Andrew Mwenda

Ugandan Journalist; Founder and Owner of The Independent, Uganda's Premier Current Affairs News Magazine

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Andrew Mwenda Biography

Andrew Mwenda is a print, radio and television journalist, and an active critic of many forms of Western aid to Africa. Too much of the aid from rich nations, he says, goes to the worst African countries to fuel war and government abuse. Such money not only never gets to its intended recipients, Africa's truly needy -- it actively plays a part in making their lives worse.

Mwenda worked at the Daily Monitor newspaper in Kampala starting in the mid-1990s, and hosted a radio show, Andrew Mwenda Live, since 2001; in 2005, he was charged with sedition by the Ugandan government for criticizing the president of Uganda on his radio show, in the wake of the helicopter crash that killed the vice president of Sudan. He has produced documentaries and commentary for the BBC on the dangers of aid and debt relief to Africa, and consulted for the World Bank and Transparency international, and was a Knight Fellow at Stanford in 2007. He has also written for international news media like Der Spiegel, the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times, and Foreign Policy. He also has produced documentaries for BBC World television and radio. In December 2007, he launched The Independent in Kampala.

Mwenda has also authored and co-authored articles for international academic journals like Africa Affairs, the Journal of Modern African Studies, the Review of African Political Economy, the Journal of Commonwealth Studies, the Journal for Contemporary African Studies, and the Journal of Democracy on top of publishing chapters in several books.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/08/2024.

Andrew Mwenda Videos

  • Andrew Mwenda - Bond Conference 2018
    Andrew Mwenda, journalist and entrepreneur, speaks at the Bond Conference on 26 February 2018.
  • News Night: Andrew Mwenda impresses as recites ancient Greek history
    Andrew Mwenda shows off his impressive memory by reciting lengthy passages from Will Durant's works on the ancient Greek civilization.
  • News Night: Andrew Mwenda shows his philosophical side
    In this episode of News Night Maurice and Andrew take a break from the usual politics as Andrew Mwenda impresses with his knowledge of classical...

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