Watch the brilliant recent webinar on the upcoming Ghanaian elections, which looks at the main issues and concerns people have about the polls – and the likely outcomes.
Check out the discussion here, and see below for more details on the fantastic line up of speakers.
One of the final polls in the Year of Elections – during which more than 2 billion people will participate in elections in over 50 countries worldwide – will take place in Ghana. This round table brings together leading researchers and commentators to ask what issues will drive the campaigns, what concerns – if any – people have about the quality of the process, and what outcomes are most likely.
The event is organised by the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR) of the University of Birmingham and will feature the following speakers:
Professor Edward Brenya – Head of Department and lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies, KNUST
Professor George Bob-Milliar – Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies (CeCASt at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Michelle Ankrah-Pambour – Executive Director, LiOR Foundation
Dr Rose Mensah-Kutin – Director, ABANTU for Development
Dr Joseph Asunka – CEO, Afrobarometer
Professor Jeffrey Haynes – Emeritus Professor of Politics, London Metropolitan University
Moderator: Sharon Boadu, Mo Ibrahim Scholar, Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the University of Birmingham
Chair: Prof Nic Cheeseman, Professor of Democracy and Director of CEDAR, University of Birmingham
