Jane Ngineriwa Kambalame is Malawi's current High Commissioner to Zimbabwe and Botswana. Prior to this appointment she served in the Malawi mission to the United States of America and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malawi.

Career

Ms. Kambalame obtained her bachelor's degree in Public Administration from the

University of Malawi The University of Malawi (UNIMA) is a public university established in 1965 and until 4 May 2021, when the university underwent a delinking, was composed of four constituent colleges located in Zomba, Blantyre, and Lilongwe. Of the four colleges, ...

. She obtained her master's degree in International Policy and Diplomacy from Staffordshire University at Stoke-on-Trent. She then entered the Malawi foreign service as a foreign service officer. In 2004, she served as a diplomat in the United States. In 2013, she replaced Dr. Richard Phoya as High Commissioner to

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

and

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

Philanthropy

She is a strong supporter of NGOs working with women and children in Malawi. Whilst in the United States, she served as a board member of the

Malawi Washington Association Malawi Washington Association (MWA) was established in 1994 and is the first association in the United States that was organized to promote and retain Malawi and Malawian culture amongst Malawi's diaspora in the United States and Canada. It was fo ...

Human trafficking case

In 2016 Kambalame was found guilty in a default judgment of human trafficking after having brought a housemaid from Malawi, called Fainess Lipenga, confining her for three years in a house basement. Kambalame obliged Lipenga to work from 5am to 11pm for $100–180 per month. Kambalame did not respond or participate in the case.

References

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