Muse Africa, Oxfam Ghana kicks off participate campaign to engage Ghanaian millennials in upcoming election

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October 15, 2016 7:24 PM

MUSE AFRICA (www.museafrica.com), a fast growing media brand targeting Ghanaian & African millennials with urban music, lifestyle & culture content via its dedicated TV blocks, online hub & social media and Oxfam in Ghana, an international civil society organisation, today announced the beginning of a multimedia campaign to engage and encourage young voter participation in the December general elections.

The MUSE Participate campaign kicks-off this weekend with videos featuring celebrities and random people encouraging young voters to take part in the elections.

The campaign will also be driven through music, a dedicated 6 episodes 1 hour a week TV Show, Muse Special editions, which brings young voters to meet with and interact with the Presidential candidates of political parties and town hall styled engagement events in some Tertiary Instituitions.

“We are proud to launch this innovative and timely social advocacy initiative,” said Co-founder/CEO of Muse Media Networks, Sadiq Abdulai Abu. “Participate affords us the opportunity to encourage youth involvement in the election process underscoring MUSE’s commitment to not only entertain young Ghanaians through compelling urban music & lifestyle content but also empowering and inspiring them to exercise their right and power. One of our objectives for this campaign is to basically bring a whole lot of cool to the electoral discussion in the country.

‘‘Our focus as Oxfam is to harness the potential of people power to drive and own their development. We are therefore excited by the opportunity to work with the youth as critical agents for social change and believe this collaboration with MUSE marks the beginning of a very exciting journey’’ – Sebastian Tiah, Country Director - Oxfam in Ghana.

PARTICIPATE

Participate is a non-partisan multi-layered social advocacy campaign that seeks to engage the attention of young people between ages 18-34 years drawing on the star power of music, television, radio & events to present the general elections as COOL as it can be and make a compelling case for young people to act, to choose or lose out on choosing the leaders they believe in.

The campaign was created to tackle the challenge of LACK OF INTEREST IN ELECTORAL AFFAIRS, GOVERNANCE & POLITICS by young people in Ghana. PARTICIPATE is aimed at creating dedicated spaces for progressive engagement of the youth on issues of national importance that matter to them most and connect to the political process in ways that resonate with their worldview. The campaign is supported by Friends of the Nation, a Takoradi based, civil society organisation.

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