Bogolo J. Kenewendo is an African economist and Managing Director of Kenewendo Advisory. She is the former Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry of Botswana. She holds an MSc in International Economics from the University of Sussex (UK) through the prestigious Chevening Scholarship. She is a certified Project Management PRINCE 2 practitioner and a BQA accredited trainer on economic issues.
She is also the Program Leader of Molaya Kgosi Women Leadership and Mentorship Program and the Board Chair of Molaya Kgosi Trust. She is a member of the United Nations Secretary-General (UN SG) António Guterres’ High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, advising him on a rising global trend and how the UN can push for more cooperation in that space. She is also a World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader (YGL, 2019) and a member of the WEF Global Future Council for Global Public Goods in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. She recently joined the RDC Properties board as a Non-Executive Independent Director.
As the Minister, Kenewendo championed and introduced policy changes and doing business reforms including reducing cost and time to start a business in Botswana from 49 days to 7 through implementing an online business registration system, reforming licensing requirements, introducing digital economy strategy, and development of e-commerce ecosystem, introducing Supplier Development Program for SME onboarding in various value chains; increased foreign direct investments in one year against the target of the last 5 years. As Minister, she oversaw and served as the shareholder’s representative on 11 state-owned enterprises including one on development finance. She also chaired several trade agreement negotiations including a post-Brexit agreement with the United Kingdom, chairing on-behalf of SACU and Mozambique, the Joint Council Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, and the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement on behalf of SACU.
- Bio source – https://www.cgdev.org/expert/bogolo-j-kenewendo
>>Other good references – Don’t Be Comfortable in Being ‘Only Woman’ At the Table – Bogolo Kenewendo (Interview/article) https://africanfeminism.com/dont-be-comfortable-in-being-only-woman-at-the-table-bogolo-kenewendo/