Anne Namakau Mutelo

Mutelo completed her primary and secondary education in Zamibia, and in 1977 she completed her high school education at Kalonga Secondary School in Kabwe.^[1]

Mutelo graduated from the University of Fort Hare in South Africa with a bachelor's degree in social Work. She also has a certificate in multilateral diplomacy from the Graduate Institute of International Studies. She also obtained a post graduate diploma in contemporary diplomacy from the University of Malta and Diplofoundation.^[2]

Mutelo was an AU and UNECA chairperson as well as the ambassador of the Republic of Namibia to Ethiopia in 2015.^[3] In 1991–1995, Mutelo was the desk officer for the Southern African Development Community (SADC). During that period, she attended several SADC summits as well as SADC-EU conferences, from 1995 to 1999. She was in Botswana as Deputy Ambassador at the Namibia High Commission.^[4]