Personal Background

Country of Birth: Botswana
Nationality: Motswana
Present Country of Residence: Botswana

Education:

• BA (Econ) University of Botswana, Botswana, 1996
• MA (Econ)University of Manchester, 2000

Carrier History:

• Research Fellow -  Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) December 2004 – Present.
• Business Analyst -  Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA), Feb 2003 – November 2004.
• Research Fellow  -  Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), September 2002 – January 2003.
• Associate Researcher, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), August 2000 - September 2002.
• Assistant Research Fellow, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA), August 1997 – August 2000.
• Assistant Research Officer, Research Department, Bank of Botswana, September 1996 – July 1997.

Research Interest

• Primary Interests: Industrial Economics, International Trade, Macroeconomics.
• Secondary Interests: Welfare Economics, Environmental Economics.

Languages

Fluent in Setswana and English

Computer Expertise

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• E-views
• Microsoft power-point
• SPSS

Work Experience

• Drafting and Coordinating the BIDPA briefing (BIDPA)
• Assist Senior Research Fellows in preparing project proposals, undertaking literature review, data collection, econometric analysis and drafting of reports (BIDPA)
• Lead research teams in undertaking research, drafting and editing reports as well as presenting research findings to clients.
• Participating in several reference groups and guiding consultants in various projects. (BIDPA and PEEPA).
• Responsible for the compilation of Balance of Payments Statistics (BoB)
• Drafting of Terms of References for various studies (PEEPA)
• Performance Review of Public Enterprises (PEEPA)
• Managing consultancy teams (PEEPA)

Major Project Activities

• Diagnostic Study for the Botswana One Stop Service Centre for Agriculture (BW OSSCA) and the Pioneer Rural Industries Centre (PRICE) - PEEPA
• Review of the performance of the Botswana Agricultural Marketing Board (BAMB) – PEEPA.
• Lead Researcher for the CEDA Food Industry Study, Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, 2002.
• Involved in a study on the Botswana Industry Review, Stanbic Bank, 2002.
• Involved in a study on the Botswana Industry Review, Stanbic Bank, 2001
• Involved in the Botswana Economic Mapping Study, Government of Botswana/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2001/2002. The study informed the development of a competition policy for Botswana.
• Undertook study on Measures Affecting Trade in Services in Botswana (with Magdeline Gabaraane), Southern African Trade Research Network (SATRIN), 2001.
• Secretary to the Privatisation Task Force Sub Committee for the North Western and Western Botswana consultation process.
• Part of a team on the Strategic Petroleum Storage Needs Assessment for Norconsult (A Norwegian Consulting Company) as part of its Oil Storage Development Programme Feasibility Study for the Government of Botswana, 1998/99.
• Worked on the Assessment of Botswana Telecommunications Services, Southern African Trade Research Network, 2002
• Part of a team working on the first Botswana Human Development Report, United Nations Development Programme, 1997.                                          
• Reference Group Member of several studies and activities including, the establishment of the Botswana Tourism Development Board and Fund, National Development Plan 8 Mid Term review, the Foreign Direct Investment Strategy and Law, development of the Competition Policy for Botswana, development of the Investment Strategy and Law, Toll Roads Study (On going) etc.

Selected Certificated Courses Attended

• Advanced Business and Financial Analysis, Botswana, 12th – 15th October, 2004.
• Professional Development Course on Innovations in Road Management and Finance, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 2 – 14 November 2003.
• Public Enterprise: Restructuring and Privatisation, International Law Institutte in conjunction with the Georgetown University, Washington D.C, March 31 – April 18, 2003.
• The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Regulatory Workshop for TRASA Members Regulatory Authorities on Competition Policy, Gaborone, 24 – 28 February, 2003.
• Introduction to Project Finance Training Course, National Treasuty PPP Unit, Pretoria, 25 – 26 November, 2003.
• Applied International Trade Bargaining Course, University of Capetown, Capetown, July 1 – 10, 2002.
• Computable General Equilibrium Models for Policy Analysis, Gaborone, July 27 – August 7, 1998.

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