CPUT Entrepreneur

   Annual Top Student Awards Ceremony   On Friday 20 November 2020, the Department hosted its second annual top student awards ceremony to celebrate top achievers for the 2019 academic year.     The ceremony which is usually held before the Semester 1 assessment period, had to be adapted owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event was run by the newest team member Mr Sedick Carr, who wooed the crowd with his witty sense of humour.   Guest speaker Joelma Kine registered for and completed the National Diploma in Entrepreneurship as well the BTech Management in Entrepreneurship, thereafter she used the knowledge learnt and started a South African based e-commerce business, Easy curves, specialising in shapewear. Two years into the business Joelma was encouraged to apply for scholarships and after multiple rejections, she was finally awarded the Chevening scholarship and pursued a MSc in Finance at the University of London which she says was inspired by legendary team member Mr C

Community Chest donates books to the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Management     Head of Department, Prof Chux Iwu accepts donation on behalf of the Department     The necessity for entrepreneurship education in a growing economy such as South Africa cannot be underestimated. The department prides itself in producing graduates who are bold to take on complex business ideas and problems for society's good. In recognition of this important goal of the department, Community Chest, a foremost nonprofit organisation based in Cape Town donated an excellent collection of management textbooks to the department. We appreciate the relationship. Thank you Community Chest.

  Entrepreneurship academic stars rewarded ACHIEVEMENT: Lecturer Cecily Cridland and Prof Robertson Tengeh, Head of Entrepreneurship and Business Management, congratulate a student for excelling in first-year studies. The  Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Management  recently hosted an awards ceremony to acknowledge students who excelled in their first-year studies in 2018. The top 10 students in the mainstream programme were: Nzengo Lutumba (76%), Karl Abrahams (73%), Nolitha Gcado (70%), Qhamani Vena (70%), Nosiphiwo Gabuza (69%), Zandile Mbane (69%), Unathi Mpande (69%), Sibabalo Mdingi (68%), Mputhumi Nikelo (68%) and Sulaiman Roberts (68%). In the Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) the following students came up in the top five: Karabo Namanyane (65%), Lelethu Nobete (64%), Mava Nomnga (64%), Noluvo Mpatha (62%) and Sisipho Tsheke (62%). The students who were top of the mainstream class per subject were Issufo Junior (Business Computer Applications), Nkosikhona Mbane (