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  • Shaping a new generation of entrepreneurs

    Shaping a new generation of entrepreneurs

    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 ...Read More »
  • Encouraging entrepreneurship through innovation and knowing your IP rights

    Encouraging entrepreneurship through innovation and knowing your IP rights

    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 ...Read More »
  • South Africa’s municipalities aren’t fixing roads, supplying clean water or keeping the lights on: new study explains why

    South Africa’s municipalities aren’t fixing roads, supplying clean water or keeping the lights on: new study explains why

    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 ...Read More »
  • Lecturer recognised internationally for advancing entrepreneurship

    Lecturer recognised internationally for advancing entrepreneurship

    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 ...Read More »
  • German Professor visits SPU

    German Professor visits SPU

    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 ...Read More »
  • SPU hosts inaugural regional entrepreneurship conference

    SPU hosts inaugural regional entrepreneurship conference

    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 ...Read More »
  • Save the date: CEDAR regional entrepreneurship conference

    Save the date: CEDAR regional entrepreneurship conference

    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 ...Read More »
  • SPU welcomes SACDA to Kimberley

    SPU welcomes SACDA to Kimberley

    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 ...Read More »