Six claims about the Nigerian economy.
Source: Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar (8 April 2020)
Three correct or mostly correct, two incorrect, one unproven.
Two claims about the spekboom plant
Source: Getaway magazine (March 2019)
One misleading, one incorrect
Eight claims about South Africa's progress
Source: Former South African president Jacob Zuma and current president Cyril Ramaphosa (2016 to 2019)
Four correct, three incorrect, one unproven
Youth unemployment in Nigeria is almost 70%.
Source: Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of Nigeria’s central bank (2 January 2020)
The most recent official data shows that 29.7% of youth in Nigeria were unemployed, and and a further 25.7% underemployed.
Five claims about the history of Mombasa, funding to coastal counties, cargo volumes at the port of Mombasa and Kenya’s life expectancy.
Source: President Uhuru Kenyatta (October 2019)
One correct, one mostly correct and three incorrect
Since 2015, he [James Macharia] has been allocated on average 47% of the national development budget.
Source: Kenya’s Standard newspaper, October 2019
Allocations to departments under the minister in the period under review have not been more than 41%.
Two claims about N-Power, a Nigerian government job-creation and skills-building programme.
Source: Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Nigeria (August 2019).
Both claims are unproven.
Nairobi accounts for 45% of Kenya’s gross domestic product
Source: The Guardian, UK (5 August 2019)
Nairobi’s GDP contribution averaged 21.7% from 2013 to 2017
Two claims on housing in South Africa
Source: President Cyril Ramaphosa and local media
Both incorrect
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.