Application Deadline: 7 June 2025. Entries for the 2025 African Fact-Checking Awards, the longest-running awards programme honouring fact-checking journalism by the media in Africa, are now open to journalists, journalism …
African Fact-Checking Awards
African Fact-Checking Awards 2021 for Journalistic Excellence in Africa (USD7,000+ in Prizes)
Application Deadline: 1 August 2021. Entries for the 2021 African Fact-Checking Awards, the longest-running awards programme that honours fact-checking journalism by the media in Africa, are now open. Journalists and …
African Fact-Checking Awards 2019 for Journalistic Excellence in Africa (USD4,000+ in Prizes)
Application Deadline: midnight GMT on 30 June 2019. Launched in 2014 and now in their sixth year, the African Fact-Checking Awards are the only awards that each year honour journalism …
African Fact-Checking Awards 2017 for Journalistic Excellence in Africa (USD6,000 in Prizes)
Application Deadline: 31 August 2017 midnight GMT The African Fact-Checking Awards, now in their fourth edition, are the only awards on the continent set up specifically to honour the best, non-partisan fact-checking journalism by …
African Fact-Checking Awards 2016 for Journalistic Excellence in Africa ($USD6,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: midnight on 31 August 2016 The African Fact-Checking Awards, that each year honour journalism by Africa-based media in the new and exciting field of fact-checking, are in their …
2015 African Fact-Checking Awards for Journalistic Excellence in Africa (€4,000 Euros Cash Prize)
Application Deadline: 31st August 2015 Are you a reporter for an Africa-based media organisation? Has a report you published or broadcast exposed a claim from a public figure or institution to …
