Staff Profiles

MSc in Nursing (Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing)

BEd Nursing Education

Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery

I did my MSc in Nursing Midwifery at the University of Witwatersand, South Africa. I served as an internal examiner in the School of Nursing, University of Botswana. Served as a coordinator of Bachelor's program for three (3) years. Has researched in areas such as postnatal care,Adolescent health,Orphans and Vulnerable children, Challenges in Education, Poverty and Sexual Reproductive Health,Nursing and Reproductive practice in Botswana. A member of Tau Lambda at Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society in Botswana, Member of the East Central and Southern African College of Nursing. Served as a reviewer of African Journal of Midwifery and Woman's Health. Served as the board member on Nursing and Midwifery Council of Botswana, as a chairperson of the registration committee since 2010 to date. Served as The School of Nursing representative at the Nurses Association of Botswana/Botswana Nurses Union since 2009. Participated in the development of Botswana Obstetric Record. I am a Member of the taskforce that reviewed the Midwifery Curriculum and Intergrated the HIV and AIDS into the Midwifery Curriculum in the United States of America. Currently a member of the task force intergrating SRH and HIV and AIDS in the Ministry of Health. Attended several workshops to enhance my personal growth such as;Development of Midwifery and Neonatal standards, attended a workshop on setting targets for ending prevetable maternal death.

-Midwifery, Midwifery practice,Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, family Planning, Neonatal Nursing, Perinatal Nursing and High Risk childbearing families

- Midwifery ,postpartum care, Family planning, Adolescent 's Health, Adolescents and HIV and AIDS. Orphans and Vulnerable children, Sprituality and HIV and AIDS, Nursing and Midwifery practice,Community Home Based Care and Mental Health Services.

-Midwifery, Family Planning, Neonatal Nursing, Perinatal Nursing, Postpartum depression and HIV and AIDS

Maundeni.T Rapinyana,O, Seboni,N.M.& Baratedi,W., (2019). AIDS and Girl Children in Botswana. International Journal of Academic Research and Development.(Academic 3-5-22)

Rapinyana, O and Magowe .M. (2016). Experiences and needs of women who were discharged early after birth in selected settings in Botswana. African Journal of Midwifery,10,(3)

Kubanji, R. Rapinyana .O ., Phaladze. N.A & Molebatsi,K (2016).Correlates on Intentions to Abstain from Sex among HIV Positive Adolescents in Botswana. African Population Studies 30(2)

PhD Design and Sustainable Product Service System - Loughborough University, UK.

MSc Sustainable Product Design - Loughborough University, UK.

BDes (Design and Technology Education) - University of Botswana, Botswana.

Yaone Rapitsenyane is a Service Designer and a lecturer of Sustainable Design at the University of Botswana.  With over 10 years of university teaching and community engagement experience, he leads engagement activities such as workshops and collaborative teaching projects. His research interests work include imparting design capabilities in manufacturing and service SMEs, developing sustainable business models for SMEs and developing sustainable Product Service System curricula for African universities. He continues to publish in per-reviewed journals, book chapters and peer-reviewed international conferences. See a detailed scholar profile at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dAMqJ0IAAAAJ&hl=en

Design for Sustainability

Service Design for Sustainability

Product Styling

Graphical Communication

SMEs and Sustainable Design

SMEs and sustainable business models

Service design in the informal sector

Design education in the 21st century

An Assessment of Sustainable Design-driven Innovation in the Furniture Manufacturing Small Micro Enterprises in Zimbabwe

Book chapter

Rapitsenyane, Y., Njeru, S. and Moalosi, R., (2019). Challenges preventing the fashion industry from implementing Sustainable Product Service Systems in Botswana and Kenya. IN: Gwilt, A., Payne, A. and Ruthschilling, E.A. (eds.) Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion, London: Bloomsburry. ISBN: 9781350058149. DOI. 10.5040/9781350058170.ch-006.3  

Journal Articles

Rapitsenyane, Y. (2019). A Conceptual Review of Sustainable Innovation: A Driver for Growing the Manufacturing Industry in Botswana. Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation, Vol 5. Pp. 43-61. http://www.journalcbi.com/conceptual-review-of-sustainable-innovation-in-manufacturing-industry-in-botswana.html

Bhamra, T., Hernandez, R.J., Rapitsenyane, Y. and Trimingham, R. (2018). Product Service Systems: A Sustainable Design Strategy for SMEs in the Textiles and Leather Sectors. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Vol 4, No 3. pp. 229-248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.s

*** Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.

*** M.A. in Language Studies, University of Lancaster, UK.

*** PGDE in English pedagogy, University of Botswana.

*** B.A. in the Humanities, University of Botswana.

Prof. Connie Rapoo obtained her Ph.D. in theatre and performance studies from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She joined the University of Botswana in 1996 as a Staff development Fellow, and has been at UB as a theatre educator and academic. She teaches courses in Acting, Playwriting, Theatre & Tourism, and critical theories of performance. Rapoo has published in international reputable journals, including Critical Arts, Theatre Journal, Arts and Communities, and Social Dynamics. She established the inaugural Carnival Parade and festivities in 2016, generously sponsored by the First National Bank Foundation (Botswana). The initiative seeks to advance the University's strategic priorities of Engagement with the community, improving students' experience, and promoting Botswana arts and culture. Prof. Rapoo is the Vice Chairperson of the nascent National Arts Council of Botswana Board. She has also served in national committees that implement the 2003 and 2005 UNESCO conventions, and is part of the UNESCO Global Facilitators Network for the implementation of the 2003 Convention. An award-winning playwright, (inaugural winner of the Beverley Robinson Award for Playwriting at UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television), Rapoo believes there is a lot of talent in Botswana and thus enjoys mentoring young people on the skills of writing plays and putting Botswana stories and cultural experiences on stage and screen.

