College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2021 69 well-equipped with set processes to conduct the functions mandated to deliver. Through innovation hackathons, our students have managed to innovate solutions that are commercially viable and have been taken through to TTO incubation and Hacklab Foundation accelerators programmes. Projects range from agriculture to healthcare with specific reference to Agric-Ecco – solution that helps farmers to connect with key buyers and improve their livelihood of their crops. This solution uses modern 4IR technologies such as AI and IoT. NATIONAL AND GLOBAL FOOTPRINT Mr Mabokela has participated in various international events, including mentorship and judging of solutions in the Hacklab Foundation (Ghana) and Falling Wall Lab Challenge (Germany). The success of the Technopreneurship Centre has been recognised in various media platforms (i.e. UJ Communication, Beetroots, ITWeb, Brainstorm magazine etc.) including social media reactions. We hosted two national NEMISA hackathons, including two of Geekulcha hackathons as well as MTN and TADhack hackathons, which seek to address the unemployment, COVID-19 related challenges, societal and socioeconomic issues. We hosted an online seminar on cyber security in the 4IR with the CSIR. Mr Mabokea was appointed by MICT SITA and Young Africa Institute for entrepreneurship as a board member for 4IR education and youth development. He participated in several innovation hackathons as a judge and mentor. Mr Ronny Mabokela Head: Technopreneurship Centre, School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg
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