Chad Lucas

E-commerce and digital marketing

He serves as the Executive Director and Partner of Potokela Utilities; which is a registered BBBEE level 1 retail company that sources and distributes products in the health and wellness industry; as well as does branding and marketing for personals and corporates. He also represents Sol Plaatje University (SPU)in the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Studentpreneur Community of Practice (CoP). A CoP that is comprised of 1 student champion from each of the 26 public universities in South Africa; to address opportunities for and challenges faced by studentpreneurs nationally. He serves as the Chairperson in this CoP for the year 2022. He has also been awarded the first ever Northern Cape Innovation Forum (NCIF) innovator of the month for June 2021 and featured on their pilot ‘Network Corner’ event .Past employment experience: Served as receptionist and part-time waiter at Nare Boutique Hotel Kimberley for December 2021; worked on an entrepreneurial research project in March 2022 in Kimberley.