*** Acting; 

*** Playwriting;

*** Play production;

*** Theatre and Tourism

*** Critical theories of theatre & performance.

*** Creative industries for the implementation of SDGs; 

*** Intangible Cultural Heritage, heritage performance, cultural heritage tourism in Botswana

*** African theatre and indigenous performance traditions;

*** African youth popular culture;

*** Gender performance;

*** African diaspora;

*** Africa in the transnational imaginary.

*** Critical theories of performance & identity;

*** African theatre;

*** Contemporary theatre practice 

* Rapoo, C. (2021). “Culture Players and Poly-Ticks: Botswana Youth & Popular Culture Practices”. In Youth and Popular Culture in Africa: Media, Music and Politics, pp. 327-351. Paul Ugor, Ed. New York: University of Rochester Press.

* Rapoo, C. (2020). “Mobility and Cultural Consciousness in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Anowa”. Marang Journal of Language and Literature, 33: 190-201.

* Rapoo, C. (2015). “Conjuring Africa in August Wilson’s Plays”. In August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle: Critical Perspectives on the Plays, pp. 175-186. Shannon, S.G. (ed). Jefferson: McFarland & Company Inc. Publishers.

* Rapoo, C., M.L. Coelho, & Z. Sarwar, eds. (2014). New Perspectives in Diasporic Performance. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

* Rapoo, C. (2013). "Urbanized Soundtracks: Youth Popular Culture in the African City." Social Dynamics, 39 (2): 368-383.

* Rapoo, C. (2011). "Just Give us the Bones!: Theatres of African Diasporic Returns." Critical Arts: 25 (2): 132-149.

LLB (UB) 1989.

LLM (UNSW) 1999.

LLD (STELL) EXPECTED Dec 2020.

State Counsel Lands Division Attorney Generals Chambers (AGS) 1989-1991.

Prosecutor  Prosecutions Division AGS 1991-2002.

Registrar of Deeds AGS 2002-2004.

Attorney Segokgo Attorneys 2005 to date.

Part-time lecturer University of Botswana (UB) 2008-2009.

Fellow of the South African Research Chair in Property Law (SARCPL) 2016-2020, Stellenbosch University.

Senior Lecturer UB 2010 to date.

Land and Mineral Resources Law.

Conveyancing.

Notarial Practice.

Law of Evidence.

Introduction to Property Law.

Administrative Law.

Law of Sale, Leases and Credit Agreements.

Advanced Property Law ( Masters (LLM) )

Land and property rights.

Botho/Ubuntu and land and property rights.

Women and orphans and access to land.

Inheritance and land.

Criminal law and evidence.

Advanced Property Law

RS. Raseroka: Widows, land, property and inheritance rights: An analysis of affirmative action proposals in Botswana's 2015 Land Policy, with a legal comparative dimension. LLD Dissertation Stellenbosch University (2020) (unpublished dissertation)

Swartz, Kumar, Segokgo et al: Does abortion take a human life? Thomas Aquinas answers. Review of European Studies (2013) 5 88-98.

C Ng'ong'ola and R Segokgo: Expropriation of freehold land by slieght of legislative hand: Review of the Quarries of Botswana (Pty) Ltd v Gamalete Development Trust and Others, Court of Appeal CACLB 000036-10. University of Botswana Law Journal  (2012) 14 123-134.

Ph.D. @ Sabanci University, Turkey, 2017

M.Sc. @ Dalarna University, Sweden, 2009

B.Sc. @ University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, 2007

He completed PhD in Mechatronics with thesis, ‘‘Control of Converters as Source for Microgrid’’ in 2017, MSc, BSc in EE in the years 2009, 2007 respectively. 
He has been serving University of Botswana, as a Senior Lecturer since May, 2022. Earlier he served Sharif College of Engineering & Technology, Lahore as an AP, as a head of QEC and as a Head of Electrical Engineering Department till April 2022, UET-Taxila as an AP till April 2018, Sabanci Uni. as TA till July 2017, Hajvery Uni. as a Lecturer till 2012 and GC University Faisalabad as a Lab Engr till January 2008. 
Beside academic roles, he has served a vast range of industries through famous consultancy firms. His interests include control of converters with applications ranging integration of RESs, MGs, Smartgrid, electrical machines, EVs, electric steering/braking, robotic actuators, energy management, process control, cascade control applications etc.

Electrical Machines, Control of Converters, Power Electronics, MicroGrid, Smart Grid, High Voltage Engineering, Circuit Analysis & Design, Power System Analysis, Power Distribution & Transmission, Control System Design, Model Based Control, Modelling & Identification, Process Control, Motion Control Systems

Electrical Machines, Control of Converters, Power Electronics, MicroGrid, Smart Grid, High Voltage Engineering, Model Based Control

Electrical Machines, Control of Converters, Power Electronics, MicroGrid, Smart Grid, High Voltage Engineering, Model Based Control, Modelling & Identification, Process Control