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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Bringing Information to Ghanaian Voters

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December 7th 2012, will be an important day for Ghana and Ghanaian voters.  Ghana has already established a reputation for a being a vibrant and stable democracy, and expectations are that the upcoming election in December will be yet another opportunity to reinforce the well-deserved reputation. During the election campaign period,  the Internet is increasingly playing a role in how Ghanaian citizens’ search for information about elections, and in how politicians seek to engage with voters.   

To meet this growing demand for information online around the elections, we embarked on several activities.  From training local journalists and political parties on digital tools for elections, to partnering with local media partners like Citi FM to hold Google+ Hangouts with leading candidates and local civil society groups, to livestreaming the IEA Evening Encounters in Partnership with IEA Ghana and MMG, to partnering our Google Student Ambassadors in Ghana with local civic group Ghana Decides - our focus has been on making elections-related information accessible and driving citizen engagement.


        

Today, we announce the launch of the Ghana Elections Hub, an information portal where you can keep track of news and information related to the Ghana election.  Following up on our past efforts in Nigeria and Senegal, it is one more step in our ongoing effort to make sure our users can easily find and share locally relevant information. 



Posted by Ory Okolloh, Google Policy and Government Relations Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa


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Apporter des informations aux électeurs ghanéens

Le 7 décembre 2012, sera un grand jour pour les électeurs ghanéens et ghanéennes. Le Ghana s'est déjà forgé la réputation d'être une démocratie stable et dynamique, et tout porte à croire que les prochaines élections qui se tiendront en décembre seront une nouvelle occasion de renforcer cette réputation bien méritée. Durant la campagne électorale, Internet est de plus en plus consulté par les citoyens ghanéens pour trouver des informations sur les élections et par les hommes politiques pour interpeler les électeurs.
  
Pour répondre à cette demande grandissante d'information électorale en ligne, nous avons récemment entrepris plusieurs activités notamment : former les journalistes et partis politiques locaux aux outils électoraux numériques, signer des accords avec des partenaires de média locaux tels que Citi FM pour tenir des Google+ Hangouts avec de grands candidats et des organisations de la société civile locale, diffuser en direct sur Internet les "IEA Evening Encounters" en partenariat avec l'IEA Ghana et MMG, et associer les étudiants ambassadeurs de Google au Ghana au projet citoyen local "Ghana Decides". L'objectif de toutes ces activités était de rendre accessibles les informations électorales et d'encourager la participation citoyenne.

Aujourd'hui, nous annonçons le lancement du Ghana Elections Hub, un portail d'informations qui permet de suivre en ligne les actualités et informations relatives aux élections ghanéennes.  Après les initiatives que nous avons menées pour le Nigeria et le Sénégal, cette opération constitue un nouveau jalon dans nos efforts permanents à rendre l'information pertinente aisément accessible et partageable par nos utilisateurs.

Poste par Ory Okolloh, Google Policy and Government Relations Manager, Afrique sub-saharienne.
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