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A fact from Andrew Niikondo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Andrew Niikondo, acting vice-chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology, completed his secondary school education only at age 30?

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:46, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Andrew Niikondo, acting vice-chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology, completed his secondary school only at the age of 30? Source: "He obtained his standard 10 (now grade 12) certificate through distance education in 1992, at the age of 30."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jim Proudfoot (journalist)
Comment: Please note that I have a conflict of interest in this topic. Dr Niikondo is the boss of the boss of my boss.

Moved to mainspace by Pgallert (talk). Self-nominated at 14:08, 2 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

@Pgallert: There are a few matches here, although most seem to be proper noun phrases. The only concerning match is "obtained a PhD in Public Administration from", but there may be few ways to rephrase this. epicgenius (talk) 13:48, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]