Fact-Check Ghana

Fact-Check Ghana is a non-profit fact-checking project under the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA). It was set up to promote fact-based public discourse, especially in a media landscape that has seen a significant increase in internet access. Fact-Check is headquartered in Accra and operates in the same newsroom with MFWA's investigative journalism project, The Fourth Estate. Fact-Check Ghana is a signatory to International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) principles

History
Fact-Check Ghana was established in 2016 to address the spread of misinformation by newsmakers during that year's Ghanaian election. Since then, it has become one of the key fact-checking organizations in Ghana, verifying claims made by newsmakers. Kwaku Krobea Asante has been the team lead and editor since the inception of the project.

Works
Fact-Check Ghana verifies pictures and videos suspected of containing falsehoods or misleading statements. Their work spans various categories, including politics, health, social issues, elections, and the economy. Producing reports in English and other Ghanaian languages including Twi, Ga, Hausa, and Ewe, among others

Fact-Check Ghana also conduct information literacy and fact-checking training to journalists and media practitioners in Ghana. Some of their notable works includes


 * Half-naked photo of “Akufo-Addo” and “Serwaa Broni” in a room forensically fact-checked
 * Paa Kwesi Schandorf is NOT the 2023 Komla Dumor Award winner – BBC clarifies
 * Fake! Documentary implicating Bawumia in Bawku Conflict unfounded

Controversy
Kow Essuman, the legal counsel to President Nana Akufo-Addo, denied a Fact-Check Ghana report claiming the president misled the country by stating that the World Health Organization (WHO) ranked Ghana among the top countries for managing the COVID-19 pandemic.