FACTSHEET: Nigeria’s matriculation results between 2010 & 2016
Data on Nigeria’s matriculation examinations has been released for the first time in 7 years. Which state had the most applications? Where w...
Data on Nigeria’s matriculation examinations has been released for the first time in 7 years. Which state had the most applications? Where w...
In Nigeria, government intervention in the foreign exchange market has led to numerous dollar exchange rates. Africa Check counted at least...
The South African Police Service released crime statistics for the first three quarters of the 2016/17 financial year on 3 March 2017. This ...
In South Africa, few subjects elicit as much debate and opinion as the country's extensive social welfare programme. Does it indeed make peo
The quarterfinals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations takes place this weekend. Samba Dialimpa Badji takes a look at the figures behind Africa...
The Kenyan government argues that awarding pay raises to its increasingly agitated workers will squeeze the public wage bill. But some argue...
Just how efficient is South Africa’s university sector? Karen Jeynes explains how the throughput rate of students is calculated and what the...
In 2012, Africa Check found that Cape Town had the lowest inequality - by a small margin - of South Africa’s metros, as measured by the Gini...
Following #FeesMustFall protests, South Africa has announced free higher education for students from poor and working-class families. This f...
South Africa’s 2015/16 crime statistics were released by the police on 2 September 2016. This factsheet presents a summary of crimes of publ...
This factsheet looks at the available data on detention and deportation of undocumented migrants in South Africa's Lindela Repatriation Cent...
Where do South Africa's migrants come from? This factsheet looks at the geography of migration in the country.
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