BIUST decries �wasteful� research efforts

Totolo made the concession in response to a question yesterday, during the launch of the BIUST strategy. An industry player questioned the rationale behind having many institutions with related mandates in a population of just over two million.

Totolo said prior to the opening of the Palapye-based university, related institutions such as the University of Botswana (UB)’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET), Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation and Botswana Innovation Hub, among others, were due to rationalise.