VDr. Joseph Mwelwa (Dip. Ed, Cert. INSET, MEd, PhD), is a Zambian national. He is BUD Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and has over 27 years of experience in education at secondary and tertiary education levels: He is a Language and Literature expert; Bilingual education researcher, Education and Training Consultant, Founder - Bangweulu University Development; Founder - Joint Minds Consult www.jointmindsconsult.com Teacher, Resource teacher, former Provincial Resource Centre Coordinator, Ndola, Copperbelt South; Senior Lecturer, Molepolole and Tonota Colleges of Education, Botswana. Former Country Managing Partner – Joint Minds Consult. – Botswana. He is qualifications development specialist and university learning programme developer. Dr. Mwelwa Conceptualised the Bangweulu university Development (BUD) project and has been working on the Project since 2013. Secured the land for the university from Chief Kasoma Bangweulu. Dr Mwelwa has been identifying and assembling technical teams and consulting firms and has been leading university development efforts for the project both in Zambia and abroad in Botswana, South Africa, West and East Africa, the UK, Italy, Canada and the United States. He has conducted research and developed reports for the15 Science Granting Councils in Africa.He is Lead author of the influential report on open science in Africa http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-031 Dr. Mwelwa has made presentations on open science in Botswana, South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. jointmindsconsult@gmail.com

Dr. Patrick Dibere Molutsi (BA, M.Phil, Post grad, Dip, PhD) Motswana. He is BUD – Director of Academic Programme Development. A reputable sociologist. Former Senior Lecturer, Dean – Faculty of Social Sciences, Lead – Global Research project – IDEA – Sweden, Executive Secretary – Tertiary Education Council and CEO- Human Resource Development Council. Country Managing Partner- Joint Minds Consult. www.jointmindsconsult.com Country experience include work in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and supervision of democracy and governance research projects in Georgia, Armenia, Bangladesh, South Korea, Peru, El Salvador, countries of Latin America, Italy and New Zealand. He is an expert in change management processes, monitoring and Evaluation, institutional analysis, project cycle management, project management, strategic planning, project evaluation and design of academic qualification and programmes.– He will lead the academic team as director – BUD - in programme design and development and quality assurance systems and standards. He has vast experience in developing and implementing university institutional standards. He has strategic links in UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Italy, Australia, The USA, Canada, The African Union secretariat, SADC, East Africa, among many others. Molotsi.jointmindsconsult@gmail.com

Mrs Lily Chipazi (Psychologist) With MSc. Educational Psychologist; MSc Business Psychology; Diploma in Child Clinical Neuropsychology. She is also a certified; • Emotional Intelligence Trainer • Marriage Family Counsellor • Essential Skills Specialist • Grief, Loss & Trauma Counselling • Addiction & Family Counselling • Single and Step parenting counselling • Depression & Anxiety Management Specialist • Outcome Based Assessment Specialist Lily Chipazi is a seasoned Curriculum Developer, Educationist, Counsellor, Educational Psychologist, Lecturer, Life Skills and Emotional Intelligence Training Consultant in Botswana and Zimbabwe. She has extensive experience in Programs, Materials and Curriculum Development. As Director at Joint Minds Consult, Botswana responsible for training and development she was the lead consultant in the development of the forth coming Bangweulu University’s Curriculum Development. She has also developed numerous BOTA accredited training modules. She has also done considerable amount of work on gender related initiatives. She was the lead person on the UNICEF funded Girl-Boy Education Movement and did a lot of work in streamlining gender issues in the school curriculum and Ministry of Education and Skills Development Initiatives. As a distinguished author and material development specialist, she has 8 Life Skills books and 5 Teacher’s Guides to her credit. As a lead author, Lily Chipazi demonstrated incredible teamwork in ensuring timely delivery of quality manuscripts. She single handedly developed 132 manuals on varied mental health topics for First Aid Counselling, a Botswana based online counselling service provider. She also co-authored and published learner and facilitator materials for Out of School Education Program (Botswana) Funded by UNICEF She has extensive experience in planning, managing, conducting, and evaluating training workshops for teachers, education officers and learners on Life Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Guidance and Counseling and HIV and AIDS. Lily. Chipazi has also proved her mantle in youth development initiatives. As the Associate Project Director at Education Development Center (EDC), Lily Chipazi gained immeasurable experience in networking, project planning and management of staff and meeting project targets. She has also proved her management skills in successfully running the EDC Botswana office as its Country Director where she also managed sub- contractors such as University of Botswana and Steppingstone International working with EDC and Project AIM Field Staff, Facilitators and AIM Ambassadors. Lily Chipazi is a goal orientated team player who is easy going and has an incredible sense of humor.