Andréa Ngombet: How to Get Away with State Capture
2022 Fellow Spotlight Series — This talk was recorded for the Draper Hills Summer Fellows Program at Stanford University in 2022.
Andréa Ngombet is a Congolese civil society leader and founder of the Sassoufit Collective, a Paris-based organization. The Sassoufit Collective works on corruption issues, focusing on transnational kleptocracy, the People's Republic of China's influence on the political system within the Republic of the Congo, and democracy advocacy. Andrea works as Sassoufit Collective's Director of Anti-kleptocracy strategy.
He has authored several opinion papers and participated in investigations that have appeared in international journals and news outlets, including African Arguments, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, Le Monde, and Liberation. In September 2021, Andrea co-authored a report on Congo's oligarch looting strategy, moving their stolen-assets money from the USA to Dubai. Andrea completed his BA in History from la Sorbonne Paris IV University in Paris, France.