Africa Check

Africa Check
Company typeNon-profit organization
IndustryJournalism
FoundedJune 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06)
Headquarters
South Africa
Area served
South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal
Key people
  • Noko Makgato (Executive director)
  • Lee Mwiti (Chief Editor)
  • David Ajikobi (Nigeria editor)
  • Alphonce Shiundu (Kenya editor)
Samba Dialimpa Badji (Senegal Editor)
ServicesFact checking
Websiteafricacheck.org

Africa Check is a non-profit fact checking organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. The organisation's goal is to raise the quality of information available to society across the continent.[1][2] Africa Check is an independent organisation with offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, Dakar and London, producing reports in English and French testing claims made by public figures, institutions and the media against the best available evidence.[1]

  1. ^ a b Rick, Lyman (23 July 2013). "Nonpartisan Fact-Checking Comes to South Africa". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ^ Rachel, Bartlett (13 August 2013). "Checking the facts: Africa Check expands to new countries". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2013.