CPUT Entrepreneur

Each year the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Management hosts an awards ceremony to celebrate top performing students within the Department. Owing to operational restrictions the Department is unable to host the ceremony to celebrate 2020’s top achievers, however this will not stop us from acknowledging the top achievers for their hard work and for inspiring their classmates.   The top achievers for the 2020 academic year are as follows: Student Name Subject Code Subject Name MR BK CLOETE PJM471S PROJECT MANAGEMENT MR BK CLOETE RMT472S RESEARCH METHODOLOGY MS Z NJAMELA EFN470S ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE MS L NQWENISO EDV470S ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT MS BT CHAWIRA MGE470S MANAGEMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS MR KV ABRAHAMS SBP360S ENTREPRENEURIAL

The Department of Small Business Development is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. It is our intention to promote representativity (race, gender & disability). The candidature of persons whose transfer/promotion/appointment will promote representativity will receive preference.   APPLICATIONS  : can be submitted by email to:  recruitment@dsbd.gov.za   by quoting the relevant reference number provided on the subject line.  Please visit website for vacancies:  https://www.govpage.co.za/small-business-development-vacancies-blog/department-of-small-business-development2319298 

To all our first year students, please have a look at our welcome video: Orientation is scheduled for 25 March 2021 at 11:00: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a372d196d08f14b9a8e09704c2904f85f%40thread.tacv2/1616444544241?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2290bb22db-a73a-4971-b7d6-7ca3ef90cf06%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%226b7f6bf6-576e-4cfa-be80-f6a8179d79bb%22%7d Timetables and other important information is available via the link:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zowHzxsZGBrD_JoeYsGawgLh9QwXLUDp?usp=sharing

 Dear All, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH are proud to partner with the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) and the German Development Cooperation to unlock the dynamic potential of African women entrepreneurs. We are looking for African women entrepreneurs with business ideas or start-up businesses to receive $5,000 seed capital, business training, mentorship, and access to networking opportunities. WHY APPLY? Mentoring Start-up Enterprise Toolkit Online Resources Meetups Seed Capital Funding of $5,000  TEF Entrepreneurship Programme Alumni Network   WHO CAN APPLY? All African women entrepreneurs living in any African country with the right to work and operate a business in that country. This newly started programme will see a new entrepreneurship fund established to support more than 2,400 African women entrepreneurs through increased access to finance and

We were lucky to corner Dr Thobekani ‘Thobs’ Lose for a quick interview. Interestingly, he didn’t aim at Entrepreneurship because he thought it was a ‘cheap’ course.  Today, Dr Lose heads the SEDA’s Rapid Incubator at the Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape, South Africa. My takeaway from the interview is this quote of his: “crisis is the incubator for creativity’.  How apt can this be for a time like this when everyone is scampering for safety owing to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? You can view the interview  here : https://youtu.be/z0nfy1s1Eqg. 

With his permission, excerpt of Mr. Zandisile Mkubukeli's interview is shared  here .  Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs have genuine lessons to learn from this interview. By the way, Zandi was one of our students. In fact I regarded (and I still do) him as one of the sharpest knives in our cupboard.  Zandi is the founder/CEO of Moving Chronicles ; a logistics firm located in Cape Town, South Africa. He shared his experience of working during the Covid-19 lockdowns.