Sol Plaatje University’s School of Economic and Management regularly shares details of its academic, research and events programme.
In celebration of Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) 2024, the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Research (CEDAR) at SPU hosted a special one-day event titled Student Entrepreneurship Day 2024 under the theme #Educators4Entrepreneurship. This initiative highlights SPU’s commitment to integrating entrepreneurship Read More …
Sol Plaatje University’s (SPU) Research Office hosted an Intellectual Property (IP) and Entrepreneurship Awareness Workshop on 10 October 2024. This workshop aimed to raise awareness about the importance of intellectual property rights, the various types of IP, and their practical Read More …
Image: Getty Images South Africa has a massive infrastructure problem. Roads, electricity supply and water management are just three areas in which there is mounting evidence of collapse and decay. This is true for big cities like Johannesburg as well as Read More …
Ms Gail Motlhaudi, a lecturer in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at SPU, recently represented our Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Research (CEDAR) at the 24th Annual Experiential Classroom Conference at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. The Read More …
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development & Research (CEDAR) hosted Prof Friedrich from Giesen University in Germany in March. Prof Friedrich visited the institution on a DAAD-funded programme to assist with research output Read More …
Sol Plaatje University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Research (CEDAR) recently hosted its inaugural two-day regional entrepreneurship conference themed ‘KIES (Keeping It Extremely Simple) Entrepreneurship’. Held on 19 and 20 March at the SPU South Campus Hall, the conference drew Read More …
The SPU’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Research (CEDAR) is hosting its inaugural Regional Entrepreneurship Conference from 19 – 20 March 2024 at SPU’s South Campus. This conference promises to be unlike any entrepreneurship conference that has taken place in Read More …
For the first time ever, Sol Plaatje University’s (SPU) School of Economic and Management Sciences had the privilege to serve as host for the annual meeting of the South African Commerce Deans Association (SACDA), which took place on 2 and Read More …
The School of Economic and Management Sciences will host a thought-provoking public lecture on the topic “Building sustainable retail businesses in a technology-driven environment”, delivered by an international guest from Kristianstad University in Sweden. Retail Business Management is a programme Read More …
We’re delighted to share that representatives from our School of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) recently participated in the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Lekgotla hosted by the University of the Western Cape. Prof Pierre Joubert, Head of the Read More …