Edite Ramos da Costa Tenjua (born 31 December 1972) is a São Tomé and Príncipe lawyer and businesswoman who was minister of justice from 2012 to 2014, served on the country's Constitutional Court from 2019 to 2020.
[3] Tenjua practiced as a lawyer in Portugal and Mozambique, before becoming director of the Tax and Legal Department of KPMG Angola.
[2] Tenjua is an entrepreneur and since 2006 the owner of TEN JUA Collection Fashion Brand, with stores in Sao Tome, Nigeria, and Portugal.
[2] She heads a foundation called El-Shaddai, which works with disadvantaged children in Africa to emphasise education.
[4][5][6] In 2019, she was the petroleum affairs advisor to the Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe,[2] before being elected to the Constitutional Court after three judges were dismissed following a disciplinary process[3] after being accused by Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada of taking bribes in a case related to the sale of brewery Cervejeira Rosema to an Angolan company.