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Empowering Persons with Disabilities throughout Nigeria: A Conversation with David Anyaele

02.01.2023

Ensuring that all segments of society can participate equally in social, economic, and political life is an important and vital prerequisite for democracies to thrive. Despite being the world’s largest minority, persons with disabilities continue to face many barriers that hinder their full parti...

Democracy that Delivers #356: Senegal’s Historic Push for Beneficial Ownership in Extractives and Beyond, with Cheikhou Oumar

02.01.2023 |

Cheikhou Oumar, President of the Observatory for Monitoring Economic Development Indicators in Africa (OSIDEA), joins CIPE’s Anti-Corruption & Governance Center podcast to discuss Senegal’s historic push for ownership transparency in the extractives sector and beyond. Oumar shares ...

Democracy that Delivers #351: Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

11.30.2022 |

Jackline Lidubwi, Project Lead at Internews Kenya, joins Anna Kompanek, Director for CIPE’s Global Programs, to talk about inclusion of persons with disabilities, specifically those in developing countries. Jackline Lidubwi is a multi-award winning disability media activist, media trainer, an...

Democracy that Delivers #346: Opportunities for Informal Workers to Defend Democracy Around the World

10.12.2022 |

Wisborn Malaya, Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCIEA) joins Ryan Musser, Program Officer for CIPE’s Africa team and Kim Bettcher, Director of CIPE’s Policy and Program Learning team to discuss Malaya’s experiences and insight into the i...

Democracy That Delivers #338: The Unforeseen Consequences of Anti-Corruption Reform in Sudan

08.17.2022 |

Madgi M. Amin, former Senior Advisor to the Transitional Government of Sudan, joins the CIPE Anti-Corruption & Governance Center (ACGC) podcast this week to share insights and lessons learned in Sudan, including several unintended effects of anti-corruption measures implemented during Sudan�...

Five Lessons on Business-led Anti-corruption Interventions in Africa

06.17.2022

Looking back five years since the formation of the Africa Business Integrity Network (ABIN), we are thrilled to share some success stories and instructive insights about how the network has become an essential part of a business-centered and business-led strategy to address corruption problems thro...

Democracy that Delivers #327: Kenya’s Measured Progress Against Crippling Corruption

05.18.2022 |

Ben Kiragu, Chief Executive Officer of Development Management Services and Kenya Country Representative for CIPE joins our Africa team’s Senior Program Officer, Lola Adekanye, to talk about corruption within Kenya’s private sector. They discuss the highlights, opportunities, and challen...

Democracy that Delivers #326: Emerging Leaders in Africa

05.11.2022 |

Imaobong Akpan-Ita and Adia Armstrong from CIPE’s Africa team join their Regional Director, Lars Benson, as well as co-hosts Zoe Watkins and Autumn Moore from the Communications Department. This is the latest episode of Democracy that Deliver’s “Emerging Leaders” mini-series...

Democracy that Delivers #321: Future Hindsight on Civic Engagement

04.13.2022 |

Mila Atmos, host of the podcast Future Hindsight, joins CIPE’s Democracy that Delivers podcast to discuss the importance of civic engagement. Guest hosts Hanna Wetters, a CIPE Program Officer for Africa, and Richard Tucker, CIPE’s editor, also took part in the discussion and focused on ...

Democracy that Delivers #316: African Women Leaders, with Nya Mona Muchemi

03.26.2022 |

In this Women’s History Month episode of Democracy that Delivers, we welcome Nya Mona Muchemi, Head of Operations at SNDBX and a consultant for CIPE. She also hosts the AfriWetu podcast which takes a deep dive into pre-colonial African history. Muchemi talks with CIPE editor Richard Tucke...