Short CV

Ms Nomfundo Gladys Khoza is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa. She is a PhD candidate and holds a Master of Business Administration degree. With over ten years of experience in higher education, she has demonstrated strong expertise in teaching, curriculum development, assessment, and academic administration. Ms Khoza is an award-winning academic, having received the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Early Teaching Career 2022 and Community Engagement in 2025. Her research interests focus on digital transformation, online teaching and learning, collaborative online international learning (COIL), cybersecurity preparedness, and digital skills development in small and medium-sized enterprises. She has published in accredited local and international journals and has presented her work at more than ten academic conferences. She actively contributes to quality assurance processes as a member of the undergraduate examination committee and is involved in curriculum internationalisation initiatives through the Ikudu-COIL project. Ms Khoza is committed to impactful teaching, community engagement, and scholarly excellence in higher education.

Areas of Expertise

• • Digital transformation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs)
• • Online teaching and learning in higher education
• • Digital skills development
• • Artificial Intelligence and SMEs