{"id":9678,"date":"2018-04-05T22:50:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T04:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9678"},"modified":"2018-04-05T22:51:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T04:51:34","slug":"botswana-fg-swears-in-30-year-old-minister-twitter-reacts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/botswana-fg-swears-in-30-year-old-minister-twitter-reacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana FG swears in 30-year-old minister: Twitter Reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Botswana\u2019s new president Mokgweetsi Masisi has sworn in his 18-member cabinet on Wednesday which includes the country\u2019s youngest member of parliament (MP) Bogolo Joy Kenewendo.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9680 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/B7B89999-ADAA-49F4-8276-62F86F7ADF37.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/B7B89999-ADAA-49F4-8276-62F86F7ADF37.jpeg 426w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/B7B89999-ADAA-49F4-8276-62F86F7ADF37-284x300.jpeg 284w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/B7B89999-ADAA-49F4-8276-62F86F7ADF37-100x106.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/>The 30-year-old economist, media commentator and policy analyst first joined parliament in 2016 as a specially elected MP by former president Ian Khama, and she is now the Investment, Trade and Industry Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment as a minister makes her the country\u2019s youngest minister and one of few women to ever gain political leadership in the landlocked Southern African country.<\/p>\n<p>This feat has generated a lot of reaction from many young Africans on social media who were not only admiring her good looks, but rethinking the choice of older political leaders in their countries.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that Bogolo Joy Kenewendo holds an MSc in International Economics from the University of Sussex (UK) as a 2012 Chevening Scholar, a BA in Economics from the University of Botswana and she is a certified Project Management practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>As one of two Botswana youth delegates to the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Bogolo was nominated to present a statement of African youth to the Secretary General of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9681 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/89069A30-484B-42D9-B997-554DEB37A9F0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/89069A30-484B-42D9-B997-554DEB37A9F0.jpeg 312w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/89069A30-484B-42D9-B997-554DEB37A9F0-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/89069A30-484B-42D9-B997-554DEB37A9F0-100x144.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/>She was also a women\u2019s empowerment advocate as she and a friend formed the Molaya Kgosi Women Empowerment group following her Mandela Washington fellowship in 2011 which offered her the opportunity to meet former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Bogolo Joy Kenewendo lived in Ghana after her Masters and worked as a trade economist in Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Trade and Industry after a previous employment as an economic consultant at Econsult Botswana. She has won several awards including the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) award by JCI Botswana in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>After a disclosure of her background and experience, the tweets of admiration continued with criticism of Africa\u2019s leadership which is saturated with elderly statesmen and women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botswana\u2019s new president Mokgweetsi Masisi has sworn in his 18-member cabinet on Wednesday which includes the country\u2019s youngest member of parliament (MP) Bogolo Joy Kenewendo.\u00a0The 30-year-old economist, media commentator and policy analyst first joined parliament in 2016 as a specially elected MP by former president Ian Khama, and she is now the Investment, Trade and 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