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Five things to know about Namibia's first woman president

Naimbia's president-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. [AFP]

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will become one of Africa's few women leaders when she is inaugurated as president of Namibia on Friday.

Here are five things to know about the next leader of this stable and mineral-rich country of around three million people in the south of the continent.

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