Olivia Nthoi is a Senior lecturer, a published writer, consultant and academic researcher based in Botswana. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in Environmental Science and Archaeology (she won the University of Botswana Micheal Crowder award for the best student in the Archaeology Unit, 2008), a Post Graduate Diploma in Education and a Master of Arts (Development Studies – Sociology).
Her thesis was on Corporate Social Investment in the mining industry and Cultural heritage resource management in Botswana. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Philosophy at Chinhoyi University of Technology focusing on developing a framework for participation of rural communities in Botswana Tourism. She is currently the Botho University Faculty of Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism research committee Vice Chair. With her rich and dynamic research and academic background, she currently writes an educational seminal newspaper column for the Guardian Botswana named ‘Lets talk Tourism and Heritage’. Over the past 13 years she continues to mentor young people and publishes on issues of Heritage Management, development within communities, Education and Tourism Development. She practices mindfulness, is a community work enthusiast and enjoys travelling her spare time.
Book Chapters: Nthoi, O.U. (2022) Cultural Heritage Management as Corporate Social Responsibility: The Case of a Mining Company in Botswana in Maphosa, F and L, Maunganidze (Eds) Business and Society in Botswana: A Study in corporate citizenship. Under review by Palgrave Macmillian, Nthoi,O., Vumbunu,T., Lesolle, M.,Masala, T.,Seabenyane, M & Johwa, T. (2022) Prospects for Sustainable Tourism Product Diversification: The Creative Industries in Botswana Chapter 26 Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series (SIST,volume 284) Springer Nature Singapore Brown, B.A. and Nthoi, O. (2022), “Cultural Influences in Online Pedagogy and the Final Ends of African Higher Education”, Brown, B.A. and Irons, A. (Ed.) The Emerald Handbook of Higher Education in a Post-Covid World: New Approaches and Technologies for Teaching and Learning, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 289-314. (Nee Nthoi) Molefe, O. (2021) Economic Recovery and Strategic Transformation Planning for Tourism in Botswana. In: Abreu A., Liberato D., González E.A., Garcia Ojeda J.C. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems. ICOTTS 2020. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 209. Springer, Singapore. Nthoi, O. U. (2020). Cultural heritage practices and education for economic development. In Brown, B.A, Chipfuva, C, Henama U.S & Graham D, (Eds.), Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development in Botswana: A Handbook for Tourism Education. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Molefe, O. (2016). The contribution of Corporate Social Investment to Sustainable Cultural Heritage Resource Management in Botswana: The Case of Debswana Diamond Mining Company, pp 120 – 129. In Coetzee, D and O, Bialostocka (Eds). New African Thinkers. Human Sciences Research Council Press, Cape Town. Molefe, O. (2015). The relevance of the Manifest of Amsterdam to the architectural heritage management in Botswana: The need for a functioning and integrated system. In Lapa, T.; Tinoco, J.; Muro, S and Penna, K. (Eds). Forty years after the Declaration of Amsterdam: The past, present and future of integrated conservation. Recife: Editora Universitária da UFPE Journal articles: Nthoi O. (2020) A Framework for Universally Accessible Cultural Heritage Tourism Development and Management in Botswana. In: Rocha Á., Abreu A., de Carvalho J., Liberato D., González E., Liberato P. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Smart Systems. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 171. Springer, Singapore Keitumetse, S. and Nthoi, O. (2009). Investigating the impact of world heritage site tourism on the intangible heritage of a community: Tsodilo Hills World Heritage Site, Botswana. International Journal of intangible heritage, 04, 144-150 Conference proceedings: Nthoi, O. (2019). Developing inclusive tourism in Botswana. African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP): Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference, 26-27 November 2019: Africa: Diversity and Development. Dunedin, New Zealand (Forthcoming) Curriculum Vitae Page: 5 Molefe, O. (2017). Cultural heritage management and education in Botswana: Exploring integral management strategies for structural change. African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP): Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference, 5-7 December 2016: Africa: Moving the Boundaries (ISBN: 978-0- 9942689-2-1) Molefe, O. (2016). Re-defining Heritage Management in Botswana: Urban heritage and issues of valorization within an emerging economy. In: International Conference Inheriting the City: Advancing Understandings of Urban Heritage, 31 March to 4 April 2016, Conference Proceedings, Ironbridge International Institute of Cultural Heritage, University of Birmingham and National Taiwan University – Paper Accepted Keitumetse, S and O. Nthoi. (2008). The Impact of World Heritage Site Tourism on communities’ intangible heritage: Tsodilo World Heritage Site, pp185-194.In Amoeda, R et.al (eds). World Heritage and Sustainable Development: Proceedings of Heritage 2008 International Conference, Foz Coa, Portugal. Barcelos: Green Lines Institute ISBN 978 989 9567108
