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Geotechnical Information is very important for urban planning. This therefore calls for improved collaboration by urban planners and geotechnical engineers/geologists. This collaboration has tremendous potential to improve the quality and reduce the cost and impact of new infrastructure developments.

This was revealed by Mr. Koketso Gabriel Botepe, BGI Manger Applied Geoscience at the presentation during Palapye Sub-District Council meeting recently in Palapye. This is part of stakeholder...

In its endeavor to improve its ability to listen to the heartbeat of the earth, and monitor the seismic events in Botswana effectively, Botswana Geoscience Institute, has unveiled its plans to establish a Botswana Seismological Research Bureau. This initiative is in addition to the completion of the installation of twenty-one (21) real-time Seismic Monitoring stations across the country with a spacing of approximately 200km apart.

Speaking during the stakeholder meeting in Gaborone recently, Mr...

Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) & Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) held the 2018 Remote Sensing Seminar on November 02, 2018 in Lobatse.

This is an annual event that follows the established a Remote Sensing Center in Lobatse through a Memorandum of Collaboration signed in 2008 by then Geological Survey Department. Through this collaboration, JOCMEC carries out technical projects in geologic remote sensing. The agreement also involves other Member countries from the SADC...

Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) and Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that marks the beginning of a relationship to collaborate on several areas.

In this collaboration, each party will support each other towards the fulfilment of its respective mandate that includes Research and Development.

BGI CEO, Mr Tiyapo H. Ngwisanyi, applauded the signing of the MoU and described it as a milestone that will help BGI...