Award-winning Nigerian journalist Hannah Ajakaiye is on a mission to fight misinformation and its harmful impact across Africa. Ajakaiye is currently a Knight Fellow with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), where she leads…
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WAJIC 2023: Fact-checking organisations deploy innovative techs to combat misinformation
Fact-checking organisations in Africa are deploying innovative methods and technologies to aid fact-checking efforts and counter the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the continent…
Combating disinformation around Nigeria’s 2023 election
In the leadup to Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election in February, award-winning journalist Hannah Ajakaiye led efforts to fight the vast amounts of electoral mis- and disinformation circulating online. Ajakaiye, who is an ICFJ Knight Fellow and…
Factual information necessary in strengthening Nigeria’s democracy – US Consulate
The United States Consulate in Lagos has emphasized the importance of factual information in strengthening Nigeria’s democracy and public institutions. This call was made by its Public Affairs Officer, Joseph Kruzich, during a fact-check workshop organised by FactsMatterNG, in Lagos on…
FactsMatterNG offers in-person workshop to combat misinformation
FactsMatterNG – a member of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition – is offering an in-person workshop to empower participants with tools and knowledge needed to build trust and combat misinformation…
JSK names international journalism fellows for 2023-2024
The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships will welcome seven journalism leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America to Stanford University to be part of the JSK Class of 2023-24. Beginning in September, these JSK Fellows will pursue a range of innovative ideas that seek to champion press freedom in a world where journalists…
Nigerian fact-checkers join forces ahead of elections
Local fact-checkers in Nigeria banded together ahead of the February 25 ballot to combat the deluge of disinformation circulating online about leading candidates and the electoral process..
Innovator Insights – FactsMatterNG
Fathm’s Innovator Insights series explores the bold steps taken by individuals and organisations seeking to increase value and improve quality in journalism, communications, and information sharing and identifies what we can learn from them. In this edition we spoke to Hannah Ajakaiye of FactsMatterNG – a fact checking initiative created in the year 2020 as …
Ezekwesili, panelists at ICIR, ICFJ webinar unveil new approach against fake news
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Dr Mrs Obi Ezekwesili, Wednesday disclosed the need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information through incentives to discourage the spread of fake news…
How to win battle against fake news, by Dare, others
There is need to fight fake news from all fronts to protect the works of genuine, hardworking journalists, a panel of experienced journalists has said…