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Mogapi Gobuamang (born 09 April 1973 in Thamaga) is a Botswana Telecommunication Engineer who is working as a CEO at [./Https://www.digitalgae.com/ Digitalgae Technologies]

Early life
Mogapi hails from the village of Thamaga in Kweneng, where he attended Gobuamang Memorial School for his primary education and Thamaga Secondary School for his secondary education. He later completed his senior secondary education at Moshupa Secondary School. Following his service in the National Service Programme (Tirelo Sechaba) as a primary school teacher at Dovedale Primary School, he enrolled at Jwaneng Technical College to pursue a National Craft Certificate, which he successfully obtained in 1998.

In 1999, he secured employment with the company that sponsored his National Craft Certificate program at Jwaneng, known as Askari PTY LTD. During his tenure at Askari, he underwent short courses at the Botswana Telecommunication Academy, focusing on cable construction and customer fitting. In 2002, he transitioned to GDS Botswana. Concurrently with his employment at GDS, he pursued part-time studies with ABMA UK in Computer System Engineering. Later, he engaged in long-distance education with Pen Forster Career School in the US, ultimately earning a Diploma in Telecommunication from Penn Forster.

Upon completing his Diploma in Telecommunication at Penn Forster, he pursued a BSc in Telecommunications in the United States of America at Atlantic International University, Hawaii. Following the attainment of his degree, he commenced his career journey at Orange Botswana in 2008 as an IP technician. Within a year, he earned a promotion to the role of Network Deployment Engineer.

In 2012, he ventured to Angola to join Internet Technologies Angola, one of the largest ISPs in the country, serving as a Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer. Returning home in 2016 after fulfilling a four-year contract, he joined the newly established ISP, Paratus. After a brief stint with Paratus, he reconnected with GDS Botswana, assuming the role of Operations and Technical Manager. Currently, he serves as an interim CEO. Recently, he completed his master's degree in project management in construction at Atlantic International University.