Patience Namadingo (born 28 May 1989) is a Malawian gospel singer and songwriter.^[1][2][3][4] In 2010, he released his second studio album titled Tili ndi Yesu (We have Jesus) that included the hit “Mtendere”, which became the number one selling gospel album between 2010 and 2012 in Malawi.^[5]

Namadingo was born on 28 May 1989, in a family of three children in Kapalamula Village, T/A Nsamala in Balaka district.^[4] He obtained his honorary doctorate degree in community development by the University of South Africa (Unisa).^[2][6][7]

In 2007, Namadingo released his debut studio album called “Goseni”.^[4] He released his second studio album in 2010 titled “ Tili ndi Yesu” that included the hit “Mtendere”, which became the number one selling gospel album between 2010 and 2012 in Malawi.^[5] His song "Mapulani" hit million views in five months.^[8][9] Namadingo is signed to Ndefeyo Gospel (a sub-label under Nde’feyo Entertainment). In 2022, Namadingo and Giddess Chalamanda shared the stage at Spring Show in Cape Town, South Africa.^[10] The two made headlines on the international scene with their mash-up popularly known as Liny Hoo.^[10] He has collaborated with artists such as Grace Chinga Moffat,^[11] and Lulu, among others.^[12] In 2021, Namadingo took part in a competition in SADC countries where he sung 9 songs in different African languages of Southern Africa. The songs that were released as part of the initiative were Osazofika done in South Africa's Zulu, Batswana Aleteng done in Tswana, a language spoken in Botswana, Mupfungwa Dzangu done in Zimbabwe's Shona and Ndimangofuna do^[13] ne in Chichewa. Some other songs were Letsatsiatsi done in Sotho language spoken in Lesotho, Still More done in Zambia's Nyanja and A Toua Espera done in Portuguese, a language spoken in Mozambique, Angola of Namibia.^[14]

Namadingo is married to Rehanna Rice and in 2022, they released a song titled "Bafumu Wane".^[15]

In 2023, Namadingo moved to Zambia.^[16]