I am honoured to have had the opportunity to interview a dear friend of mine Bheki Senong. This young “corporate hustler” as he calls himself, is a visionary who is ambitious, bubbly, outgoing and very straight forward. I’ve learned quite a lot from him as a friend and some good business principles. Please enjoy the interview!
1. A little background about Bheki Senong the man behind SGM
Bheki is a young vibrant entrepreneur from the dusty streets of Lekazi, Kanyamazane. I matriculated in 2000 from Khaliphani Senior Secondary School. In 2002 I went to the University of Witwatersrand to do my BED Degree. I worked for Marcus Evens Internationally for a period of two years doing sales and marketing. I’m the founder and CEO of Senong Global Management which is a company I established in 2008.
2. What inspired the inception of SGM?
The inception of SGM was inspired by the fact that a great number of young people were queuing for employment and everyone was of the belief that in order to live a comfortable life, one has to work for someone else. When I looked around me I saw a number of young black kids who were sitting at home with hopes that someone would call them with job offers. These were extremely intelligent kids some were even highly educated, but they were all waiting for some companies to help them unleash their potential. I started SGM not only because I have always been a business minded individual, but because I wanted to help create job opportunities, especially for the black youth of South Africa.
3. What does the brand SGM carry? (Products/services on offer)
SGM is a business intelligence company which is 100% black owned and it is part of Senong Business Group. The core of our business is to offer companies and government departments’ business intelligence/solutions in terms of training, conferencing, workshops and events.
4. Would you say you a "hustler"?
According to me “a hustler is a person who uses his brains to make it in this world”. Throughout my life I have always believed that life is what you make out of the little that you have, therefore if you want to be successful in life you better hustle, so yes I’m a corporate hustler.
5. Biggest business lesson learnt over the years?
If you don’t take risks in business your business will never grow, however all the risks that one takes must always be carefully calculated.
6. Milestones you have gone through since inception of the business.
Having to keep SGM afloat through the tough times of recession and being able to save the jobs of all my employees. 2009 was a trying time for all businesses worldwide and companies suffered a merger blow as a result a number of companies had to shut down and employment fell, but we survived and we are still in business.
7. Greatest achievements?
Taking a risk and opening an events department that has been growing from strength to strength throughout the years.
8. What exciting projects are you working on this year?
Our Events and Entertainment division will be working hand and clove with Guluva Entertainment doing Marketing and Management for Bonginkosi “Zola 7” Dlamini, Ghetto Son, and we will also be working on a debut album For Bruno aka Spiro form Rhythm City(also a former member of Gumshev). We will also be doing our 3rd annual Mpumalanga Spring Picnic- at Nkomazi during September 2013
I am personally looking forward to this event (Mpumalanga Spring Picnic), details to follow.
Contact Senong Global Management on:
Tel: 011 477 5771
email: sgm@senglobman.co.za
twitter: @senong001
2 comments:
Wow Chomi! uBheki is an inspiration!!! keep it up with the great interviews, next thing you will writing lifestyle columns! By the way I am speaking over your life! Well done Chomi!
Oh thank you my friend. he realy is hey, I was just telling him the same thing. And yeah I receive that...:)
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