President Biden is Hosting a Summit of African Leaders – Governance in the Sahel Must Be a Priority

By Doussouba Konaté BAMAKO, Nov 11 2022 (IPS) - The upcoming Africa Leaders’ Summit– slated to take place in Washington, DC in December- is well-timed. The Biden administration has made a welcome and significant push over the past two years to support democracy, anti-corruption and peace-building around the world- and in Africa in particular. From the Summit for Democracy to the new Sub-Saharan Africa and Countering Corruption strategies- policies and practices within the US government have shifted in ways that can support much needed reforms across the continent. It is in the Sahel where many of the biggest challenges remain- and these should be a priority during the [...]

2022-11-14T09:59:43+00:0013th November 2022|

SA’s passionate and inspirational public servants honoured, with policeman taking top award

By Zukiswa Pikoli The Integrity Icons awards present an alternative to the perception that public servants are corrupt and lazy, and showcase that there are some who ‘go the extra mile’ The Accountability Lab has been running the Integrity Icons awards since 2018. The awards showcase the excellent work done by many men and women in the public service, something that Accountability Lab’s country director for SA, Sekoetlane Phamodi, says often goes unnoticed. Sekoetlane Phamodi, country director of Accountability Lab, during the Integrity Icon Awards held at the Anew Hotel in Johannesburg. (Photo: Denvor de Wee) “So often the focus is on what is wrong [...]

2022-11-15T02:05:12+00:007th November 2022|

Low compliance with FOI, public procurement laws responsible for high corruption in public sector – CSOs

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has said that corruption in the public sector will continue to rise due to a lack of transparency in the public procurement laws and providing the public with little or no information regarding contracts being awarded by elected and appointed officials of governments. The coalition decried that despite the enactment of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and the Freedom of Information Act 2011, corruption has geometrically increased in the public sector due to a lack of implementation. It regretted that the laws which were put in place to monitor projects and hold government [...]

2022-11-15T09:16:36+00:006th November 2022|

Government tasked on implementation of PPA, FOI Acts to fight corruption

The CSOs said corrupt officials would continue to manipulate laws unless the various governments increase the tempo of all enacted laws. A call has gone to governments at all levels to make good use of the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007, and the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011, to prevent further, and control the wave of corruption in the nation’s public offices. This was the submission on Sunday, by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), at the end of their four-day 2022 Hack Corruption Workshop, jointly organised by the Accountability Lab (AL), Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), and United [...]

2022-11-15T09:20:15+00:006th November 2022|

Hackathon Workshop: Stakeholders Urged To Promote Publc Procurement, Open Contracting

State and non-state actors have been admonished to key into the Open Contracting by developing interest in the Public Procurement processes inorder reduce corruption in governance. This was the focal point  of the Anti-Corruption Hackathon Workshop organised by Accountability Lab in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP - Nigeria), Open Contracting and the Ekiti Bureau of Public Procurement through the Nigeria Anti-corruption Innovation. Journalists and Civil Society groups were  educated on contracting process from budget till implementation. Project is building on existing progress to adopt the use of procurement data and innovative technologies to improve access to good quality procurement data [...]

2022-11-14T10:50:55+00:006th November 2022|

How the Government Silenced Accountability in Run up to Election

By Tina S. Mehnpaine with New Narratives Three months after the government raced an act through the Legislature overhauling the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, Liberia’s independent corruption watchdog has almost ceased functioning, all but ending scrutiny of government corruption in the runup to next year’s election. A source inside the Commission, who requested anonymity for fear of losing their job, said prosecutions have been stalled because of the changes that included the firing of all staff including chairperson Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin as the Weah administration “concentrates on the 2023 elections.” This week’s decision by the Supreme Court to halt some [...]

2022-11-30T23:33:17+00:005th November 2022|

Eva Sander: Guerrera digital

Eva Sander siempre se distinguió por alzar la voz y no quedarse de brazos cruzados, a raíz de un desastre natural tomó el activismo en serio y encabezó un movimiento en redes. Nacida en Ciudad de México, pero criada en Monterrey y egresada por la UDEM en la carrera de Estudios Internacionales, Eva Sander tiene ya un amplio recorrido en su labor, muy de la mano de la tecnología. Hoy, está100 por ciento comprometida con los movimientos de bien común y se distingue por ser una emprendedora social. Está a cargo de Accountability Lab en México, un reto que la mantiene [...]

2022-11-20T22:46:32+00:001st November 2022|

Lack of inclusive governance fuelling insecurity – NGO’s allege

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have claimed that the lack of inclusion and collective governance mechanisms which have caused grievances among Nigerians for years led to the state of insecurity in the country. The NGOs made this known on Saturday in Abuja at the Summit for Democracy Roundtable organised by Save the Children International (SCI) in partnership with Accountability Lab. Speaking at the event, the Strategic Communications Manager for Accountability Lab Nigerian Office, Mr. Suleiman Murkthar said now more than ever, young children and youths should take a stand in matters that concern national interest and how they shape the nation. He [...]

2022-10-27T09:17:56+00:0023rd October 2022|

Amazing encounters in South-Kivu

By Doussouba Konaté | Read the French version here I recently returned from a trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Alejandra Ona, our Finance Manager at Accountability Lab Global. We were in the province of South Kivu, in the cities of Bukavu and Uvira, as part of the implementation of our DRL-funded “Building Integrity in the DRC” program. This program, which began implementation in September 2020, aims to contribute to efforts to reduce corruption in the DRC through a number of means such as empowering civil society to support integrity through creative and positive campaigning. The program [...]

2022-10-26T13:51:31+00:0021st October 2022|

Consolidating support for the transgender community

Written by Tirelo Makwela In May 2018, the Pakistan government passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, a comprehensive response to ensure the rights and welfare of the trans community are protected. It was hailed as a win for the transgender community but experience has shown that the law alone is not enough to ensure the safety and prosperity of transgender people. Many still face harassment, exclusion and violence in public spaces, even when trying to access government services. According to a report by the Guardian, 2021 was the deadliest year for the trans community, with more than 300 [...]

2022-12-07T14:32:41+00:0021st October 2022|
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