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‘Nigeria needs law to protect digital rights’

A civil society, Accountability Lab Nigeria has said there is a need for the country to evolve a law to protect digital rights. The organisation called on the Federal Government to work with the National Assembly to ensure the passage of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill. It argued that a law that protects digital rights was pertinent to the nation’s progress. This is even as the organisation also asked the two arms of government to gazette the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) to make it enforceable and part of the Nigerian law. Communication Manager, Accountability Lab Nigeria, Murkthar Suleiman, stated [...]

2022-10-27T09:44:42+00:0023rd September 2022|

Supporting Reform and Conscious Music in South Africa & Nigeria

Through the support of Luminate, our Labs in Nigeria and South Africa were able to keep building networks of young music artists - through the Voice2Rep campaign - and government reformers - through the Integrity Icon campaign - all committed to creating a culture of integrity and accountability in their respective societies.  Government Reformers Through Integrity Icon both Labs seek to highlight reformers who can actively push for change within their institutions. They seek to identify Icons who must not only demonstrate honesty, integrity and accountability in their field of work, but also demonstrate the ability to influence social norms [...]

2022-09-12T08:33:55+00:0012th September 2022|

Rebuilding Accountability Chains in Zimbabwe

By Alois Nyamazana Broken accountability chains lie at the heart of Zimbabwe’s governance problems. Lack of accountability in Zimbabwe has led to the squandering of precious public resources, and a collapse in the systems that are meant to fulfill citizens’ social and economic rights such as access to clean water, health, education, and adequate food. Citizens, particularly the vulnerable, bear the burden of failed accountability mechanisms, in the face of a deteriorating economy. Compounding this burden is corruption with recent events such as the COVID-gate scandal, in which government officials abused COVID-19 resources by flouting procurement and procedural regulations. A [...]

2022-09-05T09:37:34+00:005th September 2022|

Consultarán apertura en gobiernos

Como parte del Plan de Acción Local de Gobierno Abierto, será realizada una consulta pública para la definición de temas que deberán ser transparentados por el Gobierno y municipio, informó ayer la Coalición "Nuevo León Abierto". La consulta está disponible desde ayer y su cierre está programado el 15 de septiembre. De acuerdo con la plataforma, las propuestas deberán ser ingresadas por los participantes en el portal nlabierto.org. "En el Plan se establecerán compromisos que los gobiernos, en conjunto con la sociedad civil, impulsarán para garantizar que los principios de rendición de cuentas, innovación y transparencia, permeen en las acciones [...]

2022-11-20T22:21:51+00:002nd September 2022|

Coalición NL Abierto lanza consulta pública para cocrear el Plan de Gobierno Abierto

Eduardo Mendieta San Pedro Garza García La Coalición Nuevo León Abierto, conformado, entre otros, por el Gobierno del Estado y los municipios de San Pedro, construirá el Primer Plan de Acción Local de Gobierno Abierto 2022-2024, para impulsar la rendición de cuentas y la transparencia. Da Ivonne Álvarez informe de labores; presume gestión de voto electrónico para diputados Para ellos se lanzó una consulta pública que estará disponible del 1 al 15 de septiembre del 2022 en los diferentes canales oficiales de las instituciones que integran la coalición, así como en la plataforma web oficial de la coalición: nlabierto.org Durante el pasado mes de mayo se anunció [...]

2022-12-01T00:29:24+00:001st September 2022|

Groups meet FSRC, police, seek road ethics reform

The Accountability Lab Nigeria, in conjunction with the Akin Fadeyi Foundation, on Thursday, held a roundtable discussion on road ethics reform with the Federal Road Safety Corps, at the Federal Capital Territory Sector Command in Abuja. Present at the occasion focused on improving road behaviours of drivers and security officials that would lead to reducing corrupt practices on roads, were officials of the FRSC, police officers, officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, and some driving school instructors. The Country Director, Accountability Lab Nigeria, Odeh Friday, stressed that Nigerian road users could improve on their road usage ethics [...]

2022-09-07T07:37:11+00:0025th August 2022|

HackCorruption announces 5 winning ideas to combat corruption through emerging technologies

WASHINGTON D.C., DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, August 8, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- HackCorruption, a people-powered hackathon to unearth anti-corruption solutions, is proud to announce the winners from the inaugural event in Johannesburg, South Africa. Accountability Lab (AL) and the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) hosted 100 virtual and in-person participants for the innovative Tech4Good event between July 22 and 24. After a competitive judging process, five teams have been named as overall winners with solutions that addressed a lack of transparency in public procurement processes and established creative whistleblowing platforms and open data dashboards. The winning teams include Angaza, TransProcure, [...]

2022-08-23T09:02:25+00:005th August 2022|

Doussouba Konaté appointed as interim Country Director for Accountability Lab Mali

Washington DC, 5 August 2022 - We’re proud to announce that Doussouba Konaté has been appointed as the interim Country Director for Accountability Lab Mali. Doussouba has been an essential part of the Lab’s global family for four years, having first joined in 2018 as a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officer for AL Mali and Niger. She later joined the AL Global team in 2020 as a Program Officer, supporting the programming in Mali, Niger, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Guinea-Bissau. Doussouba holds a Master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Montreal and returned to Mali after many [...]

2022-08-05T12:52:10+00:005th August 2022|

The gender gap and economic participation of women in Pakistan

Pakistan presently ranks among the worst countries in the world in terms of gender parity, only performing better than Iraq, Yemen, and Afghanistan. According to the "Global Gender Gap Report 2021" published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan ranked 153rd out of 156 countries on the gender parity index. Pakistan also ranked 7th among eight countries in South Asia, only doing better than Afghanistan. AL Pakistan accountapreneur, Syeda Yumna Hasny, takes a closer look.   Pakistan's gender gap has widened by 0.7 percentage points in just one year. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan ranked 153rd in [...]

2022-11-10T06:46:17+00:0029th July 2022|

#HackCorruption – improving data protection and protecting civic spaces

Written by Sara Hoenes   On July 5, Accountability Lab and the Center for International and Private Enterprise (CIPE) hosted the second #HackCorruption virtual roundtable event. Accountability Lab South Africa’s Country Director, Sekoetlane Phamodi, was joined by Richard Gevers, founder of Open Cities Lab, Meshack Masibo of Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), and Edrine Wanyama, human rights lawyer and Legal Officer at the Collaboration of International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA). The panel discussed the importance of open data and data protection in accountable governance as well as specific trends in open data in East and Southern [...]

2022-07-19T15:53:27+00:0019th July 2022|
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