About the Ghana Anti-Disinformation Coalition Project
A three-year project enhancing evidence-based policies and interventions, strengthening national resilience through scalable, inclusive AI-enabled fact-checking.
Fighting Disinformation Across Ghana
Ghana Anti-Disinformation Coalition Project is a three-year project implemented by penplusbytes.org .
This project aims to enhance evidence-based policies and interventions rooted in language dynamics, strengthening national resilience through scalable, inclusive AI-enabled fact-checking, and improving community-level information accuracy. The project is expected to significantly reduce disinformation exposure and foster democratic stability and social cohesion across Ghana, especially in underserved rural areas.
Three Key Outcomes Driving Change
Stronger Research Capacity and Evidence on Disinformation
- Build enhanced research capacity on disinformation and language use.
- Conduct nationwide research in all 16 regions of Ghana to understand how disinformation spreads in major Ghanaian languages compared with English.
- Develop and test mitigation strategies, including the use of AI.
- Establish a robust Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework, beginning with a project baseline.
- Implement communications and outreach activities, including awareness campaigns and media engagement, to share findings and insights.
A Functional Multilingual AI-Driven Fact-Checking Ecosystem
- Develop an AI-driven digital fact-checking marketplace platform that connects fact-checkers and journalists.
- Create a space to showcase fact-checked content and highlight emerging disinformation trends.
- Provide an easy way for the public, media, and partners to submit claims for verification.
- Train and deploy AI models in local languages to enable better prediction, detection, and flagging of disinformation by the system.
Youth and Community Radios Equipped to Verify Information
- Delivering training and capacity-building programmes for media professionals and journalists to strengthen their verification and fact-checking skills.
- Organising a one-day seminar on media and digital literacy for young people to help them critically assess online content.
- Facilitating coalition engagement activities, including periodic meetings, knowledge exchanges, study visits, and technology-focused sessions, to foster collaboration and collective action against disinformation across Ghana.
Join the Coalition
Be part of the fight against disinformation in Ghana. Whether you are a journalist, researcher, media house, or community organisation, we welcome your participation.
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