2 Message from the Director As we say goodbye to the 2022 academic year, we invite you to join us in celebrating what the SCiiS Team has been able to accomplish in the second semester of the year. The pages of this newsletter make me a proud member of the team. Our community, consisting of local and international academics, administrative staff, students, and public and industry partners, has proved again that sustained excellence is what we can continue to expect from our combined strength. Our students rose to the challenge again this semester, winning many awards at national and international hackathons. These awards highlight the spirit of curiosity and innovation that characterises students who study with us. Well done to the Head of the Technopreneurship Centre, Mr Ronny Mabokela for, being at the forefront of nurturing many of our students to contribute to societal well-being through tech innovations! Our School’s commitment to impactful research is widely recognised. In this regard, let us celebrate with the Department of Marketing Management for retaining the number 1 position in Africa for research in the field of marketing management. Supporting this are the impressive results of Honours students from the Department of Marketing Management in winning all three top positions in the highly competitive annual College of Business and Economics (CBE) Honours competition. We are truly delighted with our research achievements! Growing the number of doctoral-level qualified academic staff has been a key part of our efforts to ensure high academic performance in the School. This semester we celebrate with four of our academics – Dr Mthobisi Nhlabathi, Dr Sithembiso Khumalo, Dr Martha Winter, and Dr Tinofirei Museba – on attaining their doctoral degrees. Allow me to highlight the Department of Applied Information Systems (AIS) for leading the way on this. To our industry partners, thank you for the varied ways in which you continue to enrich our academic offering. Be it through industry projects, guest lecturing, funding support, etc., our School greatly values the role that you play as our partners in advancing the frontiers of knowledge while generating mutual value that ultimately benefits society at large. Enjoy reading these and many more stories in this edition of the SCiiS newsletter. Prof. Mercy Mpinganjira Director: School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems
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