Voice to Represent (“Voice2Rep”) is a first-of-its-kind music competition searching for underground and undiscovered music artists who support greater representation, participation and accountability across Nigeria, Liberia and Zimbabwe. In this episode host Kibo Ngowi chats to two alumni of AL Zimbabwe’s Voice2Rep program – Tanaka Stephen Moyo aka Ndonzi Beats and Rudo Nyoni aka Rudo…

In July, Accountability Lab partnered with the Center for International Private Enterprise and the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL) to host HackCorruption, a hybrid tech4good event that brought together a hundred participants from 6 Southern and East African countries. The participants were split into teams where they worked…

Youth participation in the OGP process has challenged governments to be more ambitious. Young people have shaped national and local agendas, and pushed for reforms that otherwise would not have taken place. But there are also gaps and this is what led to the creation of the OGP Youth Toolkit. Host Kibo Ngowi spoke to…

Accountability Lab has officially turned 10! This year the Lab is celebrating its first decade of existence so host Kibo Ngowi spoke to two people who have been part of our global family since the beginning. In this episode, AL Founder & Executive Director Blair Glencorse and AL Nepal’s Integrity Icon Program Manager Ashmita Sharma…

We spoke to three dynamic women who are all passionate about using video to tell compelling stories and advocate for social issues. Two of them are alumni of the Lab’s Film Fellowship for young aspiring filmmakers and another is a seasoned journalist who recently trained some of our fellows in Nigeria on the finer points…

The closing of civic space has affected many of our network labs, encouraging our teams to devise creative strategies to push back against these restrictions. Narayan Adhikari from AL Nepal and Upenyu Makoni-Muchemwa from AL Zimbabwe share some strategies that communities can use to resist attacks on democracy and human rights.

We take a deep dive into the reforms of two of our incredible Integrity Icons from Pakistan and South Africa, Assistant Superintendent of Police Amna Baig and Social Worker Unathi Filita. They speak about how reform in the public service starts with small, consistent steps.

Accountapreneurs Pratik Kunwar from Nepal and Damaris Aswa from Kenya share advice for social entrepreneurs on how to perfect a sense of “anti-fragility” for difficult times. We also hear about some innovative methods being implemented around making Covid19 response and recovery projects more transparent.