ACCOUNTABILITY LAB ZIMBABWE

Accountability Lab Zimbabwe supports citizens to build communities around new approaches for change. Among the initiatives under implementation are the Accountability Incubator, Civic Action Teams (CivActs), and Arts4Change programming which includes Voice2Rep Zimbabwe, the ALZ Film Fellowship, and the Integrity Icon Campaign. In particular, our CivActs have worked hard to protect informal markets, with the program seeing many successes such as the Goromonzi Council agreeing to provide vending bays for traders. Accountability mechanisms supporting citizen demands have also been strengthened, such as through the Harare City Council receiving censure from the Environmental Management Agency for uncollected refuse. In all areas, CivActs partners are working with communities to address these and other conflicts to repair the trust between powerholders and residents.

LATEST PODCASTS

Youth Participation in Matabeleland

Nonsikelelo Ndlovu-Fayayo is joined by Community Podium and Matobo Youth Development Initiative founders Nkosikhona Dibiti and Descent Deco Dube. This episode discusses the challenges young people in Matabeleland face, and the solutions they are implementing in the region.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

We’re closing out the year by sharing our newsletter wrap-up for 2025 – reflections on the learnings and collective efforts that shaped the year. As we take a short pause to rest and reset, we’re grateful to everyone who made this work possible. Wishing you a gentle close to the

The 2024 Accountapreneurs from Nepal are advancing thoughtful approaches to accountability – whether through climate resilience, digital rights, civic tech, inclusive healthcare, or community-led sustainability.

What stands out across their work is not only innovation, but

Innovation in democracy support isn’t always about new tools. It’s about recognizing the “invisible weavers” who connect institutions and communities every day. AL Non-Resident Fellow @guerzovich shares why visibility and not invention is what civic space needs now 👉

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The future of governance support depends on what we choose to see | Accountability Lab

Rebalancing toward the relationships, translation work, and bilingual soft infrastructure that make democratic practice possible.   Across...

🎙️ What does accountability look like 13 years in?

In this special AccountabiliTea episode, voices from across Accountability Lab’s global network reflect on learning, resilience, and what sustains accountability work today.

Featuring reflections from Blair Glencorse, Jean

📢 Contribute to New Research on Independent Media

Independent researchers from @JohnsHopkins and Cross-Pollinate Consulting Solutions, LLC are conducting a global study to understand how the recent termination of major US development assistance is affecting independent media

This Anti-Corruption Day, we’re reflecting on what we’ve learned across our work in 2025 – from the @TheWJP and @UNODC exchanges, to governance discussions at @wef, HackCorruption prototyping in Mexico City, UNGA civic reflections, and youth leadership conversations in Nepal.

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RESEARCH & REPORTS

ZIMBABWE

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

ZIMBABWE CIV ACTS CAMPAIGN

APRIL 2022

ACCOUNTABILITY LAB STRATEGY

2023-2026