Usko Nghaamwa
Usko Nghihepavali Nghaamwa (born 18th January 1944) is a Namibian businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He's originally from Oipapakane village in the Ohangwena Region. Nghaamwa is a member of SWAPO. Political career 
Nghaamwa has been the governor of the northern Ohangwena Region from 2005 to 2020. In December 2022, Nghaamwa was elected to the SWAPO Party Central Committee. Philanthropy 
Nghaamwa is well known in the North of Namibia where he has donated to communities by giving school infrastructure, food to the needy, scholarships, plus flood and drought aid. In 2021, he donated one N$ 100,000 for the new Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) campus to be constructed in Eenhana, 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. Nghaamwa regularly donates to different schools in Ohangwena region, among them Omungwelume Secondary School which in 2023 has been renamed UN Nghaamwa Secondary School in his honour. Private life
Nghaamwa is married to fellow SWAPO politician Lucia Nghaamwa, a former member of parliament. They have own farms in the Kavango East and Ohangwena regions. References

1944 births
Living people
People from Ohangwena Region
SWAPO politicians