What is Founders Day Ghana Writing Contest?

Founders Day Ghana Writing Contest is a one month outreach initiative organized to create awareness and educate the public on the significance of the day and also encourage the curation of content about Ghana’s history. We are reaching out to as many people who can join the contest by contributing relevant content on Wikipedia either by improving existing articles or creating new articles related to the History of Ghana. All participants will stand the chance of winning amazing prizes.

Who can participate?

Any Ghanaian with the interest in writing and projecting the History of Ghana on the internet.

Why should I participate in the Writing Contest?

At the moment about 2% of the content that exists on English Wikipedia is about Africa not to talk of Ghana. Not much has been written about our history, people, culture on this great platform. The Founders Day Ghana Writing Contest will be an opportunity for us to create and curate content which projects our country and people hence making information about our history and culture easily accessible by everyone through Wikipedia and its sister projects.

What to do during the Founders Day Ghana Writing Contest?

From 4th August to 31st August, we encourage participants to create new articles about the past and present leaders, ministers, Members of parliament etc and their contributions pre and post independence. They can also improve existing Wikipedia articles on Ghana’s history. By doing so, we can create reliable content on Ghana’s History on Wikipedia for the benefit of global readers.