The Botswana Information Technology Society (BITS) is the national professional body for ICT practitioners and organisations in Botswana
The Botswana Information Technology Society (BITS) is the national professional body for ICT practitioners and organisations in Botswana, established to promote professionalism, ethical practice, and skills development within the ICT sector. BITS provides a platform that brings together government, industry, academia, and ICT professionals to support national digital transformation and policy engagement. The Society advocates for standards, continuous professional development, and credible ICT regulation in the public interest. BITS is also a member association of TICON Africa, aligning Botswana’s ICT profession with regional and continental best practice.
The Botswana Information Technology Society (BITS) is convening national stakeholder consultative meetings to shape Botswana’s ICT Professional Self-Regulation Framework. These engagements bring together government, industry, academia, regulators, employers, and ICT practitioners to validate proposed standards, ethics, professional practice, and accountability mechanisms for the ICT sector. The consultations aim to ensure that the framework is inclusive, locally relevant, and aligned with national development priorities and global best practice. Inputs gathered will directly inform the final policy and legislative proposals that define the future of ICT professionalism in Botswana. This process strengthens trust, protects the public interest, and elevates ICT as a regulated and respected profession.
Soft launch of the Women in ICT chapter
These are women who are ICT professionals, business owners, girls in ICT program coordinators, and those interested in iCT. The chapter recognises that ICT is an enabler for identifying problems, finding solutions and implementing solutions using ICT. It includes professionals from academia, government, private sector and independent individuals working and using ICT. The chapter is one of the Special Interest Groups for Botswana I.T Society. And it is also affiliated to Women in TICON Africa, having BITS as a member association.
Some of the BITS special interest groups are cybersecurity, Youth, AI, research, Software Development. And sub committees on Finance, Membership and advocacy, Standards, and Training and Education committees.