Africa Check

Africa Check

A non-profit, non-partisan website fact-checking claims in public debate in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria & Senegal. Africa Check aims to use journalistic skills and crowd-sourced information to fact-check the leading claims in public debate in Africa, starting with South Africa, and to spread the culture and enable practice of fact-checking among journalists where it works. For more on our work and who we are, visit AfricaCheck.org

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Africa Check

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Education

Podcast website

africacheck.org

Latest episode

Feb 12, 2026

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Episodes

Nigeria’s food and drug control agency denies issuing bread warning 06.11.2024

Nigeria’s food and drug control agency denies issuing bread warning by Africa Check

‘Deliberate misinformation’ – watermelon and cuttlebone mixture not a remedy for high blood pressure 06.11.2024

‘Deliberate misinformation’ – watermelon and cuttlebone mixture not a remedy for high blood pressure by Africa Check

Press release from Nigeria’s central bank on the use of foreign currencies is from 2015, not 2024 effort to strengthen the naira 06.11.2024

Press release from Nigeria’s central bank on the use of foreign currencies is from 2015, not 2024 effort to strengthen the naira by Africa Check

Ignore Facebook posts claiming Nigerian government is giving out N700,000 cash grants 06.11.2024

Ignore Facebook posts claiming Nigerian government is giving out N700,000 cash grants by Africa Check

Ignore Facebook video advertising a miracle formula that can cure chronic kidney disease 06.11.2024

Ignore Facebook video advertising a miracle formula that can cure chronic kidney disease by Africa Check

No, mixture of jatropha root and leaves, ginger and garlic can cure fibroids (Hausa) 21.10.2024

No, mixture of jatropha root and leaves, ginger and garlic can cure fibroids (Hausa) by Africa Check

World Health Organization has not reversed classification of mpox as public health emergency (Hausa) 21.10.2024

World Health Organization has not reversed classification of mpox as public health emergency (Hausa) by Africa Check

No! Bitter kola, onion and scent leaf combo won't treat haemorrhoids (Hausa) 21.10.2024

No! Bitter kola, onion and scent leaf combo won't treat haemorrhoids (Hausa) by Africa Check

Tackling the spread of fake news in our communities 21.10.2024

Tackling the spread of fake news in our communities by Africa Check

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups 21.10.2024

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups by Africa Check

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups 21.10.2024

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups by Africa Check

How to identify and tackle misinformation during elections (Yoruba) 21.10.2024

How to identify and tackle misinformation during elections (Yoruba) by Africa Check

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups (Yoruba) 21.10.2024

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups (Yoruba) by Africa Check

Tackling the spread of fake news in our communities 21.10.2024

Tackling the spread of fake news in our communities by Africa Check

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups 21.10.2024

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups by Africa Check

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups 21.10.2024

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups by Africa Check

Tackling the spread of fake news in our communities 21.10.2024

Tackling the spread of fake news in our communities by Africa Check

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups 21.10.2024

Role of group admin in fostering an informed community in closed groups by Africa Check

No evidence FBI found US$6 billion cash, 2027 election result sheets in London home of Nyesom Wike 21.10.2024

No evidence FBI found US$6 billion cash, 2027 election result sheets in London home of Nyesom Wike by Africa Check

No evidence that guava leaves can cure ulcers 21.10.2024

No evidence that guava leaves can cure ulcers by Africa Check

No, WHO has not ordered countries to prepare for ‘mega lockdowns’ over mpox outbreak 21.10.2024

No, WHO has not ordered countries to prepare for ‘mega lockdowns’ over mpox outbreak by Africa Check

No, horrific viral video circulating does not show bandits killing people kidnapped in Sokoto 21.10.2024

No, horrific viral video circulating does not show bandits killing people kidnapped in Sokoto by Africa Check

No evidence that ‘shame plant’ can cure mpox 21.10.2024

No evidence that ‘shame plant’ can cure mpox by Africa Check

No, common goosegrass cannot reverse kidney failure 21.10.2024

No, common goosegrass cannot reverse kidney failure by Africa Check

Ignore social media posts claiming that a mixture of jatropha root and leaves, ginger and garlic can cure fibroids 21.10.2024

Ignore social media posts claiming that a mixture of jatropha root and leaves, ginger and garlic can cure fibroids by Africa Check

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