Second Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
29 October -2 November 2022

Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa (Participant)

Dr Motshegwa is the incoming inaugural Director of the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) with the strategic portfolio to direct and support the AOSP. AOSP aims to position African scientists at the cutting edge of data intensive science by stimulating interactivity and creating opportunity through the development of efficiencies of scale, building critical mass through shared capacities, amplifying impact through a commonality of purpose and voice, and to engage in Global Commons to address continental and global challenges through joint action.
Globally, he is a member of the Open Science Clouds Executives' Roundtable (OSCER) that promotes collaboration in practice towards optimal global interoperability and reuse of data and services for the benefit of Open Science.
Regionally Dr Motshegwa has been Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Technical Experts Working Group developing and implementing the SADC Regional Cyber-infrastructure Framework - this to develop a shared regional commons of compute, data, networks and human capital to enhance regional research, innovation and education and host data and computationally intensive projects of regional impact.
Dr Motshegwa was seconded at the Ministry of Tertiary Education Research Science and Technology (Now Ministry of Education), Government of Botswana for 2 years around Botswana National Digital Transformation Initiative (SmartBotswana) regarding ''Education Towards a Knowledge Based Economy" and the digital transformation of the research , science , technology and innovation (RSTI) ecosystem of the country - including leading the development of the Botswana Research and Education Network (BotsREN).