Twittering the Elections in Ghana
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.Twittering the Ghanaian Elections (Global Voices, thanks EthanZ)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”.
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"... the voting process could be better, but turnout and participation were encouraging."
For a moment there, I thought that this was about the US!
I am heading to Ghana on the 18th of December to board an oil rig and ride it to Brazil. I sincerely hope that their political climate remains calm as I have never been there, and don't know what to expect.
/big bald galoot.
Keep your wallet close and your credit cards closer. Ghana is a huge hotspot for credit card fraud.
big up Ghana! Lovely people!
@mooserov, ping me offthread please -- that's fascinating and I want to hear more!
@unled, yeah, that's true in other West African nations, too. the financial systems are a bit of a mess and cc fraud has become a quick way for people locked out of other opportunities to make some coin, fast.
When I was in Ghana last, we just carried giant bags of cash-bricks -- not that this is entirely safe, eith. People carry around large stacks of cedis on their person, not that uncommon. The hotels and other services we used were all cash-based. I don't think I used my credit cards once while in the country.