Botswana is adopting cloud computing technology, and in the future, it will be dominated by more cloud data centers that will require more power supply from the grid. Botswana Fibre Networks (BoFinet) has planned to ...

Dyes are the main textile pollutant present in natural water bodies that pose a severe threat to human beings and other living organisms. To overcome dye wastewater pollution, Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) especially ...

Coal mine development relies on the availability of accurate geological data, its analysis and the application of geological data to coal mine design. The collection, analysis and official use of drill hole and coal quality ...

The use of multiple transmitters in a turbulent free-space optical (FSO) communication link can enhance the systems performance because greater received power can improve receiver sensitivity. Nevertheless, the effect of ...

Over the years, the cost of production at Peak Mine Midlands, Zimbabwe, has been high due to oversized rock fragments. This led to increased mining costs far above what was planned by the mine. Initial investigations showed ...

In pursuit of carbon neutrality, the demand for metals that are necessary for the development of clean energy technologies is rapidly increasing. Metallurgical waste, such as slag, presents a promising secondary source of ...

The rise in global freshwater consumption, inefficient water use and population growth are the main drivers of water scarcity and food insecurity. This study analyzed the green, blue and economic water productivity (GWP, ...

Change in land use and land cover (LULC) is an area of interest in landscape ecology due to its adverse environmental impacts on wildlife habitats. At local, regional, and global scales, the fragmentation and obstruction ...

Home-made alcohol-related deaths are a significant public health issue which is often overlooked. To date, approxi-mately 30 people have died following the consumption of home brewed alcoholic beverages in Botswana. The ...

Coal mining causes various problems such as land subsidence, pollution of water sources, fines generation and air pollution. Mining companies spend a lot of money annually to mitigate the impact of fines generation. This ...