Basuti
Bolo
Endowed Chair Educational Technologies at Africa University
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Basuti Bolo Bio
Basuti Bolo is an Endowed Chair Educational Technologies at Africa University in Zimbabwe, Member of Advisory Council for Online Learning of Africa University, United Nation Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Space4women Network mentor, International Academy of Space Law Ambassador to Botswana, Africa Space Tourism Society Ambassador to Botswana, Space for Women Ambassador to Botswana and Advisor to SpaceconneX.Bolo's initiative aims at
• Getting more women and girls to study the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and to enter the space sector in order to drive change and manage resources linked with women and girls career.
• Empowering women and girls to reduce gender inequality and to promote gender equality.
• Driving change on global resources monitoring and management, and finding solutions in managing on and off Earth environment for sustainable development using Information Communication Technologies, Global Navigation Satellite Systems, Space science and applications, and an Information System and Data Management geospatial information systems technologies.
Bolo has been working in the field of Information Communication Technologies, Space science, Geographical Information System, Remote sensing and Global Navigation Satellite Systems, land and water for more than 20 years.
She has also done research on Drone technology and applications.
Bolo is the
- Focal Point Person (Southern Africa Region) – (African Union) Global Monitoring of the Environment and Security (GMES) and Africa Academic Network (GAAN), African Union.
• Member and Focal Point Person (Southern Africa Region) – International student Recruitment of Africa University
• Member - Advisory Council for Online Learning of Africa University
• Ambassador - International Academy of Space Law, Russia
• Ambassador and Focal Point Person - Africa Space Tourism, Africa Region.
• Member - Global WomenTech Network, Global Region
• Focal Point Person - (African Union) Global Monitoring of the Environment and Security (GMES) and Africa Academic Network (GAAN). African Union
• Member - United Nation Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Space4women Network Mentor, United Nations
• Member - Africa50 Innovation Challenge Experts, Technical and Advisors, Africa Region.
• Member - Board of Advisors of SpaceconneX, Germany
• Member - Astronomical Society of Botswana
• Member - Women in Aerospace Africa. Africa Region
• Member - African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE). Africa Region.
• Member - AARSE technical working group_ Algorithms and Applications, Africa Region.
AWARDS
1. Winner of 2019 Africa Union Commission (AUC) sponsorship to attend African Space Generation Workshop (AF-SGW) and the African Leadership Conference (ALC) workshop on Space Science and Technology for sustainable development that were held from 30 November – 04 December 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
2. Winner of 2019 Africa Union Commission (AUC) sponsorship to attend the AUC workshop for establishing synergies between Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) and Africa, and Academia was held from 2 - 6 November 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia
3. Winner of 2019 International Astronomical Federation/United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) sponsorship to attend the 27th IAF/UN Workshop on “Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits: "Ensuring inclusiveness through space-based applications and space exploration"18 - 20 October 2019, Washington DC, USA
4. Winner of 2019 China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) Sponsorship to attend a training workshop at CAST, 29 June – 19 July 2019, Beijing, China.
5. Winner of 2018 United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) sponsorship to attend and present at the UN-High Level Forum 2018 on the Way-forward after UNISPACE+50 and Space 2030, 13 – 16 November 2018, Bonn, Germany.
6. Winner of 2018 United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) sponsorship to attended and present at the special UNISPACE+50 high-level segment of the 61st session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), 20 – 21 June 2018, Vienna, Austria
7. Winner of 2018 United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) sponsorship to attended UNISPACE+50 Symposium, presented and was one of the panel lists for Space for women side events,18 – 19 June 2018, Vienna Austria.
8. Winner of 2018 United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) sponsorship _ to attend and present a paper (Satellite Topographic Mapping: A key Space Technology for Sustainable Water Resources Monitoring & Management) at the United Nations/ Pakistan/Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water Management, 26 February – 03 March 2018, Islamabad, Pakistan.
9. Winner of 2017 United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) sponsorship _ to attend and present a paper_ (Space Based Geospatial Information for Food Security) at the United Nations/United Arab Emirates High Level Forum: Space as a driver for socio-economic sustainable development, 6 – 9 November 2017, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
10. Winner of 2017 United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) sponsorship_to attend and present a paper (Earth Observation Technology: A Sustainable Tool for Women To Monitor The Environment) at the United Nations Expert Meeting on Space for Women 4 - 6 October 2017, New York, United States of America.
11. Winner of 2014 – Botswana International University of Science & Technology (BIUST) Master’s Degree Scholarship_ to study MSc in Information System and Data management at BIUST.
12. Winner of 2014 United Nations Sponsorship _ attend and present a paper at the 3rd United Nations /Morocco International Conference on the Use of Space technology for Water Management in Rabat, Morocco.
13. Winner of 2013 United Nation Office for Outer Space Administration (UNOOSA) Sponsorship – to attend the 5th African Leadership Conference on Space Science Technology for Sustainable Development in Accra, Ghana.
14. Winner of 2012 UNESCO/International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Sponsorship – to attend and present a paper at the workshop on Science Application of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in Developing countries & Seminar on Development and use of Ionospheric NeQuick Model in Trieste, Italy.
15. Winner of 2010 United Nations sponsorship to attend UN International training course on Global Satellite Navigation Satellite Systems and Location Based Services in UN/ARCSSTEE, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.