Hellen is 26-years-old and founder of the Hellenah Craft World Company.  Hellen uses her company to build the skills of young people through practical income-generation opportunities.  Beyond this, she also focuses on building a culture of accountability amongst these young participants.  Accountability is not just about holding leaders to account; she believes that we need to be able to hold ourselves to account as well.  Hellen believes that her idea can build a nation of accountable innovators that are able to disrupt a culture of dependency.  

Moris Okwi is a 26-year-old journalist, living in Mbale City in Eastern Uganda.  He works with the Uganda Radio Network.  Moris sees freedom of speech as the cornerstone of ensuring accountability and oversight.  He started up Teso Youth Konnect with other young activists, with the aim to innovate advocacy strategies on a range of issues.  He believes that people from all walks of life should be brought together, enabling them to identify shared problems that they can address together (whether it be gender-based violence, holding leaders accountable, or a lack of service delivery).

Ritah (25) is from Wakiso and founded Equality Mission Uganda, an organization that seeks to promote good governance through public policy analysis, participatory democracy, and enhanced civic accountability. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Governance and International Relations.  Ritah sees a lack of civic participation as one of the key drivers of poor public service delivery and government program implementation.  Her idea is to explore avenues that can bridge the gap between citizens and government, ensuring that leaders are held to account and able to make better decisions when it comes to governing in the communities they represent.

Flavia (24) lives in Gulu City.  She is particularly interested in working with young people and creating a learning community around financial management.  For Flavia, it is not just about building the financial and social resilience of the participants in her program.  She also believes that young people who understand budgeting and financial management at a personal level will be better able to participate in the budgets that their municipalities or districts draw up.  Her approach also encourages listening and learning from others through debate. “Through discussions and positive criticism, we are able to learn from others and improve the [...]

Rytone (25) is a community activist.  She is excited to build a more comprehensive understanding of accountability, and how it relates to all components of our lives as citizens.  Her idea is to train up accountability officials in Wakiso, Uganda.  She envisions these ambassadors working with the broader community and building civic capacity to guard against corrupt behaviours.  Rytone is passionate about inclusion and working collaboratively.  For her, broad collaboration has the potential to change the way in which we talk about accountability.  

Dabrine (25) is from the Mityana District, a rural part of Uganda.  Growing up, Dabrine saw how rural Uganda lacked public service delivery compared to urban areas.  It inspired him to create Youth and Women Empowerment (MYWE). MYWE focuses on promoting women, girl and youth inclusion when it comes to monitoring service delivery.  The organization also seeks to strengthen participants’ overall resilience through assisting them in establishing income generation activities, including access to low interest loans as seed capital. Dabrine has also seen how corruption hampers service delivery, from government procurement of goods and services all the way through to [...]