pleased to welcome Mr. Van Vollenhoven to this initiative of converting connections into an organized and structured formation.

I am always excited to extend the reach of people who share a common interest that better days are yet to come when a choice is made to be part of something bigger than oneself.

Problems are better solved when minds meet on them rather than when people choose to operate silos.”

Ms. Rebecca Uhuru who accompanied Ms. Smith and is a teacher by profession said:

“I have learned one thing today “I am not an African but just me.”

My strengths are in communication, paying attention to detail, bringing people together, and administration, and from what I heard yesterday, I feel I can add value to BBP and many other forward-leaning initiatives that need more and not fewer customers.

It is ironic that many business actors believe that customers owe them something when in reality customers are like flies with no loyalty to the provider of sought-after services but to the value in the service.

The more visible your brand is, the luckier you can become. This is where I think the genius of the idea of building a mountain of candles or points of light lies.

I would personally want to be a grain in the sand than a grain standing alone to be noticed.

Mr. Mpasiri, a member of the 10,000 POL Hall of Fame, said: “When I paid my annual membership fee I thought it was not an investment but through this initiative, my return has been exponential. I now know people that I could never have met.

I have deepened and broadened my understanding of business through this community power-building initiative and when fellow indictees like Ms. Smith meet with me, it is truly like a family gathering.

This is the Africa I want to be part of. We must always keep our ears and eyes open because untapped opportunities are not in the rearview mirror but in the future where no one has been.

I look forward to working with BBP and adding value to the company’s offering so that we can all make some money in our lifetimes without worrying about which bush of Africa one was born.