SGCI Funded Project

Project Titles & Institution Areas of Research Mineral Technology, value addition, and/or beneficiation Number of Projects being funded 4 projects (2 collaborative and the other two solely by Botswana) Project…

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Project Titles & Institution

  • Coal fly ash derived filter media for pilot scale water purification: Botswana Institute for Technology, Research, and Innovation (BITRI)
  • Percolation leaching process for optimum gold recovery for artisanal gold mining: Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST)
  • Beneficiation of Nickel Cobalt ores for battery technology application: Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST)
  • Innovative machine learning applications for sustainable machine practises in Botswana: Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST)

Areas of Research

Mineral Technology, value addition, and/or beneficiation

Number of Projects being funded

4 projects (2 collaborative and the other two solely by Botswana)

Project Duration

19 months

Grant Amount

750,000 BWP per project

In-Kind Distribution

Salary for Principal Investigator and co-research excluding students

Council

Botswana Digital and Innovation Hub (BDIH) in partnership with the Department of Research S&T (DRST)

Collaboration with other councils

Research Council of Zimbabwe

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Project Titles & Institution Areas of Research Number of Projects being funded Project Duration Grant Amount In-Kind Distribution Council Collaboration with other councils

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