Management Profile
Selekanye Seribe is the owner and manager of Peo Ya Afrika Agri-Digital Institute. She has been in the entrepreneurship space since she was a teenager in different capacities. She is a young dynamic quantitative social scientist who is passionate about social entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Capacity building where she strives to find a multitier approach in addressing school dropout, ill health and climate change. She went on to establish an African Herbal Research Institution which will use the Indigenous forms of inquiry and create sustainable health facility and fight poverty as well as contributing towards the generation of new knowledge through teaching, research and educational advocacy. She has recently completed her Master's Degree in Demography and Population Studies at Wits University with a thesis titled "Household structures and secondary school dropout in South Africa". I have an outstanding track record of community activism and interested in a multifaceted approach in community challenges. My vision is ambitious, which is nothing less than to reshaping the entire way the society thinks about economic development and growth.
Qualifications:
Selekanye Seribe is the owner and manager of Peo Ya Afrika Agri-Digital Institute and her qualifications are as follows:
1. University of the Witwatersrand- MA in Demography and Population Studies expected to graduate Dec 2019.
Research topic: Household structures and secondary school dropout in South Africa.
2. North-West University- Short Learning Programme on Population, Health & Planning for Development in 2016.
3. University of the Witwatersrand
Year: Jun 2013- Honours Degree in Demography and Population Studies: Research topic: The Influence of place of residence on levels of fertility in Africa.
4. University of the Witwatersrand- Degree in Bachelor of Arts (Media Studies & Anthropology) in 2012.
Key skills and experience:
Analytical, Networking, Organising, Writing, Research, Evaluation & Writing skills, working under Pressure, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, Public Speaking skills, Problem Management Skills, Listening and Observation, Presentation Skills, Facilitation Skills, Great organizational skills, Work effectively in groups, Empathise with other people from different backgrounds, Strategic thinking, Presenting the results from tasks,- encompassing administration skills, project layout and presentation, report writing skills-acquired through working in high school newspaper, attending workshops (academic, entrepreneurial, agricultural). I am also an Activator!, who is an educational and climate activist.
Conferences and research interests:
2016 PASA Conference : Attendee
2014: Research Report : Sociology of Health and Illness "The effect of maternal migration status on child survival status in South Africa".
2014: Research Report "Demography of Fertility and Reproduction Fertility trends in the case of South Africa".
2014/15 Pop-Studies Mini Conference: Attendee
2013 Pop-Studies Mini Conference : Influence of Place of Residence on Fertility- Oral Presentation
2012 Pop-Studies Mini Conference : Job security and social cohesion of migrants in the Commercial Agricultural Sector in South Africa- Oral Presentation
Research Interests : Epidemiology-HIV & TB; Educational attainment & progression, Sexual and Reproductive Health Policies, Health demography, Fertility and Reproduction, Migration, Demographic Change and Development, Medical Anthropology and Medical Sociology, Geo-Political Analysis.
Honours: 2012-2013: National Research Foundation Scarce Skills Scholarship recipient
2009- 2012 -Wits University Council Bursary Fund Scholarship recipient
2007 Gold medallist in Eskom Expo for young scientist at national level.
