Sisterspeak237 Digital Literacy Contest: Uba's Ngwa Norah wins February Edition

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By Martial Gnoukapasi

Ngwa Norah - Winner of February Edition

Sisterspeak237 in a press release has made public the winners of the February Edition of the Digital Literacy Contest.

In the release the structure indicated that "We received 8 video entries in relation to the contest and just like the January session, two judges scored each entry on 50 while online engagements make up the other 50 points.

From the 8 entries, Entry 8 on Fake News by Ngwa Norah from the Communication and Development Studies Department of the University of Bamenda emerged winner. She has a score of 95/100. https://fb.watch/bLVN61dWsQ/


Ngwa Norah Lumnyi is Post Graduate Student of the University of Bamenda and GBV activist.

 "I am 23years old, an actor, a script writer, poet, community engagement officer for RuWCED-Cameroon working on GBV/VAWG and why not I make a good public relations officer and MC" the winner bragged.

Second Position is Entry 5, Truth Conquers Falsehood, Love Silences Hatred by Allen Laika Tatah. https://www.facebook.com/274295492721998/posts/2216930168458511/

- 3rd Position, Entry 7 Awake by Akalambi Claire https://fb.watch/bLVLDCjCY_/

- 4th Position, Entry 4; The Meat Seller by Mokube Kenail https://fb.watch/bLVPeVkM56/

-5th Spot, Entry 3 Forwarded Messages by Eyong Taku https://fb.watch/bLVQxipEAy/

- 6th position Entry 6, Social Media by Metsatedem B. Russel https://www.facebook.com/274295492721998/posts/2216930058458522/

-7th Position, Entry 2: Misinformation by Alain Mbah https://fb.watch/bLVRYnFqdB/

-8th Position, Entry 1; End Hate Speech by Brandon Tabot Chuck. https://fb.watch/bLVT2_tKAo/

The contestants in all entries demonstrated an understanding of how to combat fake news, misinformation and Hate speech.

The project lead Wanchia Cynthia in congratulating the winner said "I must say this second round of the Digital Literacy Contest was tougher than the first. Choosing a winner became a difficult task for our team. The entries were intriguing and contestants showed mastery of the subject matter. It was more interesting to get an entry from a group of hearing impaired and we pray the messages sink so together we can stop hate Speech, combat fake news and misinformation. I am excited to see what the March edition has in store for us"

Wanchia Cynthia - project lead for sisterspeak237

This Digital Literacy Contest is part of our Digital Literacy Project currently under implementation with funds from the US Embassy in Cameroon. We kicked off by training 46 youths and Influencers in the Southwest Region around these concepts and who at the end took a commitment to use tech for the promotion of peace and Truth guided by the following tags:

#Toktrue #PepperTheTruth
#ThinkB4UClick.

One of our judges of the contest Ndamo Damaris after this second evaluation notes, the entries were impressive.

"I am very much impressed with the entries this month.Each contestant brought in their unique flavor and proved their readiness to carry the message beyond. Last month edition had four entries and the fact that it doubled to 8 this edition depicts how widely the campaign is spreading,reaching out to more people across the globe.Hence, more awareness on the subject" Ndamo Damaris.

The March edition will be launched on March 20, 2022 on our social media pages.

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