August 06
South Africa: It's a Scam! Don't Be Duped By 'Official' Letters Guaranteeing Admission to South African Universities for a Fee
IN SHORT: A scam spreading on South African social media targets prospective university students who have been rejected or are waiting for an admission decision. The circulating… Read more »
July 26
Kenya: 'Beware of Con Men,' Kenya Medical Training College Warns As Fake Admission Letters Circulate
IN SHORT: While admission to the Kenyan medical college is competitive, online claims that bribes can be paid to circumvent the official process are false. Read more »
July 17
Tanzania: Disregard Public Notice Allegedly From Tanzania's Examinations Council Announcing Deadline for Correcting Names On Certificates
Disregard public notice allegedly from Tanzania's examinations council announcing deadline for correcting names on certificates Read more »
July 10
Kenya: Kenya's Teacher Employer Has Not Said It Will Not Pay 100,000 Teachers Due to Scrapping of Finance Bill 2024
Kenya's teacher employer has NOT said it will not pay 100,000 teachers due to scrapping of Finance Bill 2024 Read more »
May 29
Nigeria: Old Photo Used to Depict University of Maiduguri Students Supposedly Studying Under Streetlights in 2024
Old photo used to depict University of Maiduguri students supposedly studying under streetlights in 2024 Read more »
May 17
Nigeria: No, Viral Photos Don't Show the True State of Nigerian School in 2024
No, viral photos don't show the true state of Nigerian school in 2024 Read more »
May 10
Nigeria: Results of Nigeria's Key University Exam Cannot Be 'Upgraded', Testing Agency Warns
Results of Nigeria's key university exam cannot be 'upgraded', testing agency warns Read more »
July 17, 2023
Africa: Raising Informed Media Consumers Starts At School
Simply teaching media literacy is not enough in today's online environment. Africa Check has created fact-checking resources for teachers that directly target harmful information. Read more »
May 18, 2023
Kenya: No, Kenya's Education Minister Has Not Announced That 29 - to 35-Year-Old Kenyans Will Rewrite Major High School Exam
IN SUMMARY: While there have been concerns about cheating in exams, a claim that Kenyans who sat for a secondary school leaving exam years ago would be forced to retake it comes… Read more »
March 07, 2023
South Africa: Debating the State of the Nation - South African MPs' Claims About Crime, Education, Service Delivery and More Scrutinised
Are only 4% of rapes reported in South Africa? Is 54% of water lost to leaks and poor infrastructure? We checked these and other claims made during the 2023 state of the nation… Read more »
February 10, 2023
Uganda: No, Uganda's Exams Board Hasn't 'Lost' Students' Crucial Results to Hackers - Tweet Fake
IN SHORT: The Twitter post could have students breaking out in a sweat. But the Uganda National Examinations Board didn't announce that its systems had been hacked. Mercifully, the… Read more »
February 03, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania Banned Use of Kiswahili in Secondary Schools? No, Online Claims Are False
IN SHORT: With Tanzanians widely associated with Kiswahili, perhaps more than any other country, a ban on using the language as a medium of instruction would be surprising. Read more »
January 27, 2023
Kenya: Relax! Viral Video of Student Confessing - On Live TV - to Cheating in Kenya's National Exams Just a Tiktok Joke
IN SHORT: Just days after the school-leaving Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam results were released, a video that seemed to show a top-performing student blatantly… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Kenya: No, the Teachers Service Commission - Kenya's Largest Public Employer - Hasn't Appointed a New Boss
IN SHORT: The leadership of the Teachers Service Commission, one of Kenya's 10 constitutional commissions, is keenly watched. A claim that the agency has a new chief is false. Read more »
January 10, 2023
Uganda: No, Makerere University Head Didn't Authorise Meddling in Election
IN SHORT: The chairperson of Makerere University represents the staff and alumni of the institution. A letter doing the rounds online, which claims management went all out in… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Uganda: Ignore Fake Tweet, Uganda National Exams Board Executive Didn't Say Form 4 Candidates Had Failed 2022 Exam
IN SHORT: Form 4 students in Uganda are awaiting their 2022 exam results with bated breath. A quote attributed to the examination board that they had all failed is mercifully a… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Ghana: No, Ghana's Universities Will Not Be 'Closed Down for One Week in Honour of Queen Elizabeth'
IN SHORT: The death of the UK's queen in September 2022 led to a number of false claims circulating on social media. And that Ghanaian universities would close for a week to… Read more »