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June 2020 - present
Position
- Managing Director
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- Dr. Lose has over 10 years of work experience within the entrepreneurial ecosystem and lecturing business management subjects. His present role as a CFERI manager, he directly and indirectly mentored more than 1100 small businesses in various provinces throughout South Africa. As an enthusiastic academic, Dr. Lose published over 25 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals. Dr Lose has, over 11 years, participation in community engagement projects and assessor/examiner for CPUT, TUT and NMU.
May 2020 - present
Position
- Managing Director
Description
- The Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator at Walter Sisulu University is a strategic venture between WSU and Seda for the development and sustainability of SMME’s in the province.
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This study was an inquiry into a contemporary issue, the formation of the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA), following resolutions of the South African cabinet to merge the South African Development Agency (SEDA), the South African Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and the Cooperative Development Bank (CDB). The purpose o...
This study was an inquiry into a contemporary issue, the formation of the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA), following resolutions of the South African cabinet to merge the South African Development Agency (SEDA), the South African Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and the Cooperative Development Bank (CDB). The purpose o...
This study was an inquiry into a contemporary issue, the formation of the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA), following resolutions of the South African cabinet to merge the South African Development Agency (SEDA), the South African Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and the Cooperative Development Bank (CDB). The purpose o...
Business incubators offer a secure environment for both emerging and established firms. They accomplish this by providing diverse shared services to minimise the probability of start-up failures. However, while performing their duties, they also encounter many challenges. This research aimed to assess the efficacy of business incubators. This paper...
Business incubators offer a secure environment for both emerging and established firms. They accomplish this by providing diverse shared services to minimise the probability of start-up failures. However, while performing their duties, they also encounter many challenges. This research aimed to assess the efficacy of business incubators. This paper...
Small business failure has been an enduring problem in developing economies such as South Africa. In view of this challenge and the crucial role of the small enterprises in the economy, small business incubation has widely been adopted to increase the success and viability of emerging enterprises. With the present turbulence and business model disr...
Business incubators offer a secure environment for both emerging and established firms. They accomplish this by providing diverse shared services to minimise the probability of start-up failures. However, while performing their duties, they also encounter many challenges. This research aimed to assess the efficacy of business incubators. This paper...
Poverty has been an enduring threat to economic development in many nations. In South Africa, mitigation of poverty remains a focal point in a country with the highest socioeconomic inequalities in the world and a high rate of unemployment. This study takes an economic perspective on poverty mitigation based on the premise that vibrant entrepreneur...
There have been notable advancements in entrepreneurship research in the past few years, with women's entrepreneurship quickly overtaking all other areas of interest in this discipline. Study on women entrepreneurs has primarily concentrated on already-existing enterprises and the variables influencing their success. Despite the advancements in thi...
Just like in industries, university and other higher educational institutions are facing novel working contexts arising from their present technological transitions. As a result, known factors that influence organisational success require new assessments to establish how they have been affected by the disruptions. The objectives of this study were...
The purpose of this research is to investigate what factors affect students’ readiness to start their own businesses once they graduate from university. A case study approach was conducted with an emphasis on an undergraduate degree program at a South African university. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 program particip...
Communication and productivity within institutions have increased because of computer technology and the Internet. Despite all of the benefits that the Internet has provided for businesses, cyber-loafing remains a significant problem. The productivity of the company has been significantly damaged by this practise as a result of employees neglecting...
The purpose of this research is to investigate what factors affect students' readiness to start their own businesses once they graduate from college. Case study research was conducted with an emphasis on an undergraduate degree program at a South African university. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 program participants...
In most nations, small businesses are viewed as vital to economic advancement. These smaller businesses can take advantage of environmental opportunities more effectively than huge corporations since they are more adaptable. Nevertheless, in the course of their activity, they also face numerous challenges. The study aimed to look at the challenges...
The purpose of this research is to investigate what factors affect students' readiness to start their own businesses once they graduate from college. Case study research was conducted with an emphasis on an undergraduate degree program at a South African university. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 15 program participants...
For small business entrepreneurs in rural areas to survive in the digital contexts, research is essential on the challenges they face and how these challenges can become opportunities for other entrepreneurs. In this study, small business entrepreneurship opportunities at a township in the Eastern Cape were explored. The basis of the study was that...
