Anastacia Mamabolo

Prof Anastacia Mamabolo is an Associate Professor specialising in research methods and entrepreneurship at the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). She qualified as an Optometrist and after a few years of practising, she decided to join academia. During her doctoral studies at GIBS, Anastacia was appointed as the school’s project manager for the AACSB accreditation.

Her research identity is the role of faith and human capital in management and entrepreneurial activities. She teaches on the MBA, MPhil, and Doctoral Programs in the areas of entrepreneurship and applied research design. In addition to teaching responsibilities, she was involved in GIBS Project Orbit that explored business and management in Africa.

Prof Mamabolo was part of a research team that interviewed more than 100 C-level executives in Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Nigeria. She has presented at international conferences and published articles in peer-reviewed journals. She also supervises masters and doctoral students.

Work Experience

• Associate Professor (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Senior Lecturer (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Post doctorate fellow (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Accreditation manager (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Junior Optometrist (Department of Health)
• Acting Head of Optometry Services (Department of Health)

Significant Achievements

• National Research Foundation Y2 Reseacher (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Advancing Young Women Agribusiness Entrepreneurs and Innovators: A Rwanda-Zambia-Zimbabwe-South Africa-U.S. Partnership (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• GIBS MPhil Permanent Faculty Award (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Fetzer Scholarship for Early Researchers (The Fetzer Institute)
• GIBS Emerging Researcher Award (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society)
• JP Morgan Green Entrepreneurship Research (J.P. Morgan)
• National Research Foundation Research Award (National Research Foundation)
• Africa Academy of Management Junior Faculty Development Award (Africa Academy of Management)
• South African National Research Foundation Full-time Bursary (National Research Foundation)
• Best MBA Research Report Award (Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership, University of Limpopo)

Teaching/Coaching Experience

• Applied Business Analysis and Research Project (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Research Methodology (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Social Business Model Canvas (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Value Proposition (Gordon Institute of Business Science )
• Doctoral Coursework (Gordon Institute of Business Science )