Angela joined German Sparkassenstiftung (DSIK) in 2017 as a Project Officer for the Zambia project. She moved to the position of Director in 2021 and later moved to the Namibia project as Country Representative and Project Manager in 2022.

Her professional experience includes working as an Account Executive at Young Designers Advertising-Namibia, Cooperate Affairs Assistant at Skorpion Zinc Mine-Namibia, Trade Affairs Office Assistant at the Egyptian Embassy-Zambia, interning and volunteering for organisations such as the Bank of Zambia Financial Sector Development Unit and Youth Alive Zambia.

She holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Industrial Psychology, Post Graduate Certificate in retail banking, Investment advisor and stockbrokers qualification. Among other skills, she is a Master Trainer for the DSIK Business Games

Charmaine began working at German Sparkassenstiftung in February 2023 as a Junior Consultant for the Namibia office.

Prior to this role, she gained professional experience as a business development analyst at Upperville trading cc, centre manager at Otjinene Covid-19 Centre, Agricultural instructor at Khomas Academic centre, and part-time tutor at the University of Namibia-Department of Agricultural Economics-Neudamm campus.

She holds an honours degree in Agriculture majoring in Agricultural Economics as well as a Higher Diploma in Agriculture from the University of Namibia. Additionally, she has obtained a Certificate in Professional Writing, Management reporting and Presentation Skills from the University of Science and Technology, and a Certificate in Essentials of Anti-Corruption I: The basics from U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre