PROFESSOR EMMANUEL BOTLHALE

PROFESSOR EMMANUEL BOTLHALE

Nationality: Motswana

 Ph.D. in Urban Studies & Public Affairs (Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA); (ii) Master of Public Administration [Public Finance] (New York State University at Albany, New York, USA) and (iii); Bachelor of Social Sciences [Economics & Public Administration] (University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.

 

Appointed 2022

  • Emmanuel Botlhale (Ph.D.), a Full Professor of Public Administration at the University of Botswana's Department of Political and Administrative Studies, focuses mostly on teaching and researching Public Finance. His secondary fields of study and research include Research Methodology, Project Management, Public Governance, Public Budgeting, and Financial Administration.
  • He has published extensively in highly ranked peer-reviewed journals such as Forum for Development Studies, Social Responsibility Journal, Journal of Public Procurement, Poverty and Public Policy, Journal of Social Development in Africa, and Development Southern Africa. His publication record comprises 1 book, 1 unpublished PhD dissertation, 40 journal articles, and 17 book chapters.
  • He has served as a trustee and Board Chair of the University of Botswana Defined Contribution Pension Fund (UBDCPF) for many years, representing pension fund shareholders in that capacity.
  • Professor Botlhale has deepened his knowledge of the retirement fund sector in Botswana, the region, and the world by serving as the Committee Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulation 2 Committee (PFR2 Committee). He is often commissioned to act as a resource person; e.g., (i) “A baokamedi ba dipenshene ba ka sekisiwa ke maloko fa dikamogelo tsa bone di tla di le ko tlase?”, BPS BTV Panel Discussion, 6 April 2017; (ii) Update on the revised Pension Prudential Investment Rule (PFR 2), Botswana Pensions Society 2019 Annual Conference, Cresta Maun Hotel, Maun, 25-26/2019; and (iii) Capital Markets in the East African Community; developing the buy side, 26 April 2017, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Lastly, and most significantly, through his sustained scholarship and long service in the UBDCPF, he has accumulated a wealth of experience and competence in local and African markets over the years.