With high youth unemployment rates in South Africa, strategies to increase youth entrepreneurship have become essential. Youth in rural communities tend to face circumstances which require proper examination to establish how they can be motivated to engage in entrepreneurship. The purpose of this study is to explore the question: How do community a...
e-Assessments have recently become a priority for effective education in South African higher education institutions, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the implementation and implications of e-assessments in the context of Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) are still in a simple conceptualisation phase due to many unat...
Transformation in Higher Education can be shown in several ways ranging from transforming strat-to students. Creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem is seen as one of the instruments of transformation. An entrepreneurial ecosystem needs a community of practice that displays the character of creativity and innovation , risk-taking, an initiator, a str...
This study aims to investigate the role facility maintenance management plays on employee performance at a institution of higher learning in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.. This study employed a quantitative research approach, and the data were gathered from 150 employees who were chosen through a random sampling method. The data were analyzed u...
This study aimed to explore the attitudes of students of a higher education institution
towards infopreneurship. The study emanated from observations that the widespread
use of information technologies has created a new sector in the labor market – info�preneurship. The study adopted the case study research design based on focus group
discussion...
The purpose of the study was to determine the factors inhibiting the performance of the business incubators in South Africa. The study is a descriptive employing quantitative approach where a structured questionnaire was administered to 121 purposively way employing selected business developers, incubation specialists, and managers. Data were analy...
Practical work-based learning (WBL) or simulated learning has been widely recognized as essential for developing desirable cognitive and behavioral qualities among university learners. Despite this recognition, most practical and simulated learning experiences have been directed to facilitate learners’ employability rather than to promote entrepren...
The use of technology has removed traditional barriers and boundaries between the business enterprise and the community or customers. This paper explores the adoption of a customer-centered approach to the formulation of business goals in small businesses. Small businesses are often closer to the market and can be flexible in adopting this approach...
This study was deemed relevant in the current epoch given the need for rebuilding enterprises that were devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic. To ensure economic restoration, particular interest in small business start-ups and incubators has become especially important. In addition, measurements for effectiveness are critical since, without them, pro...
In Southern Africa, employees play a critical role in the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). As a result, SMEs’ effectiveness depends on the presence of virtuous workplace spirituality and procedural justice, which affects work locus of control, employee job satisfaction, and employee organisational commitment. The researchers looked at...
The phenomenon of the Triple Helix system has been recognised widely in developed countries. However, in Southern Africa's developing countries, the significance of how Triple Helix agents can influence product innovation has been largely overlooked. Hence, this study's main goal is to tackle this research gap.This article examines the connection b...
This study explored the competitiveness of business incubators across eight provinces in South Africa. The resource-based theory was used as a lens to assess the resources for the competitiveness of incubators in South Africa. The study question was: What are the sources of sustained incubation competitiveness? A qualitative research approach, base...
Africa is a growing hub for small, medium and large enterprise. This paper attempts to cement the need to create business incubation institutions in South Africa (as well as in other African countries) so as to promote a superior entrepreneurial ecosystem for economic growth. The Africa of tomorrow needs solutions that last and one key component is...
Significant scholarship on the criticality of entrepreneurship to economic development exists. Policy makers have also accepted existing entrepreneurship and economic development theories in efforts to drive economic development reduce poverty, unemployment and increase wealth levels of the populations. In view of this, researches on the qualities...
Employing the grounded theory methodology, this paper sought to explore business incubation in the context of the covid-19 pandemic. The paper analysed sectoral briefs released by the International Labour Organisation on its online portal, focusing on its recommendations to identify patterns for operating businesses that can be useful to business i...
Employing the grounded theory methodology, this paper sought to explore business incubation in the context of the covid-19 pandemic. The paper analysed sectoral briefs released by the International Labour Organisation on its online portal, focusing on its recommendations to identify patterns for operating businesses that can be useful to business i...
Technological and innovation solutions to problems confronting entrepreneurs and small businesses are part of the economic growth policy of the South African government. Official communication platforms such as the State of the Nation (SONA) addresses by the presidency have often shown the government"s commitment to advance technological innovation...
Premised on the need to establish the functional elements of an entrepreneurial university in the South African context, the study employed content analysis to identify key functional elements of an entrepreneurial university. The study searched articles related to entrepreneurial universities on the Sabinet database and focused on the key words in...
