Staff Profiles

• Masters of Arts (Economics), University of Botswana

• Bachelor of Arts Social Sciences (Economics), University of Botswana

Mavis is a lecturer in the department of Economics. She joined the university in 2012, as a Staff Development Fellow (SDF) in the department of economics. She holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Botswana and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD focused in Economics from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China. Her research mainly focuses on income inequality, FDI, unemployment and economic growth. Her areas of teaching specialisation are public sector economic and quantitative methods. Ms. Kolobe is also actively involved in consultancy field research, mainly in labour market outcomes in Botswana. 

• Public Finance

• Mathematics for Economists

• Intermediate Statistics for Economics

• Business Economics

• Income inequality

• Unemployment

• Economic growth

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

• Income inequality

• Unemployment

• Economic growth

• Business Economics

• Siphambe, H., Bakwena, M., Setlhare, L., Kolobe, M., Oageng, I., Setlhare, K., & Motswagae, T. (2020). Determinants of Unemployment and Labour-Market Transitions for Youth in Botswana. Manila: Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).

• Siphambe, H., Bakwena, M., Setlhare, L., Kolobe, M., Oageng, I., Setlhare, K., & Motswagae, T. (2020). Sustainable Development Goals, Botswana: A Case Study of Gabane Village in Kweneng District. Manila: Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).

• Siphambe, H. K., Kolobe, M., & Oageng, I. P. (2018). Employment Protection Legislation and Unemployment in Botswana. In A. Samir, Employment Protection Legislation in Emerging Economies (pp. 157-191). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

• Kolobe, M., Bakwena, M., & Siphambe, H. K. (2015). Analysis of Gender Wage Differentials: The Case of Botswana’s Labour Market. Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 15(2), 127-146.