Mooketsi Bennedict Tekere

Mooketsi Bennedict Tekere

Botswana
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Botswana born- entrepreneur. I live in Africa. I believe in the African continent and…

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Experience

  • Botswana Digital & Innovation Hub Graphic
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    Francistown, North-East District, Botswana

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    Gaborone, South-East, Botswana

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    Gaborone

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    Gaborone

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    Gaborone, South Eastern, Botswana

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    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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    Gaborone

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    Francistown, Botswana

Education

  • University of Rwanda Graphic

    University of Rwanda

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    Activities and Societies: MBA in Impact Entrepreneurship

    MBA in Impact Entrepreneurship program, offered by the University of Rwanda in partnership with E4Impact and the Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore in Italy.

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    Activities and Societies: Digital Innovation Digital Health Digital Coding Digital Tech

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    Activities and Societies: Private Equity and Venture Capital Area in Africa Development Models Early Stage Investing Startup Economy

    Development Finance


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    Activities and Societies: Corporate Social Responsibility Models for Corporate Botswana Startup and Social Ventures for Social Good Social Change Data Science for Social Change

    Program Management
    Management of Social Grant and Programmes
    Social Change
    HIV/AIDS Management in the Workplace
    Health and Wellness Policy Formation
    Ethics , Innovation and Health in the Workplace
    Monitoring and Evaluation for Social Change

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    Activities and Societies: Language models and Language Centres i.e LLMs Pedagogy in Education Research and Leadership for EDTECH Business and Entrepreneurship International Politics and Foreign Policy on Education

    International Merit Exchange Program funded by DAAD. DAAD scholarships are aimed primarily at graduates, doctoral students and postdocs and are awarded for study and research visits to universities and non-university research institutions in Germany.

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    Activities and Societies: ECommunication Coaching Mentoring Pedagogy Capacity Building Report Analytics and Writing

    Coding for Language
    English for Business Communication
    Research Analytics
    Psychology of Work
    Literary Work
    Publishing and Stylistics
    Environmental studies

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Coach

    VC4A

    - Present 8 years 2 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Pipeline of Startups
    Coaching, mentoring and deal-flow
    Access to Angels, VCs, and Funds of Funds
    Dealflow for incubation, accelerators and angel networks

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    Advisor

    International Chamber of Commerce

    - Present 6 years 3 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Business Botswana Chamber of Commerce
    Dubai Chamber of Commerce

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    Implementation Specialist

    SAP Africa Code Week

    - 4 years 3 months

    Education

    Impact +50000 learners learn scratch coding, +5000 teacher learn to code, +100 coding clubs setup across the country in Botswana , +25 ecosystem partners onboarded, +3 cabinet ministers launch the program with our company, + 5 development partners fund the project extra.

    Feel free to google about this.

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    Managing Director

    Global Entrepreneurship Network

    - Present 11 years

    Economic Empowerment

    1) coordinate the Global Entrepreneurship Week Botswana
    2) Lobby the Government of Botswana entrepreneurship policy
    3) Connect entrepreneurs to the GEN network
    4) Partnerships with corporate companies and organisations interested in championing tech entrepreneurship in Botswana and beyond
    5) Local and international events on entrepreneurship

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    Business Botswana

    - Present 7 years

    Economic Empowerment

    1) Co-founder of the Emerging Services Sector which represents the emerging technology startups in the chamber of commerce at country level
    2) Represent the technology startup and startup network at HLCC ( High Level Consultative Council) that meets with His Excellency the President of the Republic and Government Cabinet and Permanent Secretaries on all matters related to economy and trade
    3) Advisor to the President of Business Botswana on all matters of economy, startups and startup…

    1) Co-founder of the Emerging Services Sector which represents the emerging technology startups in the chamber of commerce at country level
    2) Represent the technology startup and startup network at HLCC ( High Level Consultative Council) that meets with His Excellency the President of the Republic and Government Cabinet and Permanent Secretaries on all matters related to economy and trade
    3) Advisor to the President of Business Botswana on all matters of economy, startups and startup act and new policies for technology driven enterprises
    4) Policy advisor to the chairman of the of ICT sector
    5) Ecosystem chairman for the startup network and emerging services sector - i act as the bridge between the private sector leadership and the ecosystem actors

  • President

    Botswana Startup Network

    - Present 9 years

    Economic Empowerment

    The Botswana Startup Network is an initiative of GEN Botswana founded in Gaborone aimed at building the Startup and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Botswana. GEN as supporting partner has presence in 42 African countries and 170+ countries globally
    With the support of the ecosystem actors, startups, innovators, corporate and development partners the project is at seed stage.
    Partners of the project; Business Botswana, Stanbic Bank Botswana, The WorldBankGroup

