Staff Profiles

PhD in Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (University of New Brunswick)

MSc in Urban Land Appraisal (University of Reading)

BSc (Hons) in Surveying Science (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)

Diploma in University Teaching (University of New Brunswick)

Land Administration Specialist and Licensed Land Surveyor

Dr Nkwae has 27 years of teaching and research experience besides another 2 years at the Department of Surveys and Lands as a land surveyor. In his teaching career, he has worked for 2 years as a lecturer in the former Botswana Polytechnic and about 25 years at the University of Botswana in the Department of Civil Engineering. He has worked in  several local and internationally funded projects which include - Engineering Education Foundation (EiF): Online Support for Extended Learning for the Geomatics Engineering Education (Principal Investigator); UN Habitat - Documenting Land Inventory Processes in Botswana (Principal Investigator); International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) - Managing Land Information for Urban Governance (Principal Investigator); Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada - A  Handbook on Issues Surrounding Linking Science and Local Knowledge in Coastal Areas: Canadian Case Studies (Co-Investigator); SADC Centre for Land-related, Regional and Development Law and Policy (CLRDP) - Operational Framework for Post-settlement Support Interventions (Co-investigator); Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) - Building Capacity in Land Administration in Southern Africa (Co-investigator); Ministry of Lands and Housing (MLH, Botswana) - Improvement of Land Administration Processes, Capacity and Systems (The LAPCAS Project): Member of the Steering Committee.

Courses: Introduction to Land Administration, Advanced Land Administration; Special Studies in Land Administration, Tribal Land Management, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Land Administration, Cadastral Surveying Practice, Engineering and Mining Surveying

Juridical Cadastres - land tenure and sustainability, indigenous tenure systems, peri-urban land issues, land reform and post-settlement strategies

Fiscal Cadastres - CAMA systems

Land Management Information Systems in the Knowledge Economy

National Spatial Data Infrastructures

CAMA systems

Modelling land application processes using GIS and analytic hierarchy process

Impact of land use land cover and climate change on the inflow into the water bodies in Botswana

LIS in developing countries