Fatu Ogwuche

Fatu has five years experience in the public sector and electoral processes. She was the New Media Consultant at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) where she was instrumental in project management, capacity development and developing strategies for sustaining citizen engagement with the Commission using new media. Fatu worked with African Elections Project (AEP) as a New Media Consultant in the 2012 Ghanaian elections, and coordinated an orientation of over forty volunteers from the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), on the use of new media to monitor elections. Fatu played a significant role in planning the 2015 elections and she coordinated activities in the Commission’s Situation Room on election days. Fatu is currently delving into the technology and elections field to explore how technology can improve electoral processes in Africa. Fatu is also a Mandela Washington Fellow.