Category: Technology

Thulagano Merafe Segokgo, Minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology, and Hua Liu, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Technical Cooperation, signed Botswana’s Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period of 2023–2028 on 22 September, and 28 September 2022 respectively. A CPF is the frame of reference for the medium-term planning of […]

Vice Chancellor, Professor David Norris and his delegation from the University of Botswana main campus and Okavango Research Institute (ORI) on September 23, 2022 visited Khoemacau mine at Toteng to explore possible areas of collaboration and partnership. The delegation comprised ORI Director, Professor Joseph Mbaiwa, Deputy Director Professor, Olekae Thakadu, Dean of the Faculty of […]

KAMPALA— Economic growth in the East African Community (EAC) is expected to further moderate to 5.3 per cent this year, largely reflecting increasing global commodity prices coupled with supply chain shocks, according to Deloitte, an international professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Deloitte released the East Africa Macroeconomic Publication, themed ‘Resilience Through Tough […]

Vice Chancellor, Professor David Norris, this week welcomed new members of staff and those returning from study leave at the UB Stadium VIP lounge. Directing the proceedings, Acting Director of the Human Resources Department, Mr. Joseph Tsimako, said the Vice Chancellor had long desired to host the members of staff for lunch to welcome them […]

UNITED NATIONS— UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his special envoy for global education, Gordon Brown, launched a multi-billion-dollar International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd). With the first projects expected in 2023, IFFEd will support education and skills development investments in lower-middle-income countries. With an initial funding of 2 billion U.S. dollars, the facility is expected […]

In what is the first of many still to come, the University of Botswana successfully held its first Employee Wellness Day on September 16, 2022 at UB Stadium. The event was a joint exercise between the University of Botswana Human Resource Department, Public Affairs Department and Mercantile Insurance Brokers. Employee Wellness Day, which is planned […]

A new Human Rights Watch report says that in nearly one-third of African countries, teenage girls who become pregnant face “significant legal and policy barriers” to continuing their formal education. Human Rights Watch said Tuesday it examined more than 100 laws and policies concerning education, gender equity, and reproductive health, that are detrimental to the […]