Joan Christel Biwa

Joan Biwa is currently employed as an acquisition and retention manager at Old Mutual Namibia. She was recently asked to act as operations manager in her department. Joan Christel Biwa enjoys working with people and finds it important to cultivate good working relationships with diverse stakeholders. In her personal capacity, she is the founder of an arts-based NGO called Art-Reach, which responds to the social challenges faced by the youth by providing alternative platforms of expression and engagement through the arts. Joan holds an undergraduate qualification in Financial Accounting and a postgraduate diploma in Marketing with various qualifications in Management. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington fellowship, she intends to optimize on the skills and networks gained from the program to ensure that Art-Reach is a successful and impactful organization making a distinct difference in the upliftment of the youth in Namibia.