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Rabiu Alhassan joins board of International Fact-Checking Network
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On the African continent, he has led FactSpace West Africa to become a recognisable contributor to the information integrity ecosystem, providing mentorship and training to several organisations and journalists, which culminated in the co-hosting of the 2024 Africa Facts Summit, the Africa Check-led annual Fact-Checking Conference in Accra, Ghana.
The Founding Executive Director of FactSpace West Africa, Rabiu Alhassan, has been elected to the board of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), effective October 1.
After launching FactSpace West Africa in 2019 and guiding the organisation to become a signatory to the IFCN code of principles, which is the gold standard in fact-checking, he has invested in media innovation and the design of products at the intersection of technology and journalism, with a focus on information disorder.
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