27 Awards SCiiS top achiever awards The School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems held its annual top student awards ceremony on 23 March 2023. This is the fourth ceremony to take place since the School’s inception in late 2017, and we are proud to be able to bring together all of our departments, top achieving students, staffmembers, parents, and sponsors in one space to celebrate our top achievers. Top students in each of our departments – Applied Information Systems, Information and Knowledge Management, and Marketing Management – were recognised. These were: Applied Information Systems awardees: Mpho Jimmy Nkgogo – Best Diploma student in 1st year Business Information Technology Ngala Christivie Kalambay – Best Diploma student in 2nd year Business Information Technology Penekitete Heritier Kaumbu – Best Diploma student in 3rd year Business Information Technology Kiara Morarjee – Best BCom student in 1st year Information Systems Kaiqiao Pang – Best BCom student in 2nd year Information Systems Mpho Gloria Seforo – Best BCom student in 3rd year Information Systems Emmanuel Swatu Mbuya – Best student in Advanced Diploma Business Information Technology Yitong He – Best Student in BCom Honours IT Management Information and Knowledge Management awardees: Chanaisya Naidoo – Best BCom student in 1st year Information Management Khushi Ilyas – Best BCom student in 2nd year Information Management Kashveer Sewjalal – Best BCom student in 3rd year Information Management Bontle Morake – Best student in BCom Honours Information Management Marketing Management and Retail awardees: Angelo Thumelo Moses – Best Diploma student in 1st year Marketing Caroline Lerato Gumede – Best Diploma student in 2nd year Marketing Sungu Binda – Best Diploma student in 3rd year Marketing Kalenda David Kanyinda – Best Diploma student in 1st year Retail Business Management Amukelani Innocent Baloyi – Best Diploma student in 2nd year Retail Business Management Nqobile Kunene – Best Diploma student in 3rd year Retail Business Management Zeenat Mayet – Best BCom student in 1st year Marketing Management Mthokozisi Eric Moyo – Best BCom student in 2nd year Marketing Management Nikhail Haripersad – Best BCom student in 3rd year Marketing Management Jeanet Nontsikelelo Sonkosi – Best student in Advanced Diploma in Marketing Caitlin Sashini Chetty – Best student in the Advanced Diploma Retailing Nadine Strydom – Best student in BCom Honours Marketing Management The SCiiS is grateful to all of the external sponsors for their generous contributions. Each student received a merit bursary of R3 000. Mr Mlungisi Nkosi facilitated the ceremony, and the SCiiS Director, Prof. Mercy Mpinganjira, gave a welcoming address to all the students, parents, sponsors, and academics. The guest speaker was Marilyn White Radebe, CEO and founder of the SomaSolutions group of companies, who shared her careeamarketing@UJ2020 journey with the students and motivated them to stay true to their path. The SCiiS congratulates all of the students on their hard work, and thanks the prize-giving committee – Ms Nontokozo Mokoena, Ms Fareea Dangor, Mr Lucas Khoza, and Mr Kagiso Mabe – for putting together a wonderful award ceremony.
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