New Radio Show: Africa Now!

WPFW 89.3FM Every Sunday @9:00pmET

Feb 16, 2007
by Ruth Castel-Branco

Check out our new radio show on WPFW 89.3FM.

This show, hosted by Akenji Ndumu, and produced by a collective of Africans about Africa, airs every Sunday at 9:00pm E.T.

This upcoming February 18th edition will be produced by 50 Years Is Enough. Check out the line-up below and listen in!

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SEGMENT 1: Land, technophilia, and development
What is the way forward on development for the African continent? Megaprojects? A new green revolution? While funds are flooded into large agricultural projects like the most recent Gates/Rockefeller innitiative we are left wondering, who actually benefits from these development strategies, and who loses.

Part 1: Yala Swamp, Kenya. Guest: Nunu Kidane, Priority Africa Network.

For more info on this topic check out:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070212/flanders
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/34803
http://otienoamisi.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/storm-in-yala-swamp/

Part 2: The Gates Foundation and the New Green Revolution In Africa. Guest: Sameer Dossani, 50 Years Is Enough.
The newest Gates megaproject involves developing a new green revolution in sub-Saharan Africa. And the new hires to undertake this project? The Gates foundation has hired former staff of some of the worst institutions of predatory hyper-capitalism including Monsanto, the World Bank and GalaxoSmithKlein to run their programs. Among them is Geoff Lamb, previous World Bank vice president who had led its Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships arm. Lamb joined the foundation as senior fellow, charged with guiding strategy and forming partnerships with governments.

For more information of this topic check out:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003308397_gateshires17.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091201384.html

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SEGMENT 2: How the IMF has unravelled the healthcare sectors in borrowing nations. Guest: Asia Russel

A discussion about how IMF macroeconomic policy advice constrains healthcare spending, specifically with regard to HIV-AIDS. Why does the IMF restrict spending in this way? What is the U.S. Congress doing (if anything) about this? What are groups on the ground in Africa doing to break free of these economic conditions? How can we in the U.S. be supportive?

For more information check out these links:
http://www.50years.org/cms/ejn/story/171
http://www.imf.org/external/np/vc/2004/093004.htm

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You can listen to the show live by going to www.wpfw.org.

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