Africa and the Curse of Foreign Aid
Andrew Mujuni Mwenda
Sunday, 15 Apr 2007 at 3:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Andrew Mujuni Mwenda is currently a Knight Fellow at Stanford University. Since 2004, he has been political editor for the Daily Monitor newspaper, Uganda's leading independent daily. In addition to supervising a staff of reporters, Mwenda writes two columns a week. He also hosts a prime time current affairs radio talk-show every weekday evening. He began his journalism career at Monitor Publications Limited, first as a reporter, then assistant editor for investigations. From 2002 to 2004, Mwenda was general manager of KFM radio. He earned his bachelor's degree in mass communication from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. He also studied at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Mwenda is the coauthor, with Roger Tangri, of a forthcoming book on corruption in Uganda.Cosponsored By:
- African Student Association
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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