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Google and Ghana GDG hosts "Elections Going Digital" event in Accra



21 November 2012, Accra, Ghana - Google Ghana and the Ghana GDG would be hosting hundreds of people made up of Developers, Civic societies, Ghana's political parties and the media to an event tagged" Elections Going Digital" tomorrow Thursday, 22nd November, 2012.
The event which kicks off from 9am at the Kofi Annan Center for Excellence (AITI-KACE) is aimed at promoting successful and transparent elections in Ghana in the up-coming 2012 polls.

Commenting on the event, the Google Ghana Country Manager, Estelle Akofio-Sowah said "this event is aimed at creating an atmosphere where developers, political parties, the media and other important stakeholders can learn, collaborate, and share ideas relating to our upcoming elections. Our goal through event like this is to help make sure Ghanaians find relevant information online related to the elections, and also have a chance to interact with our tools.

Highlights at the event would include: the 1st ever Ghana GDG DevFest; where developers would be developing applications for the Ghana 2012 Elections, *a Mapping session* where mapping enthusiast would be mapping all Ghana's 27k Polling Stations, and an Election Conversation with key civil society leaders and the media to explore potential areas of collaboration post-election. 


You can RSVP for the event here : http://goo.gl/YTzOp

Comments

  1. Such a great idea, am glad Ghana is finally rising to a standard of free, fair, innovative and more resourceful way of providing its people with relevant information to remove all cases of tension and misunderstanding.

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