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Tag: development

Blog post: BLOG: What we learnt fact-checking the Covid-19 infodemic on WhatsApp in Kenya

With movement restrictions in place due to Covid-19, unverified information still found a way of travelling, whether among family, colleagues or strangers – via WhatsApp.

09:31 | 10 December 2020 (GMT)

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  • Coronavirus
  • covid-19
  • development
  • fact-checking
  • Kenya
  • Misinformation
  • WhatsApp

Donald Trump’s ‘foreign policy’: Fact-checking US$166 bn China-Africa trade claim

Claim

Trade between Africa and China has grown rapidly, reaching US$166 billion in 2011.
Source: Mail & Guardian newspaper (19 October 2020)

mostly-correct

Verdict

Available data confirms the trade figure quoted by the Mail & Guardian. Trade between Africa and China had grown by at least another US$20 billion by 2018, while US trade with the continent decreased.

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07:02 | 3 November 2020 (GMT)

  • development
  • Donald Trump
  • president
  • trade
  • United States
  • USA

Nigeria’s population, economy and history: fact-checking Buhari’s independence day speech

Claims

Eight claims about Nigeria’s population, economy and history
Source: President Muhammadu Buhari, independence day speech (1 October 2020)

checked

Verdict

Five correct, two unproven and one misleading

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11:00 | 15 October 2020 (GMT)

  • development
  • economy
  • history
  • independence day
  • population
  • speech

World Bank uses outdated stats as it announces $500m Nigeria education plan

Claims

Two claims about the state of education in Nigeria’s northern states.
Source: The World Bank (July 2020)

checked

Verdict

One incorrect, one unproven

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01:43 | 30 September 2020 (GMT)

  • adolescent girls
  • data
  • development
  • households
  • poverty
  • World Bank

Kenya’s ex-prime minister Odinga mangles his numbers on government revenue share in Nigeria

Claims

Three claims about how revenue is shared between Nigeria’s three levels of government.
Source: Kenya’s former prime minister Raila Odinga (August 2020)

checked

Verdict

One correct, two incorrect

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10:49 | 23 September 2020 (GMT)

  • data
  • development
  • government
  • revenue

Is Nigeria ‘officially broke’? Why prominent economist’s warning needs a larger view

Claims

Four claims on the Nigerian government’s revenue and debt payments.
Source: Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria (June 2020)

checked

Verdict

Two correct, one misleading, one incorrect

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01:04 | 12 August 2020 (GMT)

  • development
  • economy
  • finance
  • Foreign reserves
  • gas
  • Oil

Tax incentives cost Kenya 6% of GDP, but there’s no global ‘standard’

Claim

The standard for tax expenditures is about 2% of gross domestic product.
Source: Ukur Yatani, Kenya’s cabinet secretary for the treasury (June 2020)

incorrect

Verdict

Experts said there was no “standard” or even average for tax expenditures.

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08:15 | 20 July 2020 (GMT)

  • development
  • GDP
  • growth
  • tax
  • tax expenditures

In South Africa’s post-coronavirus budget, more than half of tax revenue goes to public servant salaries

Claim

Out of every R1 paid in taxes, 58 cents goes towards paying the salaries of public servants
Source: Leon Schreiber, Democratic Alliance shadow minister for public service and administration (June 2020)

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Verdict

51.4% of total tax revenue goes to public servant salaries, or 51.4 cents out of every R1 in tax.

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08:45 | 14 July 2020 (GMT)

  • budget
  • Coronavirus
  • covid-19
  • debt
  • development
  • post-coronavirus
  • public servants
  • tax revenue

It’s a crisis! Fact-checking top opposition leader’s claims about Kenya’s 2020 budget

Claims

Six claims criticising the administration, following the announcement of the budget for the 2020/21 financial year.
Source: Musalia Mudavadi, party leader, Amani National Congress (11 June 2020 in an interview on KTN News)

checked

Verdict

One correct, one mostly correct, one misleading, three incorrect.

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09:27 | 8 July 2020 (GMT)

  • development
  • Kenya’s 2020 budget
  • loan payments

Fact-checking Buhari’s Democracy Day claims about his economic achievements

Claims

Eight claims about current government achievements.
Source: Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari (12 June 2020)

checked

Verdict

A range of ratings from correct to misleading and unproven.

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02:48 | 2 July 2020 (GMT)

  • Buhari
  • democracy
  • development
  • economy
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