Tangeni Amupadhi

Tangeni Amupadhi is a Namibian journalist. He is the Editor-in-chief of The Namibian, Namibia's largest English daily newspaper. In 2011 he took over from founding and long-serving editor Gwen Lister, who has been in the position for 26 years.[1]

Tangeni Amupadhi
NationalityNamibian
EducationHarvard University, University of Maryland College Park, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Occupation(s)Journalist, Editor
Years active1996– present
TitleThe Namibian, Editor

Amupadhi worked at the Namibia Press Agency, South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper, and The Namibian. He is a Fulbright scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park as well as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, both in the U.S. In 2004, together with several people, he set up Insight Namibia as a private media company bringing out a monthly business and current affairs magazine. He worked as the magazine's editor until 2011.[2]

In 2007, Amupadhi was runner-up in the best reporter for investigative journalism award category by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), after John Grobler.[3]

References
  1. "Amupadhi new editor of The Namibian". University of Harvard. 30 September 2011.
  2. http://www.inamibia.co.na/news/business/item/8491-tangeni-amupadhi-editor-designate-of-the-namibian.html
  3. "Journo of the Year". Truth, for its own sake. Retrieved 2023-05-15.


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