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.
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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.
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Transparency and accountability depend on a civil society that can act independently.
@accountlabng is among 31 civil society organizations calling for the withdrawal of Nigeria’s proposed Foreign Aid (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill, 2026, which seeks to regulate
As philanthropy takes on a growing role in public life, questions of power and accountability become harder to ignore.
@diplocourier's reflections from the Philanthropy Futures Forum included contributions from @AccountLab Co-CEO Blair Glencorse. He questioned who held
Oct 05, 2026 // As government funding retreats and charities strain under rising demand, funders at UNGA 81 asked what philanthropy is for. They ...
What is country-led development? And what makes it more effective?
Our Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Soheila Comninos, explores these questions in her recent Devex article, “Country-led development cannot mean solely government-led development."
While there’s growing Read moreinterest
Opinion: Giving countries greater control over development is overdue. But if civil society is shut out, country ownership could simply concentrate...
🎙️ What if shifting power made partnerships stronger?
Carolyn Dallmann of @humanityunited makes a point we keep coming back to: funders can create more room for others to lead and remain strategic partners.
Hear her explore the possibilities with Lior Ipp of Proximate Futures
💭 Should every new initiative become its own organization? Should every organization be built to last indefinitely?
In 'Beyond the Heroic NonProfit', Jacob Harold and Archie Kindon explore how mission-driven organizations can rethink their structures as circumstances change Read more–
Today, we’re saying thank you to Kenya and Blair Glencorse as they conclude their time on the OGP Steering Committee.
Both played a leading role in guiding OGP as Co-Chairs in 2023–24, helping strengthen political support, and champion digital gov and youth engagement.
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