  • Advisory Committee Member

    Botswana Digital Economy Council

    - Present 7 years

    Economic Empowerment

    - Member of the ICT Sub HLCC
    - Future Leaders Chairman
    - Emerging Future Services contributor
    - Insights for the HLCC on Tech and Digital

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    Acceler8 Advisory Council Member

    Stanbic Bank Botswana

    - 3 years 10 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Acceler8 Advisory Council Member

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    Ambassador

    One Young World

    - 6 years

    Education

    Empowering and developing young leaders to build a fair, sustainable future for all in Africa. The annual summit convenes the brightest young talent to accelerate social impact. Forum For Young Leaders. Creating lasting impact. Promoting Leadership. Young Leadership Alliance. Selected in 2013 to 2015 as Ambassador.

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    Investors Advisory Committee 2023

    VC4A

    - Present 1 year 8 months

    Science and Technology

    Vc4A Early Stage Start-up Investors Advisory Committee for 2023

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    Program Coordinator

    Raspberry Pi

    - Present 4 years 1 month

    Education

    I setup code clubs across Botswana schools. Our code clubs are currently 12 in Selibe Phikwe, 31 in Gaborone, 7 in Francistown, 2 in North East.

    The code clubs operate in government primary schools and secondary schools.

Publications

Courses

  • Development Finance in Africa

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  • Diamond Foundation Course

    https://www.debeersgroupi

  • Driving Corporate Innovation in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

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  • Experience in Funding Business Start-Ups

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  • Export Training Course.

    WESGROCAPETOWN

  • Future of Work (World Bank Open Learning Campus)

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  • Introduction to Early-Stage Investing

    https://www.westerncape.g

  • Investor Readiness for Startups

    AFRILABS

  • Mentor-Driven Capital

    https://academy.vc4a.com/

  • Mentor-Driven Capital

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  • Putting Industry 4.0 into Practice

    http://von-scheel.com/ind

  • Startup School-YCombinator

    2021

  • Startups; Incubators- Co-working- and Accelerators Modelling

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  • Valuation of Startups

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Projects

  • Botswana Startup Ecosystem

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  • Global Entrepreneurship Week Botswana

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    Tens of thousands of events, activities and competitions take place during Global Entrepreneurship Week each year. Connect with a vibrant ecosystem of entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and other startup champions in 170+ countries.

    In Botswana we have successfully coordinated well over 5 calendar events in collaboration with diverse partners, banks, development partners, tech entrepreneurs, academic institutions, and the list is on on on...

    See project
  • 3x3x3 Scale Up Residency

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    This program is mainly for Botswana early-stage digital B2B SaaS startups with initial traction, solid team, and a focus on one of these areas; Agritech,FinTech,CleanTech,Edtech. 


    Program Outputs

    Curation of tech-driven startups (1-8) for investment (sector-agnostic startups)

    Curation of angels and venture capital for dealflow funding (residency to boardroom facilitation))

    Curation of startup success stories (blueprint model for replication, innovationshowcase)

    See project
  • Botswana Business Angels Network (BBAN)

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    Syndication of wealthy individuals with intent to invest in early stage startups in Botswana.
    This project has been supported by the World Bank
    The project has now been taken over by the National Strategy Office -which is Government think-tank in Botswana.

    See project
  • Africa Code Week

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    Coding and digital skills are becoming the new ABCs making digital literacy fundamental to the jobs of the future, particularly in the fields of STEM. We have supported the launch of this project as implementation partner.

    Other creators
    • GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
    See project
  • Botswana-Rwanda Trade Mission

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    Partnership between Tony Emeleu Foundation(TEF) Rwanda and GEN Botswana.
    Ten (10+) startups facilitated into a business mission into Rwanda.

    See project

Honors & Awards

  • Chief Start-up of the Year

    Global Entrepreneurship Week

    Startup Ecosystem Leader

  • One Young World Ambassador

    One Young World

    One Young World Ambassador 2013 for Botswana

  • Top 30 Under 30 Influential Young Person in Botswana

    St Louis Export Unplugged Crystal Chats


    Read this article for insights!

    http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=15790

Languages

  • Chinese

    Elementary proficiency

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

Organizations

  • SPAGHETTI VALLEY

    CO-FOUNDER

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    Spaghetti Valley is a new innovative startup house for digital startups and offers residency to digital companies and startup in north of Botswana. The Spaghetti Valley innovation center is location in the City of Francistown, Botswana

  • Global Entrepreneurship Network

    National Host Chairman

    - Present

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