Posts by Kibo Ngowi
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…
Read MoreAmazing 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…
Read MorePublic Service Bureau Hosts Roundtable On National Ethics, Integrity Policy
The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) in collaboration with Accountability Lab yesterday hosted a one-day roundtable sensitisation on the code of conduct for public officers and the national ethics and integrity policy. The event which had several representatives of civil servants from different government MDAs, military and para-military in attendance discussed and developed a…
Read MoreRebuilding Accountability Chains One Action and Community at a Time
By Alois Nyamazana Zimbabwe’s informal economy is the second largest in the world. The ILO estimates that 5.2 million people trade in the informal economy (compared to 495,000 who are in formal employment), and 65% of these are women. Informal trade is a precarious and insecure source of livelihood. Adding to this challenge is the criminalization…
Read MoreShoko Fest: A platform to uplift talents
SHOKO Festival director Farai “Comrade Fatso” Munroe says the COVID-19 pandemic was a blessing in disguise as it gave them new ideas on how to improve the hosting of the annual urban culture jubilee. After running the festival virtually for the past two years, this year’s 12th edition which roared to life on Tuesday is…
Read More‘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…
Read MoreSupporting 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…
Read MoreRebuilding 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.…
Read MoreRencontres extraordinaires en RDC
Par Doussouba Konaté | Lisez la version anglaise ici Je viens d’effectuer un voyage en RDC, dans la province du Sud-Kivu, plus particulièrement dans les villes de Bukavu et Uvira dans le cadre de l’implémentation de notre programme Renforcer l’intégrité en RDC financé par DRL. Ce programme dont l’implémentation a commencé en septembre 2020 à…
Read MoreGroups 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…
Read MoreDoussouba 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…
Read MorePractical Ways CSOs Can Manage Closing Civic Space
Civic space has been closing everywhere for a long time – from the UK to Mexico to Zimbabwe – and represents, along with the corruption that accompanies it, one of the biggest threats to democracy everywhere. For citizens, and particularly for those of us interested in free, open societies, this can be an existential threat…
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