Fransisco Aupa Indongo (born January 15 1936), is a prominent Namibian businessman and former politician. He owns Continental Enterprises, Indongo Toyota, Frans Indongo Gardens, Farm Gelukwater, Select Service and Gas Station and various shares in mining and fishing companies in Namibia. He is the father-in-law of prominent lawyer

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and prominent banker Wosman Hamukonda. He is third on the list of Namibia's top ten richest people, behind the Pupkewitz and Olthaver & List families.

Business career

Indongo opened his first business, which made bricks, in the late 1950s. With the profits from that business, he bought sewing equipment for cloth making, which he sold in

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. In 1961, he opened a small shop in Omusimboti, Oshana which eventually allowed him to open a chain of supermarkets across the country. Indongo owns a large number of properties across Namibia, including prominent locations in

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as well as holdings in the sugar and fishing industries. He is a very well known successful entrepreneur

Political career

Indongo entered politics in the 1970s as a leading member of the National Democratic Party, which became part of the

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following the completion of the

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in 1977. At the Turnhalle Conference, Indongo was an important member of the

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delegation. He was Minister of Economic Affairs in the Owambo legislative assembly from 1975 and from 1980 a Minister in the Owambo Second Tier Representative Authority.Frans Indongo
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, led by

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. He resigned from politics in the late 1980s to manage his business affairs.

Honours

In 2001, Indongo received an honorary doctorate in business administration from the

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. In 2003, a street was named after him in downtown Windhoek. Indongo owns Etango Complex in Oshakati, one of the highest standard buildings in northern Namibia.

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Interview with Dr. Frans Indongo by Bertil Högberg on 15 June 2005 within the project Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Southern Africa
1936 births Living people Namibian businesspeople People from Oshana Region Popular Democratic Movement politicians Ovambo people University of Namibia alumni National Democratic Party (Namibia) politicians Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice politicians Government ministers of Namibia 20th-century businesspeople 21st-century businesspeople 20th-century Namibian politicians {{Africa-business-bio-stub

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Political career

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