PesaCheck
FALSE: This Video Is Not Of Russia’s Luna 25 Crashing Into The Moon
A post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video supposedly showing Russia’s Luna 25 crashing into the moon is FALSE. The post reads: “BREAKING: Russia’s...
PESACHECK
FAKE: This X Account Asking Stanbic Bank Customers For Personal Information Is An Imposter
This X account posting content as Stanbic Bank Uganda and asking customers for their National Identity Numbers (NINs) is FAKE. X is formerly Twitter. The picture on...
PESACHECK
Kenyan Journalist Lands Global Fact-Checking Job
A Kenyan journalist has joined an international fact-checking organisation to boost its accountability journalism. In this new development, Mr Enock Nyariki has been...
BT Correspondent
FALSE: This Is Not An Image Of Jonathan The Tortoise, The World’s Oldest Animal
This Facebook post claiming to show an image of Jonathan the tortoise, the oldest animal in the world, is FALSE. The image shows four...
PESACHECK
PARTLY FALSE: No Scientific Evidence That Jatropha Curcas And Cassava Can Cure HIV
A Facebook post claiming that a combination of leaves, roots, and bark of Jatropha curcas, cassava, and black seed can cure the Human Immunodeficiency...
PESACHECK
PesaCheck Appoints New Managing Editor
Incubated by Code for Africa (CfA), PesaCheck has in recent years grown to become one of the leading fact-checking media platforms on the...
MARTIN SIELE
Two Kenyan journalists shortlisted for prestigious African fact-checking award
Daily Nation and PesaCheck reporters nominated in a field dominated by West African journalists
Mike Njoroge
Fact-checking: A new hope in fake news land
The war for truth may just be won by facts
Mike Njoroge
Kenyan start ups take the fight to fake news purveyors
Given the fast-paced and sophisticated nature of misinformation online in Kenya, some companies are offering targeted interventions aimed at setting the record straight
QUARTZ
