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The African Citizens Watch team expands into the region
The SIVIO Institute team is in South Africa for the first-ever regional meeting of African Citizens Watch. This meeting is the first with our growing regional team that will be working to enhance the tracking of the African Citizens Watch platform. We will be tracking government performance in South Africa, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. We…
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Latest Developments on Land Tenure Reforms in Zimbabwe
Tendai Murisa, 9 October, 2024 Yesterday (8 October 2024), the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) announced a major shift on land tenure in fast-track farms. According to the announcement, GoZ intends to issue a bankable form of title to land where the owners of the land can borrow against the land and sell the land or…
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Corruption Amplifies Social Pathology in Zimbabwe: A Call to Action
Since August 2023, we have been experimenting with the idea of advocacy labs. The big idea was to ensure that we broaden ordinary citizens’ participation in advocacy by training them on a how to run an advoccay campaign. The labs are centred around what citizens had seen as the top priority for the Zimbabwe government…
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Compliance is still a key factor for determining the financial inclusion of MSMEs.
But when we consider the high rate of informality in Africa, does this mean we should re-think our objectives for financial inclusion, or should we change our focus when it comes to making informal MSMEs compliant? How far have we come with financial inclusion? In the last few years, financial inclusion has become an important…
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Reimagine What Life Can Look Like on the ‘What If’ Series
The ‘What if’ series hosted by Tendai Murisa, which started in 2023 is back in 2024. The series is a collection of podcasts that ‘reimagines our being and life conditions’. Tendai Murisa hosts this podcast alongside Nonstiklelo Nzula. In this season of ‘What if’ we start with a conversation on the ‘Big Bet‘ talking about…
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The Big Bet – Engaged Communities!
Over the last six years we have worked in several African countries. We have observed that overall, governments are failing to meet the expectations and desires of the of citizens in most African countries. We analysed Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia as critical case studies regularly assessing the performance of their governments versus what their citizens…
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The SIVIO Institute Relaunch of ZIMCITIZENSWATCH Platform
We are pleased to inform all our partners about the relaunch of the ZimCitizensWatch platform. The platforms’ relaunch on February 9, 2024, marks a significant milestone for us, because of all our platforms it is the one that directly links the actions of a government with the concerns or desires of citizens. As you know…
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