Most people enter politics with a strategy.
Bogolo Kenewendo entered with a mission.
At just 30, she was appointed Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry in Botswana—making her the youngest female minister in the country’s history. But this wasn’t some feel-good diversity move. It was a bet on brilliance. And it paid off.
Kenewendo had already studied economics in the UK, worked at the UN, and advised on inclusive growth policies. When she took office, she brought that rare mix of technical precision and generational urgency—knowing that Africa’s future couldn’t afford more delay.
She digitized trade policy.
She fought for gender-responsive investment strategies.
She made youth economic inclusion a national talking point.
And when global platforms called—G7, UN, World Economic Forum—she showed up with intellect and fire, representing not just Botswana, but a new era of African women in power.
Bogolo doesn’t trade in flashy speeches or long manifestos.
She trades in real reform, real inclusion, and real innovation.
Now, through her initiative Molaya Kgosi (Women Leading), she’s lifting other women into boardrooms, cabinets, and corner offices—because she knows that power hoarded is power wasted.
She’s part of a new generation of African leaders who aren’t waiting their turn.
They’re taking the mic, shifting the narrative, and redesigning what leadership looks like.
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