{"id":77965,"date":"2025-05-16T10:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?p=77965"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:34:57","slug":"nocci-and-spu-strengthen-strategic-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/nocci-and-spu-strengthen-strategic-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"NOCCI and SPU strengthen strategic ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77965\" class=\"elementor elementor-77965\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e6ba3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e6ba3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a62979e\" data-id=\"a62979e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad319c2 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad319c2\" 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;\">The recent appointment of Professor Ricardo Peters, Acting Director of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/cedar\/#:~:text=About%20the%20Centre%20for%20Entrepreneurship,pedagogy%2C%20Entrepreneurship%20development%20and%20research.\">Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Research<\/a><\/span> (CEDAR) at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a><\/span> (SPU), to the executive committee of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nocci.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry<\/span><\/a> (NOCCI), marks a significant step in fostering collaboration between business and academia in the region.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NOCCI CEO Ms Sharon Steyn described Professor Peters as \u201cthe main link between NOCCI and SPU,\u201d emphasizing the potential for open dialogue, joint workshops, and shared strategic initiatives that serve both the business community and the University. She highlighted the importance of aligning efforts to transform Kimberley into a thriving university city, where both business and academia contribute to economic growth.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Peters views the partnership as aligned with SPU\u2019s strategic goals, noting that expanding collaboration with institutions like NOCCI is essential to promote entrepreneurship, enhance student employability, and support policy-relevant research. His involvement is expected to ensure the University has a meaningful voice in regional business development matters, while helping NOCCI identify and implement projects that benefit the broader community.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The partnership is expected to unlock new opportunities in areas such as mining, agriculture, and tourism, while also addressing unemployment and economic transformation. It represents a shift toward integrated planning and mutual support between the academic and business sectors.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both parties envision a formal Memorandum of Understanding to drive targeted projects, reinforcing Kimberley\u2019s development as a dynamic hub of business\u00a0and\u00a0education.<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7461114 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7461114\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\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>The recent appointment of Professor Ricardo Peters, Acting Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Research (CEDAR) at Sol Plaatje University (SPU), to the executive committee of the Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI), marks a significant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/nocci-and-spu-strengthen-strategic-ties\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":77972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[261,4],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[280],"class_list":["post-77965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cedar","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77965","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\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77965"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77971,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77965\/revisions\/77971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77965"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=77965"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=77965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}