{"id":102904,"date":"2026-08-31T20:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=102904"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:33:35","slug":"spus-cferi-becomes-centil-reflecting-its-expanded-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spus-cferi-becomes-centil-reflecting-its-expanded-role\/","title":{"rendered":"SPU\u2019s CfERI becomes CENTIL, reflecting its expanded role"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"102904\" class=\"elementor elementor-102904\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620ded3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"620ded3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60527a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60527a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/\">Sol Plaatje University\u2019s<\/a><\/u> Centre for Entrepreneurship &amp; Rapid Incubator (CfERI) is now the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Learning (CENTIL), effective 1 September 2026.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new name reflects the Centre\u2019s evolution and the expansion of its work across entrepreneurship, innovation and learning.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Entrepreneurship remains a central pillar of the Centre\u2019s work. Its innovation portfolio has grown to include the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncif.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Cape Innovation Forum<\/a><\/u> (NCIF), a Maker Space and a Technology and Innovation Support Centre (TISC). These additions have strengthened its role in advancing innovation and supporting entrepreneurship ecosystems.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The learning component emerged in 2025 through the piloting of the Upington Learning Centre.This further expanded the Centre\u2019s role as a platform connecting entrepreneurship, innovation and knowledge creation.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The name CENTIL brings these areas of work together and more clearly communicates the Centre\u2019s role to the University community, its partners and the public.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CENTIL continues to operate within the portfolio of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies. It also serves as a collaborative platform supporting interdisciplinary research, innovation and engagement across faculties.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sol Plaatje University\u2019s Centre for Entrepreneurship &amp; Rapid Incubator (CfERI) is now the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Learning (CENTIL), effective 1 September 2026. The new name reflects the Centre\u2019s evolution and the expansion of its work across entrepreneurship, innovation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spus-cferi-becomes-centil-reflecting-its-expanded-role\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":102913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[286],"class_list":["post-102904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102904"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102922,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102904\/revisions\/102922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102904"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=102904"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=102904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}