Ms Nosiphiwe Mgudlwa
LecturerQualifications: MTech Business Administration
Short CV
Ms Nosiphiwe Mgudlwa is a full-time Lecturer at the Central University of Technology and a PhD candidate in Management Sciences, with research focused on agripreneurship in rural South Africa. A dedicated and driven academic, she has a strong background in office management and technology, supported by a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
Her academic interests include entrepreneurship, edupreneurship, and financial management. She actively contributes to curriculum development and serves on the Faculty of Management Sciences’ Undergraduate Quality Assurance Committee, evaluating study guides and supporting academic quality. Ms Mgudlwa is also involved in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).
Areas of Expertise
- • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
- • Agripreneurship in Rural Contexts
- • Edupreneurship and Educational Innovation
- • Financial Management and Private/Public Finance
- • Curriculum Development for Higher Education
- • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
- • Student-Centered Learning and Pedagogical Strategies
- • Academic Quality Assurance and Evaluation of Study Guides
- • Office Management and Technology
- • Microsoft Office and Digital Productivity Tools
Publications
- • Molomo, Pulane Adelaide, Mphuthi Mochina, and Mgudlwa Nosiphiwe. 2025.Entrepreneurship Education in Instilling an Entrepreneurial Mindset as an Alternative Towards Job Creation: A Systematic Literature Review. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 6 (9): 2127 – 2142, https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256928.
- • Rambe, P.; Ndofirepi, T.M & Mpiti, N. 2024. Private funding, profitability and growth opportunities of immigrant SMMEs. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 38(1): 83-113.
- • Rambe, P., Mpiti, N. & Khaola, P. 2022. Technology acquisition and the hair salon performance: The explanatory roles of human resources practices. SA Journal of Huma Resource Management: 1-12.
- • Madichie, N.O., Mpiti, N., & Rambe, P. 2019. Impact assessment of funding on technology acquisition by small businesses: A case study of hair salons in a South African municipality. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 13(1/2): 145-166.
- • Rambe, P. & Mpiti, N. 2017. The Influence of Private and Public Finance, Organisational and Environmental Variables on the Performance of Beauty Salons in the Free State, South Africa: A Theoretical Perspective. International Business & Economics Research Journals.
Book(s) or Chapter(s) in Book(s)
- • Rambe, P., Mgudlwa, N. & Khoza, N. 2024. Financial Bootstrapping as a Cost Escalation Strategy. Stakeholder Management and Entrepreneurship in Africa. Taylor & Francis.
Presented Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
- • Khoza, N; Mbangiswano, S. & Mgudlwa, N. 2024. HEI educators' views on traditional and online teaching and learning: post pandemic. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Research, Cape Town, South Africa: 21 - 22 November 2024.
- • Mpiti, N. & Rambe, P. 2017. Impact of Public Funding on SMMEs’ Acquisition of Technology: A Hair Salon Business Perspective. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Entrepreneurship Development [ICED]. Bloemfontein, South Africa: 4-7 April 2017.
- • Mpiti, N. & Rambe P. 2016. The influence of public finance on the performance of SMMEs in the Free State: A case of Afro hair salons in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Southern African Institute of Management Scientists. Pretoria: University of Pretoria: 436-449.
- • Rambe, P. & Mpiti, N. 2016. Mobile Social Networking for Critical Citizenship: Using Facebook Mobile to teach Community Engagement at a South African University. Proceedings of South African International Conference on Educational Technologies. Pretoria: Manhattan Hotel: 54-70.
