African History Series: Samora Machel and the Struggle for Mozambique
Samora Machel was the first President of Mozambique, serving from the country's independence in 1975 until his untimely death in 1986. A leading figure in the struggle for Mozambique’s independence f...
21 Jul 202424min
Milele Energy, the DFC, and US Embassy in Sierra Leone's Corrupt Energy Sector
About a month ago, the United States International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Nisha Biswal, attended a ceremony in Freetown to launch the “construction of ...
8 Jul 202442min
African History Series: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe and African Liberation in South Africa
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, described as the forgotten leader of the South African independence struggle, was an anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) ...
29 Jun 202428min
Corporate Gangsters, Rogue Elites, and Colonial Diplomats in Sierra Leone
In this episode, we discuss the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)'s acquisition of the Western Area Power Generation Project and the role of the US-financed company, Mi...
24 Jun 202448min
Dictatorship, Crisis, and Corruption in Sierra Leone
Launched in early December 2023, the Africanist Press Podcast aims to give voice to African communities through the production of weekly audio broadcasts that analyzes ongoing events in Africa as part...
16 Jun 202442min
Sierra Leone's Electricity Corruption and the Lebanon Connection
In this episode, we continue to examine the privatization of Sierra Leone's National Power Authority (NPA) in 2011 and the history of the Western Area Power Generation Project. We discuss details of ...
27 Mai 202453min
DFC Funding Electricity Corruption in Sierra Leone
In this episode, we examine the role of the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in Sierra Leone’s electricity corruption, showing how the DFC inherited a corrupt electricity contract f...
12 Mai 202448min
Corporate Gangsters and Electricity Corruption in Sierra Leone
In 2011, Sierra Leone politicians enacted a new electricity legislation that created two parallel institutions, the Electricity Generation and Transmission Company (EGTC) and the Electricity Distribut...
5 Mai 202455min
