Botswana’s first Astrophysics PhD: Ntwaetsile reaches for the stars
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 2180 Views |
To the skies: Ntwaetsile is a STEM trailblazer
Mmegi: Kindly provide your brief background, where you are from, your primary and secondary education, how you made your choice of study at tertiary and what that choice was?
Ntwaetsile: I am Dr Kushatha Ntwaetsile, a Computer Scientist turned Astronomer. I graduated with an MSc in Computer Science from BIUST. Before then, I had obtained my undergraduate Degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Sunderland in collaboration with Botswana Accountancy College. Recently, I obtained a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Hertfordshire-UK, making me the first Motswana to obtain a PhD in Astrophysics.
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