text: Africa's Youngest Minister Is Opening Doors For Women And Girls
  In 2011 she met former First Lady Michelle Obama in Washington D.C. as a participant in the Young African Leaders Initiative, a fellowship begun in 2010 by former the US State Department.
  After completing her studies in the United Kingdom and obtaining a master's degree in international economics from the University of Sussex, Ms. Kenewendo qualified to be an economist in the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Ghana. Prior to that position she had been an economic consultant at Econsult Botswana , a policy research organisation.
  When Mr. Khama handed the presidency over to Mokgweetsi Masisi in April 2018, the new president appointed Ms. Kenewendo to Botswana's cabinet to take charge of investment, trade and industry—a move gender activists in the country considered a well-deserved promotion.