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Heineken in Africa

From hiring sex workers to sell their products to buttressing murderous regimes, what are Western multinationals really up to in Africa and how might we go about researching it?

5 July 2019 – #CIJSummer 2019/DAY 2

14:45–15:45
Heineken in Africa

Olivier van Beemen

Olivier van Beemen is an investigative journalist from Amsterdam and the author of the book Heineken in Africa: A Multinational Unleashed. The book is the result of six years of thorough journalistic research, not only in thirteen African countries where the Dutch multinational is operating, but also in the company’s archives and academic literature.
  • 5 July 2019 14.45–15.45
Location: Room 326 - PSH Building - Goldsmiths, University of London
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