Kenyan deputy president Gachagua latest public official to repeat misleading education funding statistic
Rigathi Gachagua inaccurately claimed that education receives 27% of the national budget. The real figure is 15.2%.
GUIDE: Vetting claims about legislation in South Africa
New laws are often the target of misinformation because of their political and economic impact. Here are tips to avoid these false claims.
‘This is actually happening, it’s a scam’: a handy guide to predatory conferences
Not all conferences are created equal, as one South African academic recently discovered, sharing her experience with Africa Check.
Headlines that Covid has re-emerged in Nigeria’s Benue state misleading, health officials say
A national newspaper reported that 25 new cases had been confirmed in the north-central state. This is incorrect, health officials said.
GUIDE: How to verify a voice note from your phone
Voice messages have many advantages, but they are also a tremendous source and channel for the dissemination of false information.
Access to electricity higher than 36% in 1994, despite claims by South Africa’s ruling party
The ANC’s secretary general Fikile Mbalula has repeated an incorrect claim about access to electricity in 1994.
Less than 12 million South Africans on social grants, not 18 million as often claimed
Several media publications have repeated an incorrect claim about the number of South Africans who get social grants.
No evidence for Kogi governor hopeful’s claim that state has Nigeria’s largest uranium deposits
If elected, Dino Melaye hopes to exploit the state's minerals for the benefit of its people. But there's no evidence of the coveted metal.