Elza Sandrine Sawadogo from Burkina Faso has worked as a journalist at L'Economiste du Faso, a leading economic weekly, since 2013.

She specialises in economic and financial reporting, illicit financial flows, corporate fraud and ill-gotten wealth, and has participated in various international investigative projects, including the Panama Papers, West Africa Leaks, the Pandora Papers and Shadow Diplomats. She is a member of CENOZO and ICIJ.

Elza Sandrine Sawadogo

Basic information

Name
Elza Sandrine Sawadogo
Title
Journalist
Country
Burkina Faso
City
Ouagadougou

Supported projects

Vapes: Environmental Pollution, Health and Safeguarding Concerns

  • Environment
  • Healthcare

LONDON – What is the connection between widespread sales of nicotine vapes in Nigeria, the use of vapes by teenagers in the UK, and the pollution caused by vape pods and cartridges in Burkina Faso? And what does it all have to do with the regulations on vapes by the European Commission? Read more in this investigation.

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Missing funds of West African shea collectors

  • Agriculture
  • Economy

OYO - The Danish government's Danida Market Development Partnerships (DMDP) disbursed DKK 9 million to its Canadian partner Mennonite Economic Development Association (MEDA) in 2019 for a 4-year project to support Nigerian women shea collectors, but the project was terminated before the predetermined four years. The team looked into the project's effects and the reasons behind its abrupt termination in 2020.

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