Professor Matshediso ‘Tshidi’ Mohapeloa (DBA -TUT, MBA -Mancosa BA -NMU), is currently an Associate Professor, the Acting Director of the newly formed Rhodes University Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (RU-CFERI) and Coordinator of Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) in Enterprise Management at the Rhodes Business School. She is the Co-Chair of Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE)’s community of practice (CoP) in Entrepreneurship Learning and Teaching.
Prior to joining Rhodes Business School she supervised and assisted MBA students from Mancosa and TUT Business School.
Her diverse work experience ranges from developmental- business-academia. A researcher, a consultant, an academic and a development expert with extensive work in socio-economic and related issues. Areas of expertise include entrepreneurship with a social focus, engaging communities in research with impact, has a keen interest in strengthening innovative solutions that incorporates technology, to mitigate social and environmental challenge. Sees entrepreneurship as a means to an end through working with young budding entrepreneurs, corporate entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), creatives and other entrepreneurial spaces to create social and innovative solutions.
Prof Mohapeloa publications, research and teaching based on her interests in entrepreneurship with the social impacts outcomes where innovation, sustainability and entrepreneurship benefits the community/ local citizens. Through community engaged research and projects focuses on support for township and survivalist entrepreneurs, cooperatives including those with social impact. Main target are young entrepreneurs, women–led enterprises and local community projects.
She authored and co-authored various research output and publications in peer reviewed journals, and international conferences. Some of her published work in the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, a chapter in an anthology on Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship – by Learning in Higher Education (LiHE)
Career objective focus on stimulate young creative minds through knowledge sharing and skills development. With background in socio-economic combined with passion for youth, women, children and, people with disabilities (as groups made vulnerable by poverty).
“I believe entrepreneurship can be used as a pathway not only for financial sustainability but to improve people’s quality of life and be good to the planet”.
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