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Keynote Conference Day Two - 17 March 2026
09:00 - 09:20
WELCOME REMARKS
Malege Tshepo Mhozya
Country Manager Botswana,,Spire Events, Singapore
Esther V Kanaimba-Senai
Chairwoman,,Women in Mining Botswana Organisation (WiMBO), Botswana
09:20 - 09:40
PRESENTATION: FROM PROTOTYPE TO PIT - LESSONS FROM DEPLOYING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FIELD
Professor Abid Yahya
Professor, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Botswana
ESG LEADERSHIP & GENDER-PROGRESSIVE PROCUREMENT
09:40 - 10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: GENDER-PROGRESSIVE PROCUREMENT
Boitumelo Felicity Ntsosa
Founder & Managing Director, Destiny Creek, Botswana (Session Chair)
Tumisang Mutshekwane
Director of Markets, VVE Global, Botswana
Karen Gibson
Renewable Energy Consultant, SOLTRAIN, Botswana | Chairperson, Solar Industries Association of Botswana (SIAB)
Unopa Sikuku
Founder & Sustainability, Environmental and Social Development Consultant, Serviceberry Business Empire, Botswana
10:30 - 11:10
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
NEW BUSINESS MODELS, LOCAL CONTENT & MANUFACTURING
11:10 - 11:30
PRESENTATION: DEVELOPING A NEW GROWTH MODEL FOR BOTSWANA MINING SECTOR
Matthews Bagopi
Acting CEO, Minergy Coal, Botswana
11:30 - 11:50
PRESENTATION: ASSESSMENT OF BOTSWANA’S MINING INVESTMENT CLIMATE FOCUSING ON FISCAL REGIME AND GEOLOGY POTENTIAL
Lebogang Loeto
Geologist, Department of Mines, Prospecting Licensing Division, Ministry of Minerals and Energy, Botswana
11:50 - 12:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: LOCAL MANUFACTURING & CITIZEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Segametsi Mafa
Managing Director,,Service Xcellence , Botswana (Session Chair)
Dr Gaone Makwinja
CEO, Tebelopele, Botswana
Boikanyo Kgosi
Organisational Transformational Expert, BoiKay Spectrum, Botswana
Sheri Gareikitse
CEO, Tatsand Mining Services, Botswana
Ajay Arora
Managing Director, Automate Africa, Botswana
12:40 - 13:00
PRESENTATION: NAVIGATING SUSTAINABILITY & ESG FRAMEWORKS IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
Unopa Sikuku
Founder & Sustainability, Environmental and Social Development Consultant, Serviceberry Business Empire, Botswana
13:00 - 14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
HEALTH, SAFETY & TALENT MANAGEMENT
14:00 - 14:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: GENDER, YOUTH & ACCESSING THE MINING & ENERGY INDUSTRY
Sally Kimangu
Founder,,Destination Imagination Botswana (Session Chair)
Nancy Kgengwenyane
Senior Associate,,Innolead Africa Consulting, Botswana
Tshepo Seetsela
Branch Manager (Acting),,Local Enterprise Authority, Gaborone, Botswana
Bogadi Keatlhotswe
Business Analyst,,Grandside Holdings, Botswana
Daphne Tshiamo Thapa
Managing Director, Strategy & Enterprise Development,,Collective Value Creation Botswana
14:40 - 15:00
PRESENTATION: SECURING FUNDING FOR YOUR PROJECT THROUGH BECI GUARANTEES BONDS AND PRODUCTS. A GAME CHANGER FOR BOTSWANA MINING AND ENERGY SECTOR
Segametsi Sethantsho
CEO,,Export Credit Insurance & Guarantees Botswana (BECI), Botswana
15:00 - 15:20
PRESENTATION: UNLOCKING CONNECTIVITY EFFICIENCY IN MINING
Nene Maiga
CEO, Orange Botswana, Botswana
15:20 - 15:50
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
MINING STUDIES, DATA, AI & ELECTRIFICATION
15:50 - 16:10
PRESENTATION: THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR MINING & ENERGY
Sally Kimangu
Founder,,Destination Imagination Botswana
16:10 - 16:30
PRESENTATION: ROLE OF SOLAR ENERGY IN GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION IN AFRICA
Ruan Hough
Business – Project Development Manager,,Solarcentury Africa, Namibia
ARTISANAL & SMALL SCALE MINING
16:30 - 16:50
PRESENTATION: ELEVATING BOTSWANA’S SMALL SCALE MINING SECTOR & CONTRIBUTING TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY
Tshepo Modibedi
President,,Small Scale Miners Association of Botswana (SSMAB), Botswana
EXHIBITOR PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY
16:50 - 17:30
THE AWARDS SELECTION WILL BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
- STALL RATING
- DELEGATE FEEDBACK
- SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT
17:30
CHAIR'S CLOSING REMARKS & END OF BOTSWANA MINING AND ENERGY CONFERENCE & EXPO