Joan Smit: Captaining Namibia’s first netball team after independence, working as World Netball’s Africa Regional Development Manager & much more!

This episode, World Netball’s Africa Regional Development Manager Joan Smit, discusses the importance of netball to her growing up, her experiences captaining Namibia’s first netball team following their independence, and her journey to working for World Netball as well as what her job entails now. Joan also reflects on the growth of netball within Africa, and the importance of the Netball World Cup 2023 being in Cape Town, South Africa.