Kwami Ahiabenu,II Knowledge Chief

  The International Institute for ICT Journalism, based in Ghana, has launched the first ever elections project for Malawi. The president of the institute, Kwami Ahiabenu, says it's designed to promote the use of Information and Communication Technology tools (ICTs) in generating election information. The International Institute for ICT Journalism, based in Ghana, has launched the first ever elections project for Malawi. The president of the institute, Kwami Ahiabenu, says it's designed to promote the use of Information and Communication Technology tools (ICTs) in generating election in...

African Elections Project launched in Malawi  Across Africa, elections are now becoming the de facto means of selecting political leaders; however, there is a dearth of elections information and knowledge online. As a means of contributing to resolve this problem, the African Elections Project was conceived to provide coverage of elections using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) across the continent. After a successful take-off in Ghana, Cote d' lvoire and Guinea, the African Elections Project (AEP) launched its Malawi phase of the project in Blantyre on 6 th May 2009. The Malawi project has the following key components :   Training for senior editors, journalists and reporters; development and dissemination of an election guide for the media, an SMS/Mobile application in election coverage and monitoring; information and knowledge Online Portal ( www.africanelectio...