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AFRICAN ELECTIONS PROJECT RANKED INGENIOUS BY INNOVATION FAIR

The African Elections Project was selected to be a part of 33 key projects out of 223 innovative projects submitted from around the globe and joined the rest of selected projects to participate in the World Bank Innovation Fair held in South Africa from the 12 – 15 of April with one of its partners International Institute for Sustainable Development. The main theme for the occasion was "Innovation Fair: Moving beyond conflict" with a focus on two critical challenges of development in fragile states namely Communications for Governance and Service Delivery and Conflict and Violence Prevention. This initiative is directed towards uncovering a long lasting route to peace and security across the world by soliciting ideas from participating organizations. Selected participants came from over 40 countries which included India, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Yemen, DR Congo, Guinea-Bissau and Kenya. This African Elections Project (AEP) was chosen for its work in

Dr Riverson chairs Penplusbytes board

A RENOWNED Ghanaian International research scientist, Dr Kwabena Riverson , has been appointed Chairman of the International Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Journalism (Penplusbytes). Penplusbytes was established on July 18, 2001 and has over the nine years of its existence, grown into a large network of over 600 journalists in 35 countries across the globe. As a leader in developing ICT journalism and also ensuring its commitment to improve ICT journalism, PenPlusBytes undertakes both face-to-face and online training of journalists on cutting edge, new media technologies and contemporary ICT issues. A statement issued by PenPlusBytes said Dr Riverson, who is the team leader for the Enterprise & Institutional Repository and Digital Library Projects at CSIR where he is currently working to forge international collaboration in Information Management Research projects and also sits on the board on NTHC (USA) Ltd. and UIQ Services Ltd. It named oth