No, Kenya’s debt not at ‘100% of GDP’ as economist claimed
Kenya’s debt “is at about 100% of GDP”, a Nairobi-based economist told South African TV. But the most recent data shows he was ahead of his ...
No, 60% of women in Nigeria don’t give birth at traditional attendants’ facilities
To encourage more acceptance of alternative approaches to health, an expert claimed that in Nigeria, six in 10 women delivered their babies ...
Does agriculture account for nearly half of Nigeria’s economy and provide a living for ‘90% of rural dwellers’?
An online publication claimed that Nigeria’s economic crisis was due to its neglect of agriculture. But did the statistics it cited add up? ...
Six South African cities in top 20 of world’s ‘most dangerous’? Crime index based on website users’ opinions
The country is infamous for high rates of crime and violence. But a widely reported crime ranking of its cities was based on the perceptions...
South African MP wrongly claims 70% of informal economy ‘in hands of non-citizens’
In response to the president’s state of the nation address, a member of parliament questioned why most of South Africa’ informal economy is ...
Debating the state of South Africa: did members of parliament get their facts straight?
Was there a 64% drop in gender-based violence in 2020? Will half of grade 1 pupils never make it to their school-leaving exams? We check the...
Are caesarean sections in Nigeria ‘far below’ the international rate, as newspaper claimed?
To save lives, a national daily made a case for more caesarean sections in Nigeria, arguing that the rate of the surgeries was lower than th...
Catholic doctors in Kenya pushed startling claims about Covid-19. Here’s why they’re wrong
A long-winded statement from the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association raised eyebrows – and sparked concerns about fuelling vaccine hesitancy....
Three claims about Kenya’s billion dollar debt to China, checked
A pan-African magazine gave eye-raising numbers about how much Nairobi owes Beijing. Not all of them added up, however.
Global charity patches together stat about African teen lockdown pregnancies
South African media widely reported a claim by World Vision that pandemic measures had led to a surge in teenage pregnancies. But the stat i...
Yes, malaria kills more kids under five than in any other age group. Here’s why
Drug-resistant malaria could be a concern for Africa, an online report said, due to its outsized toll on children.
Fact-checking 5 claims about Nigeria’s ‘second cervical cancer wave’
Africa’s most populous nation is experiencing an increase in cervical cancer cases because of the Covid-19 pandemic, said a prominent oncolo...