Audrey Sathekge

Audrey Sathekge serves as a key procurement professional within the U.S. Agency for International Development/Botswana (USAID/Botswana), supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen health systems and advance sustainable development across Southern Africa. In this role, she manages the acquisition of professional, scientific, and technical services critical to HIV/AIDS prevention, primary healthcare delivery, and institutional capacity building. Her work ensures that contracting activities align with U.S. foreign assistance priorities and local government-led development strategies, emphasizing performance-based outcomes and local ownership. She typically handles complex, service-based acquisitions requiring deep technical expertise in public health programming and systems strengthening. While no specific contractor relationships are currently identifiable in the data, Sathekge’s procurement portfolio consistently engages a diverse array of international and local service providers, including NGOs, research institutions, and technical consultants with demonstrated experience in global health and development. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for partners capable of delivering adaptive, evidence-based solutions in low-resource settings, often requiring cross-sector collaboration and robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks. Sathekge exhibits a balanced approach to socioeconomic set-asides, with equal weighting between open competitions and Local Area Set-Asides under FAR 26.2, reflecting a deliberate strategy to prioritize Botswana-based firms and regional capacity development. This pattern underscores a commitment to building local institutional resilience and fostering sustainable procurement ecosystems rather than relying on external contractors alone. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 541990—All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services—encompassing technical assistance, epidemiological analysis, health systems design, and social service integration. She procures services that support data-driven decision-making, community health outreach, and policy advisory functions, demonstrating specialized expertise in public health program implementation and donor-aligned technical service delivery.