Background and career
Bogolo Joy Kenewendo (born c. 1987) is a Motswana 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 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.

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