NASHONGO ON FOOD SECURITY MISSION IN KAVANGO WEST

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2025-12-08

NKURENKURU, 17 November 2025 - John Nashongo, a former NBC video editor supervisor, explaining his mango tree project at the Kanyekama village in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

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By Lylie Joel

NKURENKURU, 08 DEC (NAMPA) - John Nashongo never imagined that his journey from the newsroom to the field would lead him to believe that Kavango West could become Namibia’s ultimate food basket.
The 45-year-old former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) supervisor resigned from his media career in 2022 to pursue a lifelong dream - growing mango trees in what he calls “the most promising agricultural reg...

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NKURENKURU, 17 November 2025 - John Nashongo, a former NBC video editor supervisor, who has ventured into a mango tree project at the Kanyekama village in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

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