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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Combating Election Misinformation and Disinformation in Ghana’s 2024 Elections  

Did you just get your first voter’s Identification Card, or are you dusting your old card off in anticipation of voting for the first time in Ghana’s 2024 general elections?

To enhance the election information literacy knowledge of first-time voters in the lead-up to Ghana’s 2024 general elections, Dubawa seeks to equip first-time voters with the skills needed to identify misinformation and disinformation and to fact-check information. This will help sanitise Ghana’s information ecosystem and improve media and information literacy in the country.

This training will take place in Kumasi, Cape Coast, and Tamale to reach a wide range of first-time voters.

If you are a first-time voter interested in learning and willing to share your knowledge, this call is for you.

Eligibility and Expectation

  • Be a resident of Ghana.
  • Be a first-time registered voter.
  • Be willing to undergo a 3-day residential training and follow-up mentorship.
  • Be willing to practise media and information literacy and fact-checking during the 2024 General Elections. 
  • Have good communication skills.

Click on this form to sign up.

Programme schedule

The training is scheduled to run in October 2024. 

The deadline for applications is 27th September, 2024

Note: Only selected applicants will be notified and trained.

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