
The 2024 Africa Facts Summit will be held in Accra, Ghana, on October 9 and 10, respectively. The event will gather up fact-checking organizations and experts across the continent.
The Africa Facts network has grown from two organizations in 2017 to over 50 member organizations primarily using English, French, Arabic, and Amharic, highlighting the progress made by organizations fighting misinformation across the continent.
The network’s goal is to improve and expand the continent’s practice of fact-checking and building resilience.
Africa Check will co-host the summit with local partners Dubawa and FactSpace West Africa.
“A gathering such as this is significant in advancing the fight against misinformation and disinformation on the continent for many reasons, but mainly because it fosters a culture of collaboration and partnership. Without these, our efforts are less likely to succeed” – says Noko Makgato, executive director of Africa Check.
The summit will bring together fact-checking organisations from across the continent to explore innovative projects and advancements in fact-checking practices that they employ in their daily operations.
The summit will end with the African Fact-Checking Awards gala dinner. This is the longest-running and most extensive awards programme honouring African fact-checking journalism.
There are three categories for the awards:
• Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist
• Fact-Check of the Year by a Professional Fact-Checker
• Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist
The working journalist and professional fact-checker category winners will each receive US$3,000. Runners-up will receive US$1,500.
The winner of the student journalist category will also receive US$2,000, and the runner-up will receive US$1,000.