Edward Rakgati spent 16 years lecturing Energy related courses to both undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Botswana. He also researched, published and consulted in Energy related areas. One of the major research projects done was to lead the design a 20 kW distributed grid connected solar PV for Mmokolodi village which is currently under the implementation stage. Other projects that were carried out included: Energy Audit of both CADBURY plant and the CAMPHILL building of Orange Botswana. He then joined the Energy section of BITRI in August 2014 responsible for needs based research, development and adoption of Energy technologies in Botswana.