For every one professional immigrating to South Africa, eight are leaving.
Source: Johannes Wessels, director of the Enterprise Observatory of South Africa (April 2019)
No publicly available data proves or disproves claim.
Five claims on a range of national topics.
Source: Kenyan deputy president William Ruto (April 2019)
One correct, three mostly correct, one incorrect
Nigeria has 100 million generators in private hands.
Source: 702 radio host Bongani Bingwa (March 2019)
While electricity supply is erratic, there is no data on generator ownership in Nigeria.
Kenya’s used car industry pays KSh49 billion in taxes
Source: Kenya Auto Bazaar Association (February 2019)
Total tax on both new and used car imports less than KSh49 billion
77% of Nigerian women use skin lighteners
Source: International media reports
No data supports claim
Two claims on housing in South Africa
Source: President Cyril Ramaphosa and local media
Both incorrect
Nigeria has 11 million stunted children
Source: ThisDay newspaper (February 2019)
Population data in Nigeria is uncertain
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Seven claims about the government's achievements
Source: Uhuru Kenyatta, 2019 State of the Nation Address
Three correct, two mostly correct, one incorrect and one misleading.
Three claims on funding of Kenya’s judiciary and parliament
Source: Senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi (March 2019)
All three incorrect