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African Fact Checking Alliance

African Fact Checking Alliance

The African Fact-Checking Alliance is Africa’s largest indigenous fact-checking network. The network consists of newsrooms and civil society organisations who fight misinformation by publishing fact-checks to debunk viral conspiracy theories and other toxic content.

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Editors

AFCA

Justin Arenstein

Investigative journalist working with #CivicTech and #OpenData. CEO at Code for Africa (CfA) + African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR).

Bilal TAIROU

Chief Coordinator for African Fact-Checking Alliance @ Code for Africa

Code for Africa

Africa's largest network of #CivicTech and #OpenData labs. Projects include #impactAFRICA, #openAFRICA, #PesaCheck, #sensorsAfrica and #sourceAFRICA.

PesaCheck

Are they lying? Kenya’s 1st fact-checking initiative verifies statements by public figures. A @Code4Kenya and @IBP_Kenya initiative, supported by @Code4Africa.

Writers

Bilal TAIROU

Chief Coordinator for African Fact-Checking Alliance @ Code for Africa

Nadia Lawson

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