Staff Profiles

1. PhD in Economic and Management Sciences with Tourism Management (North-West University, RSA)
2. Master of Economics (Rhodes University, RSA)
3. Master of Financial Management (Amity University, India)
4. BComm Hons in Economics (Stellenbosch University, RSA)
5. BA (Economics) (University of Botswana)

Patricia Kefilwe Mogomotsi is an Associate Professor specialising in Natural Resources Economics. Since joining the University of Botswana in 2015, she has published over forty (40) journal articles and book chapters. Prof Mogomotsi has eighteen (18) published abstracts and she has made about thirty (30) referred conference presentations locally and internationally. She has also supervised fourteen (14) students at undergraduate and postgraduate level since 2015. Her research interests include natural resources management, environmental conservation, institutional economics and sustainable development, among others. Prof Mogomotsi has served as a peer reviewer for various international journals. She has won various awards internationally and she is a member of the Golden Key Society. She is currently serving as the coordinator of Training at the Okavango Research Institute. She was a Guest Editor, Pula: Botswana Journal of Development Studies Volume 32(1). 

Natural resources management, human-wildlife conflict, environmental conservation, water economics, tourism economics, institutional economics, climate change and variability and sustainable development, among others

Natural resources management, human-wildlife conflict, environmental conservation, water economics, tourism economics, institutional economics, climate change and variability and sustainable development, among others

The socio-economic impacts of human-wildlife interactions, carbon and water footprints estimations, climate change and livelihoods, and water economics among others

1.Mogomotsi, PK.et al.(2020). Factors Influencing Community Participation in Wildlife Conservation. Human Dimensions of Wildlife,25(4)

2.Mogomotsi, PK.et al.(2020). An Analysis of Communities’ Attitudes Toward Wildlife and Implications for Wildlife Sustainability. Tropical Conservation Science,13:1-9

3.Mogomotsi, PK.et al.(2020). Developing a framework for sustainable coexistence between eco-tourism and agriculture in Botswana. Nature&Faune, 33(1),38-43

4.Mogomotsi, PK.et al.(2020). Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of Small-scale Farmers in Ngamiland East, Botswana. Climatic Change. 159,441–460

5.Mogomotsi, GEJ, Mogomotsi, PK and Mosepele, K.(2020). Legal aspects of transboundary water management: An analysis of the intergovernmental institutional arrangements in the Okavango River Basin. Leiden Journal of International Law,33(2):391-408

Dikabo Mogopodi holds a PhD in Analytical Chemistry.She has previously worked as a researcher at Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation in a team that developed diagnostic kits for animal diseases. She has lectured Chemistry at Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources where she also participated in several externally funded research projects. Dikabo has also worked as a senior research scientist at Botswana Geological Institute and also at National Food Technology Research Center.

Dikabo is an Associate of the Organization for the Prohibition Chemical Weapons since 2017 and is a Tony Elumelu Alumni (2018). She serves as a board member for Botswana Academy of Sciences (BAS) which plays an advisory role in the quality of science to Botswana Government. Dikabo serves in the Secretariat committee for African Network of Analytical Chemists which is funded by International Programme in the Chemical Sciences. Dikabo is Next Einstein Forum Ambassador for the year 2020-2021. She serves in the executive committee for the Organization for Women in Science in Developing Countries Botswana Chapter as a founding member.

Chemometrics, Biochemical Analysis and Sample Preparation

BSc(UB) 1995, MSc (University of Bradford) 1997

Taught courses include: Introduction to software engineering; Introduction to computing fundamentals; Functional programming

• Software engineering
• Introduction to ICT

• Software process improvement
• Software engineering

BSc (Botswana) MSc (Cranfield) MPhil (Stellenbosch) PhD (Pretoria)

Dr Mogotsi is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, currently domiciled in the Department of Accounting & Finance. Previously, he taught Information & Knowledge Management courses in the Department of Library & Information Studies, also here at the University of Botswana. He served as Head/Chair of the Department of Accounting & Finance in the period January 2015 through December 2017. Before joining the University of Botswana, he spent a decade working as an IT practitioner initially at the (Botswana) Department of Water of Affairs, but also in the banking sector (Botswana’s National Development Bank), and latterly as a consultant specializing mainly in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He has been with the University of Botswana since March 2000.

Information Systems; Information Science.

Information Systems; Information Science.

Information Systems; Information Science.

* Mogotsi, I.C & Sam C.O. (2012), Ethical and behavioural challenges among undergraduate business majors: Evidence from Botswana, Botswana Journal of Business, Vol. 5, No. 1; pp. 21 – 33.
* Mogotsi, I.C., Boon, J.A. & Fletcher, L., (2011), Knowledge sharing behaviour and demographic variables amongst secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, Botswana, SA Journal of Information Management, Vol 13 No 1.
* Mogotsi IC (2007), News analysis through text mining: A case study, VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 37 No. 4, 2007, pp. 516 – 531.
* Mogotsi IC & Mannathoko IZ (2001), Spatial Data Management for Water Resources Management, Information Development, Vol 17 No 3, pp 147 – 153, September 2001

Master of Education (Mathematics Education)

Mathematics Education

Mathematics 

Critical thinking in teaching and learning mathematics

Geometry teaching and learning

Teacher education

Mogotsi, S.M., Kesianye, S.M., Garegae K.G.  (2018). Teachers and students views pertaining to the teaching and learning of school geometry in Botswana junior secondary schools. Lonaka Journal of Learning and Teaching Vol. 9 No. 1

Mogotsi, S. M. (2016). Good performance by Asian students in International Mathematics Comparative Studies: What lessons can Botswana learn? Lonaka Journal of Learning and Teaching pp. 8-15

Garegae, K. G. Kesianye, S. M. & Mogotsi, S. M. University of Botswana wins the bid. AFRICME Newsletter 2016, p. 1