From Local Visionaries to Global Changemakers: The Evolution of Accountability Incubator and Civic Charge

By Kibo Ngowi The Accountability Incubator emerged out of a vision to train and support young people with innovative ideas around accountability, participation and open government to build sustainable, effective tools for change. In the decade that AL has run the Incubator, we've had more than 300 accountapreneurs from over a dozen countries go through the program. The initiatives we’ve supported run the gamut from integrity watch groups at primary schools; to building networks of music artists pushing for integrity; to tools using blockchain to secure elections.  AL Programs & Learning Manager Jaco Roets has been at the forefront of [...]

2024-04-19T16:40:09+00:0015th January 2024|

Kenya & Uganda accountapreneurs pitch their ideas

Each year, Accountability Lab welcomes a new cohort of accountability entrepreneurs (or accountrapreneurs) to our global network of young passionate civic activists with great ideas for accountability and open government. In Uganda and Kenya, Accountability Lab supported selected accountapreneurs to refine their ideas for accountability and build sustainable ideas for strengthening their communities’ pandemic response and recovery with the support of the Ford Foundation.   After a year-long training process, these accountapreneurs came together in an open space on January 20, 2022, to share their ideas during a live pitching session.   First to pitch his idea was Martin Odongo from Uganda. [...]

2022-03-18T09:43:19+00:008th February 2022|

The launch of AL’s virtual Accountability Incubator for 2021

WASHINGTON DC, 12 February, 2021 - Accountability Lab has announced the names of a new group of civic activists enrolled in our virtual Accountability Incubator for 2021. The Incubator is our flagship program for young civil society leaders to build sustainable, effective tools for accountability, participation and open government. It provides a non-prescriptive, supportive environment for creative, enterprising individuals with innovative ideas to inspire accountability in their communities. Selected accountability entrepreneurs - or ‘accountapreneurs’ - receive 10 months of hands-on, comprehensive support including training and knowledge-building, mentoring, network building and media outreach. This year, the 77 accountapreneurs enrolled in our [...]

2021-02-17T13:05:11+00:0012th February 2021|

Meet the graduates from our first virtual Accountability Incubator

As 2020 took a different turn, so did our programs. Our Accountability Incubator program was moved online as we welcomed our very first virtual cohort of accountapreneurs from Uganda and Kenya. Read about the impact they are making below and  join us for a live pitch session next Tuesday as the accountapreneurs introduce their work over the past year. By Tirelo Makwela The Accountability  Incubator is our flagship program for young civil society leaders to build sustainable and effective tools for accountability, participation and open government. The Incubator provides a non-prescriptive, supportive environment for creative, enterprising individuals with innovative ideas [...]

2021-01-13T20:39:46+00:0013th January 2021|

New Podcast: Fiscal Transparency in Liberia

We sat down with a few of our Accountapreneurs in Monrovia, Liberia - inspiring social entrepreneurs who are participating in our incubator programme. Janet Kamara, of iCampus Liberia, unpacks the themes of fiscal governance and transparency in their work. Fiscal transparency in Monrovia  

2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:0016th July 2019|

GovInsider: Nepal wants to “name and fame” officials

Narayan Adhikari, country representative from Nepal was recently interviewed by GovInsider about the work of the Lab and the Integrity Idol campaign. Find the article here. There is a reality TV show that could help cut corruption – and instead of starry-eyed singers, it is bringing into the spotlight “honest and incredible public servants”. Integrity Idol is “naming and faming” officials and bureaucrats who “behave differently, act differently, and maintain their honesty and credibility,” says Narayan Adhikari, Nepal Country Representative for the Accountability Lab. This initiative celebrates those that are working for the public good, and shines a spotlight on [...]

2017-09-09T00:00:00+00:009th September 2017|

The Faces of Liberia Film Institute

The Faces of Liberia Film Institute Divine Key Anderson (left) teaches a class about the use of a green screen in film making at the Liberia Film Institute on May 6, 2015. (Photo by Jim Tuttle / Accountability Lab) By: Jim Tuttle, Accountability Lab Liberia Multi-media Fellow Liberia Film Institute’s latest class of filmmakers recently completed a series of short documentaries and dramas dealing with their country’s unprecedented Ebola outbreak. They have been screening their films in communities around the country, and a large film festival in Monrovia is being planned for late June. Here’s a look at some of the student [...]

2015-05-20T00:00:00+00:0020th May 2015|
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