Technology Business Incubators face new challenges from within their ecosystems, which require support from local governments as well as necessary skills. These interventions are needed for their sustainability to ensure growth and development of incubatees in South Africa. This study sought to determine the challenges of Technology Business Incuba...
The current business environment is characterised by technological disruptions associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and also the Covid-19 pandemic. Consequently, there is an even greater need to strengthen the activities of business incubators to capacitate them to inspire the success of entrepreneurship in South Africa. This paper perf...
The majority of business incubators in South Africa are supported by the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA). However, a notable proportion of business incubators face a number of challenges to growth and development. Despite a number of studies conducted on business incubators generally, little information exists on the framework for the cr...
This study sought to determine the challenges faced by IsiXhosa speaking survivalist entrepreneurs in Butterworth, South Africa. In spite of the increasing research on entrepreneurship, there is a dearth in studies that have investigated the challenges faced by Isi-Xhosa survivalist entrepreneurs in Butterworth, South Africa. Adopting a quantitativ...
This study aims to examine why entrepreneurs choose to join the incubation programme in
urban areas, South Africa. The study utilised a quantitative method approach to collect data by way of
questionnaires. The data was collected using structured questionnaires. The research participants for
this study were limited to entrepreneurs in the incubatio...
Living with a physical disability can interfere with an individual’s ability to participate actively in economic and social life. It is imperative to comprehensively understand the entrepreneurial barriers hindering the development of entrepreneurs living with physical disabilities. In spite of the increasing research on entrepreneurship, there see...
Living with a physical disability can interfere with an individual’s ability to participate actively in economic and social life. It is imperative to comprehensively understand the entrepreneurial barriers hindering the development of entrepreneurs living with physical disabilities. In spite of the increasing research on entrepreneurship, there s...
In South Africa, small tourism enterprises lie at the heart of the industry and form a major part of the tourism sector. There are the cornerstones of tourism development in local economies. This study assessed the influence of relationship proneness on relationship satisfaction and relationship commitment among domestic tourism clients within the...
In as much as entrepreneurial action fosters job creation and economic growth, entrepreneurs encounter the significant risk of failure, and community bears the brunt. Though business incubators were designed to provide support and hope to ailing businesses, evidence suggests that not all on these programs succeed. Going on the assumption that even...
Business incubators (BIs) are a significant tool in promoting the development of
entrepreneurial firms, technology-based growth firms and economic growth in South Africa. The
study reviewed the current literature on business incubation in South Africa. BIs in South Africa
emerged as a popular strategy in the 1990s and most of the current literature...
South Africa is one of the most important countries in the status goods market. In addition, it has the biggest share from the status consumption market in Africa and it is amongst fastest growing countries worldwide in status consumption. The growth in status consumption in South Africa is attributed to the growth of the high-income and middle-inc...
This paper sought to determine the impact of incubation programme to Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) development in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The study utilised a quantitative method approach to collect data by way of closed and open handed questionnaires. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software was u...
Business incubators were designed to sustain the deep-rooted image of entrepreneurs being self-reliant and by offering a broad spectrum of tailored services; it seeks to raise the success rate of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) significantly. BIs have the characteristics to be completely dedicated to the success of a small business in its...
In both developed and developing countries, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) create
employment opportunities and can therefore improve the standard of living. The South African
Government have embarked on a number of initiatives in support of SMEs. The Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) and the SEDA Technology Programme (STP) have a number o...
Measuring and quantifying strategic human resource outcomes in relation to key
performance criteria is essential to developing value-adding metrics. Objectives This paper posits
(using a general systems lens) that strategic human resource metrics should interpret the relationship
between attitudinal human resource outcomes and performance criteria...
In as much as entrepreneurial action fosters job creation and economic growth, entrepreneurs encounter the significant risk of failure, and community bears the brunt. Though business incubators were designed to provide support and hope to ailing businesses, evidence suggests that not all on these programs succeed. Going on the assumption that even...
Notwithstanding the growing interest in business incubation programmes and the benefits derived from such programmes, the path is beset by numerous challenges. This paper investigates the challenges faced by business incubators (BIs) as they strive to support their clients. The study utilized a qualitative approach to collect data by way of intervi...
