The world's food conversations still happen a long way from where food begins. Selassie brings the origin into the room: fifteen years across African food systems, a working practice in Accra, and an argument about value that audiences do not forget.

SPEAKING

Keynotes and on-stage conversations for conferences, corporate audiences, and cultural institutions. Selassie is a long-form speaker: the formats that work are keynotes, moderated conversations, and in-depth sessions rather than short segments.

Current talks include:

• Cocoa at Origin: what the world's chocolate industry gets wrong about Africa

• Food Is Where Culture Begins: inheritance, knowledge, and the systems built on both

• Value at Origin: what cocoa, rice, and craft teach us about who profits from African abundance

ADVISORY

Strategy and advisory for brands, institutions, funders, and development organizations working on African food systems. Engagements draw on both sides of Selassie's career: a decade inside humanitarian and development systems, and a decade building food enterprises at origin.

Typical engagements: cocoa and origin strategy for food and luxury brands, African market and culinary direction, food systems and heritage strategy for institutions and funders, and evaluation or fieldwork design with origin communities.

BOARDS AND INSTITUTIONAL ROLES

Selassie serves in a limited number of compensated board and advisory positions with organizations in food, agriculture, consumer, and climate. Inquiries welcome through the form below.

Speaking and advisory engagements begin at $10,000. Inquiry receives a reply within one week.