Usko Nghihepavali Nghaamwa is a

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He's originally from Oipapakane Village in the Ohangwena Region. A member of SWAPO, Nghaamwa has been the Governor of the northern

Ohangwena Region Ohangwena is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Eenhana. Major settlements in the region are the towns Eenhana and Helao Nafidi aa well as the self-governed village of Okongo. , Ohangwena had 150,724 registered voters. Ohang ...

since 2005. In December 2010, he was reappointed to the position where he served until 2020.President Pohamba appoints governors
The Southern Times, 9 December 2010 Nghaamwa is well known in the North of Namibia where he has donated to the communities by giving school infrastructure, food to the needy, scholarships, plus flood and drought aid. In 2021, he donated one hundred thousand Namibian dollars to the new Nust campus to be constructed in Eenhana, in the Ohangwena region his home region. He also hosts an Usko Nghaamwa Marathon, with latest events having been hosted in collaboration with athlete Simon Shokonawa on 18 January 2022, his birthday.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Ohangwena Region SWAPO politicians {{Namibia-politician-stub