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🎙️ NEW Episode Alert! As the year comes to an end, we take a look back at some of the highlights from Africa’s fact-checking experts. From digital safety, elections and everything in between, we have just what you need to do some catching up. Don’t get left behind in the conversation. Listen now! https://lnkd.in/dCNgqwuV #BehindTheFacts

Africa Check hosted a second ideathon on information resilience in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Supported by Meta, the event brought together academics from Addis Ababa University, representatives from the US Embassy, and UNESCO, as well as media development and civil society organisations. Nine idea pitches were delivered, with the top three winning prizes for the innovative use of AI, audience-specific media literacy strategies, and gender-specific approaches to misinformation. A big congratulations to the prize winners and heartfelt thanks to our local partner, Inform Africa!

Africa Check hosted the inaugural ideathon on information resilience, integrity and digital hygiene in Nairobi, Kenya. The event, supported by Meta, brought thought leaders from the Kenyan government, tech, fact-checkers, researchers, civil society, academia, media development organisation, and human rights organisations, Unesco and UNDP. The ideathon got 10 powerful and innovative ideas to build information resilience, boost digital hygiene, and disrupt harmful disinformation. These ideas were pitched to a panel of judges and an expert audience. Top three ideas got token prizes. We congratulate the winners Abraham Mariita, Ann Ngengere, and Mark Kaigwa! #KnowMore #DoBetter #InformationResilience #DigitalHygiene

[RECRUTEMENT] 📢 Le bureau francophone d’Africa Check, basé à Dakar, Sénégal, recrute une Assistante administrative et de projet. ➡️ Pour postuler, envoyez votre CV et votre lettre de motivation à senegal@africacheck.org avant le 10 décembre 2024. https://lnkd.in/ea-2s8bQ

📢 [PRESS RELEASE]: Ghana’s 2024 elections just got a powerful ally – the Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition! Convened by Media Foundation for West Africa(MFWA), Dubawa, FactSpace West Africa, and key civil society partners, the coalition is a united front formed to counter the election misinformation and disinformation that threatens Ghana’s peace and democratic consolidation. Here’s what’s coming: ✅ Media situation rooms in Accra and Tamale (4-11 December) to monitor, verify, and debunk harmful election-related narratives. ✅ Collaboration with ~50+ journalists and 100+ media outlets in ~45 Ghanaian languages to amplify credible information. ✅ Partnerships with Africa Check, CDD-Ghana, WANEP, and more. Supported by the US Embassy Ghana, Google News Initiative, and Full Fact AI, the coalition aims to safeguard credible elections. Join us in upholding Ghana’s democracy. #FactCheckGhana #GhanaDecides2024 #FightDisinformation

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Africa Check’s head of education and training, Carina van Wyk, and outreach assistant, Bokamoso Matsawane, were in Cape Town recently to facilitate the last of 29 fact-checking and verification workshops as part of a four-year project supported by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). More than 700 students and journalists across South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya attended these workshops, where they were equipped with skills to verify the accuracy of information, find credible data, and establish the origin of images and videos shared online. 

🗳️ Huit mois après l’élection de Bassirou Diomaye Faye comme président, les Sénégalais 🇸🇳voteront ce dimanche 17 novembre 2024 pour élire leurs députés. 🟠 Voici quelques informations clés à savoir sur ces législatives anticipées au Sénégal : https://lnkd.in/dupWtyRw

❌ Tahirou Sarr, candidat aux législatives sénégalaises du 17 novembre 2024 a affirmé que les étrangers représentent près de la moitié de la population du Sénégal. Les données disponibles, obtenues auprès de de l’Agence nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD), font état de 207 791 étrangers, soit 1,1% de la population. Des experts interrogés sur le sujet reconnaissent certaines limites dans le recensement de l’ANSD concernant les étrangers, mais ils confirment que ces derniers ne représentent en aucun cas la moitié de la population sénégalaise. Pour plus de détails, consultez notre article : https://lnkd.in/dvkYKuA4