Meet Botswana’s new Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, 30-year-old Bogolo Joy Kenewendo.
She was one of the ministers appointed by Botswana’s new president Mokgweetsi Masisi.
Her pictures have gone viral on social media as people
across Africa are praising her appointment as a step in the right
direction.
In 2016, Kenewendo made news as the youngest member of parliament ever in the country.
She has reportedly done a lot for Botswana in the past.
According to botswanayouth.com, below are ‘facts’ about Kenewendo:
1. Kenewendo is from Motopi village in the Boteti area.
2. She holds an MSc in International Economics from the
University of Sussex (UK), a BA in Economics from the University of
Botswana and she is a certified Project Management PRINCE 2
practitioner.
3. Through her hard work Bogolo earned herself a 2012
Chevening Scholar to do her MSc in International Economics at University
of Sussex.
4. She was one of two Botswana youth delegates to the 64th
Session of the United Nations General Assembly. As part of this
responsibility, she was nominated to present a statement of African
youth to the Secretary General of the United Nations
5. Her areas of expertise include: Macroeconomic policy,
public debt management, trade policy, export development, trade in
services, regulatory frameworks, trade related issues, trade and
investment policy, industrial development policy, institutional
frameworks for policy formulation, poverty alleviation, financial sector
development, etc.
6. Not the one to be outshone Ms. Kenewendo was honored
with the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) award by JCI Botswana in
2012.
7. Following her encounter with the US first lady Michelle
Obama during her Yali experience pre-Mandela Washington fellowship in
2011, she and a friend formed the Molaya Kgosi Women Empowerment.
8. She previously worked as a trade economist in the
ministry of trade and industry in Ghana and was previously employed as
an economic consultant at Econsult Botswana.
9. Kenewendo is also a seasoned presenter and regularly provides analysis for local and international press.
Culled from MegaNews
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