Linah Kelebogile Mohohlo (13 February 1952 – 2 June 2021) was a Botswana banker and university chancellor. She was the first female Governor of the Bank of Botswana from 1999 to 2016. She was also the first female Chancellor of the University of Botswana, serving from 2017 to 2021. Mohohlo was a member of the Commission for Africa. She was also part of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten individuals who advocate for equitable and sustainable development in Africa. Education Mohohlo was born on 13 February 1952. She completed a diploma in accounting and business at the University of Botswana, a bachelor's degree in economics at George Washington University,and a master's degree in finance and investment at University of Exeter. She also took part in an executive management programme at Yale University. Career Mohohlo was the Governor of the Bank of Botswana from 1999 to 2016, following a 23-year career with the Bank, during which she worked in support and policy areas (e.g. Board Secretariat, Human Resources, Research and Financial Markets Departments). She has also worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a Special Appointee. In her capacity as Governor of the IMF for Botswana, she was a member of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC: 2000-02), representing the Africa Group 1 Constituency, which comprises 21 Sub-Saharan African countries. In addition to having been a member of the inaugural Botswana Economic and Advisory Council, Mohohlo served on boards of major corporations in Botswana and abroad. Among her several international engagements, she was appointed Eminent Person in 2002 by the former Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, charged with the responsibility of overseeing the evaluation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s. She also served as a member of the Commission for Africa that was chaired by the former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair; the Commission's Report, “Our Common Interest”, was published in 2005. Mohohlo was a member of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Committee on Financial Services for the poor. She sat in the Investment Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and has co-chaired the meeting of the World Economic Forum for Africa in Cape Town in May 2011. Mohohlo was also a member of the Africa Progress Panel (APP), a group of ten distinguished individuals who advocate at the highest levels