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
Two claims on the value of Kenya’s forestry sector
Source: Senator Susan Kihika (July 2019)
One unproven, one correct
Two claims about crime in Nigeria's Cross River state
Source: Cross River governor, Ben Ayade (June 2019)
Two incorrect
Seven claims on Kenya’s economy.
Source: Finance minister Henry Rotich (June 2019)
Five correct, one incorrect, one mostly correct
How many registered voters didn’t turn up? What was striking about the youth vote? We pull up a few numbers from the 8 May election.
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.