President Obama visits Ghana

Speech, SMS and Radio program
Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 12:00am
End Time:
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 11:00pm
Location:
Accra, Ghana

Description

On Saturday, July 11th, President Obama will deliver a speech in Accra, Ghana. Here are ways for you to be involved.

1) Submit questions, comments, and words of welcome in English or French via SMS. SMS participants will also get live highlights from his trip. The President will answer some of the submitted questions following his speech in a radio broadcast.

Use a local SMS short code in:
-Ghana (1731)
-Nigeria (32969)
-South Africa (31958)
-Kenya (5683)
-Long numbers for mobile registration pan-Africa: 61418601934 and 45609910343.

Note: this SMS platform is not available in the US.

2) Participate on Facebook. We will host a live chat during the speech, so join in to post your comments and talk with others around the world. http://apps.facebook.com/whitehouselive/

3) On Twitter, please use the hashtag (#obamaghana) to find and share reactions related to his visit.

Other Information

  • Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.

Event Type

This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.

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