Eight claims about Nigeria’s population, economy and history
Source: President Muhammadu Buhari, independence day speech (1 October 2020)
Five correct, two unproven and one misleading
Two claims about the contribution of tourism to Kenya’s economy
Source: Najib Balala, tourism minister (May 2020)
One incorrect, one mostly correct.
Three claims about Covid-19 infection rates and the threshold for “totally” easing restrictions
Source: Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta (August 2020)
One incorrect, one misleading and one correct
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)
Two correct, one misleading, one incorrect
Eight claims about current government achievements.
Source: Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari (12 June 2020)
A range of ratings from correct to misleading and unproven.
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.
Ethiopia is the fastest growing economy globally.
Source: Dr Peter Kagwanja on Kenyan broadcaster NTV
Ethiopia has the highest 10-year growth rate of 194 economies tracked by the IMF, while World Bank data ranks it second.
Five claims about South African government achievements since 1994.
Source: President Cyril Ramaphosa (8 November 2019)
Two correct, two incorrect, one unproven
Information and communications technology contributes 13.9% to Nigeria’s GDP, and oil and gas contributes 8.8%.
Source: Dr Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy (October 2019)
Minister compared a nominal GDP figure with a real GDP figure.
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