Africa Facts Summit, a conference organised by Africa Check, has commenced at the United States International University Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.
The two-day event, a gathering of fact-checkers, researchers, and other experts working on information disorder, will be held on November 9 and 10, 2022. On both days, the Summit is designed to host panel sessions on media literacy, fact-checking and elections, and social media monitoring, among others.
The Summit will also feature sessions by Meta representatives who are billed to talk about how tech companies tackle the spread of false information.
In a statement, Executive Director of Africa Check, Noko Makgato, said the Summit was organised for fact-checkers “to share ideas and best practices in effective ways of combating the scourge of misinformation on our continent.”
The event coincides with Africa Check’s 10th-year anniversary and will also feature the annual fact-checking award.
Awards will be presented to the winner and runner-up in three categories: Fact-Check of the Year by a Working Journalist, Fact-Check of the Year by a Professional Fact-Checker, and Fact-Check of the Year by a Student Journalist.
The host noted that winners of the working journalist and professional fact-checker categories will each get a prize of $3,000. The runners-up would receive $1,500. The winner of the student journalist category will be awarded $2,000, and the runner-up $1,000.
