Tangeni Amupadhi is a Namibian journalist. He is the Editor-in-chief of ''

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'', 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. Amupadhi worked at the

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, South Africa's ''

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'' newspaper, and ''The Namibian''. He is a

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scholar at the

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as well as a

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, 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.http://www.inamibia.co.na/news/business/item/8491-tangeni-amupadhi-editor-designate-of-the-namibian.html

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