Bogolo Kenewendo
Honorable Bogolo Kenewendo | |
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Bogolo Kenewendo at the World Investment Forum 2018 | |
| Minister of Minerals and Energy | |
| Assumed office November 2024 | |
| President | Duma Boko |
| Vice President | Ndaba Gaolathe |
| Preceded by | Lefoko Maxwell Moagi |
| Special Advisor and Africa Director to the United Nations Climate Change High-Level Champions | |
| Assumed office June 2022 | |
| High-Level Champions |
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| Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry | |
| In office 4 April 2018 – November 2019 | |
| President | Mokgweetsi Masisi |
| Vice President | Slumber Tsogwane |
| Succeeded by | Peggy Serame |
| Member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation | |
| In office 12 July 2018 – November 2019 | |
| Secretary-General | |
| Co-chairs | |
| Member of the Parliament of Botswana | |
| In office 27 October 2016 – 04 April 2018 | |
| President | Ian Khama |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1987 (age 37–38) Botswana |
| Nationality | Botswana |
| Education | University of Botswana (Bachelor of Arts in Economics) University of Sussex (Master of Science in International Economics) |
| Occupation | Economist and politician |
| Website | https://www.kenewendo.com/ |
Bogolo Joy Kenewendo (born c. 1987) is a Botswanan economist and politician. She serves as a Specially Elected Member of Parliament in the Botswana Parliament as of November 2024, she is the incumbent Minister of Minerals and Energy in the current administration after serving as Cabinet Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Botswana under President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi. After being dropped from cabinet in November 2019 she has served as the managing director of Kenewendo Advisory, based in Gaborone, Botswana. She leads Molaya Kgosi Women Leadership and Mentorship Program and the Board Chair of Molaya Kgosi Trust.
In June 2022, Kenewendo was appointed as Special Advisor and Africa Director to the United Nations Climate Change High-Level Champions.