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The Botswana Accountancy College, also known as BAC/bac is a business school located in the city of Gaborone, Botswana. Initially funded ans established through a joint venture between The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning and Debswana, the college caters for both the accountancy and IT tertiary needs for the country. BAC has two main campuses; the main campus being located in Gaborone, and the secondary one in Francistown. The college has collaborations with both The University of Derby and the University of Sunderland.

History
The BAC was established in 19996 as joint venture between the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), The Debswana Diamond Company and the Botswana Institute of Accountants (BIA), enrolling 349 ACCA, CIMA, AAT and NCC diploma students. The objectives of the college were to  reduce  the reliance on expatriate  accountants  and in  the long term  to  be a self funding  project. BAC is a company limited by  guarantee  with three sponsors as the shareholders. The MFDP and Debswana funded BAC until 2007. The Gaborone Campus is located in the Fairground Office Park of south-east Gaborone.

BAC opened its second campus in Francistown, locates in the city centre at Barclays Plaza, in 2007 with 45 AAT students.

Programs
The Botswana Accountancy College offers a veriety of Accounting, Business, Insurance, taxation and Computing course, including:


 * CIMA
 * ACCA
 * AAT
 * CIA
 * MSc in Strategic Management (In collaboration with the University of Derby)
 * MBA Strategic Management (In collaboration with the University of Derby)
 * BSc Hon Applied Business Computing (In collaboration with the University of Sunderland)
 * BSc Hon Systems Engineering (In collaboration with the University of Sunderland)
 * Business Process Outputing (BPO)

Stakeholders
There are a number of stakeholders in BAC, the most notable including:

With Strategic Partners including:
 * Ministry of Finance
 * Ministry of Education
 * Debswana
 * Botswana Institute of Accountants (BIA)
 * Tertiary Education Council (TEC)


 * The University of Derby
 * The University of Sunderland
 * The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS)
 * The Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA) among others

Alumini

 * Michael Lesolle FCCA ACPA - Executive Director
 * David Cropper FCMA - Director of Academic Affairs
 * Mpho Gabonewe BCom, ACCA, MBA - Finance and Administration Manager
 * Galamoyo Male MSc, BSc - Director of Computing Programmes
 * Tebogo Mophuting MSc - Marketing & Corporate Development Manager
 * Prinah Setlogelo BSc, MScHR - Human Resource manager
 * William Sekgatsa BA - College Registrar
 * Benjamin Yeboah BSc Hons - Francistown Centre Manager

Course Managers:


 * Goodwill Nkala BA (Hons), MBA - Course Manager in Computing and Information Systems
 * Oscar Chomba MBA, AIISA - Insurance Programmes Director
 * Ayton Namwaza-Banda Bcom, Msc, ACCA - AAT Course Manager
 * Elliot Luka MBA, FCCA, ACPA, ACFE - CIMA Course Manager
 * Moses Mwalyambwile FCCA - ACCA Course Manager
 * Brian Chiyangwa MBA, ACCA, ICB - CIA Course Manager
 * Cecilia Ramabu BCom, ACCA, MBA - Course Manager BURS Taxation Coarse
 * Nametso Laletsang ACMA, ACPA, BSc - Course Manager BA (Hons) Business Enterprise Degree program
 * Aubrey Mbewe ACCA - Programme Leader - BA(Hons) Accounting and Finance