Fred Bauma

Fred Bauma is Executive Director of Ebuteli. He is a leading commentator and analyst of Congolese politics. Fred is also a Senior Fellow at New York University's Center for International Cooperation (CIC) and a human rights activist.

Before joining Ebuteli in February 2022, Fred worked as Research Director of the Congo Study Group (CSG), a research program based at New York University's CIC. Fred is also a member of the Lutte pour le Changement (Lucha) citizens' movement, the largest pro-democracy social movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I

he was arrested in March 2015 and spent 18 months in prison, where he faced the death penalty. Amnesty International declared Bauma a prisoner of conscience and awarded Lucha the Ambassador of Conscience Award in 2016. Fred is also a co-founding member of Afrikki, a network of over 30 movements from Africa and its diaspora.

With Jason Stearns, Fred co-hosts the Ukombozi podcast, about African social movements and the worlds they are trying to create. Fred Bauma holds a degree in Business Administration from the Université Libre des Pays des Grands Lacs (ULPGL) in Goma and a Master's in Public Administration from the City University of New York.