Twittering the Elections in Ghana

By at 8:09 am Monday, Dec 8


Over at Global Voices, Elia Varela Serra has an item up about the role short SMS messages, and Twitter, are playing in the presidential elections taking place in Ghana.

One of the Twitter users that twittered the vote and the subsequent results almost minute by minute was Ghanaelections, a Twitter account was set up by the African Elections project, aimed at developing the capacity of the media in ICTs in order for them to use it as a tool for election coverage in Ghana, Cote d'lvoire and Guinea from 2008 to 2009.

Other twitterers had more modest intentions and simply wanted to share their joy as first time voters, such as Kwabena, who the day before the election had announced “I'm hopin to see long queues on Sunday. Kill the apathy, Ghana”.

Twittering the Ghanaian Elections (Global Voices, thanks EthanZ)

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