Born in Etsha, Botswana, in 1970 Napemba is married and has a daughter and two sons. She learned weaving from her mother who wove patterned, bowl shaped baskets. Many of the women in her mother's generation did not know how to weave patterned baskets.

Napemba used to be a farmer as well as a weaver, but she now weaves baskets all year round. She likes to try out different designs, but her favourite pattern is the flower. She prefers to combine black dye obtained from Motlhakola (Euclea divinorun) roots, natural Mokola palm and Motsentsila (Berchemia discolor) which gives an orange-brown dye.

Napemba prefers to buy the raw materials when possible, as she doesn't like encountering snakes and other dangerous animals. However she does still collect them if other weavers are going collecting.