CBERProf. Thobekani Lose

At present Dr. Lose is the Institutional Director for Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (CfERI) at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa a board chairperson for the Township Cannabis Incubator (TCi). Providing support to municipalities in identifying and incorporating innovation into Local Economic Development (LED) practice. Dr Lose has 9 years’ work experience in a senior management role. Dr. Lose has over 11 years of work experience within the entrepreneurial ecosystem: development and lecturing business management subjects. During his days at SEDA he directly and indirectly mentored more than 1154 small businesses in various provinces throughout South Africa. He has raised funds over 84 million through stakeholder engagement and partnership. As an enthusiastic academic, Dr. Lose published close to 40 academic articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has over 10 years of participation in community engagement projects and assessor/examiner for UKZN, DUT, VUT, NMU, CPUT and TUT. Dr Lose has been invited to deliver over 9 entrepreneurial talks to national and international conferences, including the United State of America, South Korea, Switzerland, Ireland, and Netherlands. In South Korea he has won a distinguished research award for his research work