Society of Journalist -Africa (Center for Building specialization of journalists) was established in 2012
with the aim of promoting quality journalism that will greatly institutionalized developmental
journalism across Africa to accelerate socio-economic progress of the various economies on the
continent.
Since its inception In 2012 in Ghana , Society of Journalists –Africa has played advocacy role in the
area of education in electioneering reportage, education against hate speech. in 2016,we initiated
series of programs to advocate for peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections . Some of the
activities we undertook included stakeholders engagements ,outreach programmes by our reporters
to engage body builders ,properly known as’ Machomen’ and this interactions were at length
embraced by the body builders .
Since 1992 up to the last presidential and parliamentary elections in 2016, these young body builders
were used to perpetrate violence in every electioneering campaign year in Ghana by some politicians.
With series of engagements by members of Society of Journalists –Africa , this aged long politically
violent conflict and charged and heightened tension issues which usually resulted in loss of properties
and precious lives were drastically reduced in especially those identified flash points in Ashanti region.