{"id":12388,"date":"2020-09-23T17:51:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T15:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/studentpreneur-to-compete-at-finals-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:12:32","slug":"studentpreneur-to-compete-at-finals-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/studentpreneur-to-compete-at-finals-copy\/","title":{"rendered":"Interested in the entrepreneurship space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SPU students and staff are invited to join the 3rd annual (and first-ever virtual) SPU Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) 2020 taking place on 7, 14 and 15 October 2020 on MS Teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First launched in 2017 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/edhe.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education<\/a> (EDHE) at South Africa\u2019s public universities, the SEW aims to increase awareness of student entrepreneurship and to expose and support student&#8217;s entrepreneurial efforts so that entrepreneurship becomes a widespread university culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This year\u2019s SEW theme is on AfroTech: African Entrepreneurship through Technology and promises to be insightful and enlightening.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Additionally, students that have a great business idea or are currently operating a business are encouraged to enter the Pop-up Pitch competition and pitch to a panel on the last day of the SEW (15 October 2020) and stand a chance to win prize money and development support for their business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To enter, send an email to Ms Gail Motlhaudi at gail.motlhaudi@spu.ac.za by 2 October 2020 to secure your space in the Pop-Up Pitch competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For further information, click below to view the event posters:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SEW-7-Oct-2020-scaled.jpg\"><strong>All about AfroTech<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SEW-14-Oct-2020-scaled.jpg\"><strong>Get Pitchy<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SEW-15-Oct-2020-scaled.jpg\"><strong>Pitch Pop-up<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/economic-management-sciences\/\">School of Economic and Management Sciences<\/a>, in partnership with Student Affairs, looks forward to hosting you at this exciting event \u2013 the #SPUSEW2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>#SPUSEW2020<\/p>\n<p>#AfroTech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPU students and staff are invited to join the 3rd annual (and first-ever virtual) SPU Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) 2020 taking place on 7, 14 and 15 October 2020 on MS Teams. 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