TRULLY. VERIFY AFRICA
Est. 2023 · Lagos, Nigeria Vol. I — Fact Check · Educate · Unify
Social Enterprise · Media Integrity

Misinformation shapes the narrative. We restore the record.

Trully Verify Africa is a social enterprise combating misinformation and fake news across Africa — equipping young people with the skills to question, verify, and speak with facts.

Reach Us What We Do
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Fact Check, Educate, Unify

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Fact Check

We identify claims circulating in the public domain, research them against reliable sources and expert opinion, then verify and publish what we find.

Claim → Research → Report
II.

Educate

Through interactive workshops and skill-building exercises, we help people — especially young people — build the media literacy to spot false information themselves.

Workshops · Resources
III.

Unify

An informed public is a resilient one. We bring citizens, institutions and partners together to strengthen democracy and rebuild trust in information.

Community · Democracy
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Where the work stands

2023
Founded, following the founder's work as an election observer
100+
Youths equipped through the Media Information Literacy project
2nd
Place, Code for Africa Hackathon Against Misinformation, 2023
4+
Partner organisations across the media integrity space

"The future of democracy hinges on the informed participation of its youth."

Ruhamah Ifere, Founder

Trully Verify Africa was founded in 2023 by Ruhamah Ifere, following her tenure as an election observer with the Center for Democracy and Development — where she saw firsthand how false information was pushing young people away from civic life.

That observation became a mission: build the tools and the literacy Africa's youth need to tell fact from fiction. The flagship Media Information Literacy project, "Co-Creating Antibodies to Fake News," has since become the organisation's core youth program.

The work has carried Trully Verify Africa from the Code for Africa Hackathon to the Lagos Digital Democracy Fair with YIAGA Africa, UKinNigeria and Civic Hive, and to the Regional Conference on Countering Information Manipulation in West Africa, hosted by the National Democratic Institute and the Center for Democracy and Development.

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Programs & milestones

2023
Flagship Program

Co-Creating Antibodies to Fake News

The Media Information Literacy (MIL) project — interactive training that has equipped over 100 youths with the skills to discern and combat misinformation.

2023
Recognition

Code for Africa Hackathon

Second-place finish in a continental hackathon focused on tools to fight misinformation.

2024
Convening

Lagos Digital Democracy Fair

Presented alongside YIAGA Africa, UKinNigeria and Civic Hive on digital democracy and civic tech.

2024
Regional

Countering Information Manipulation in West Africa

Featured at the regional conference organised by the National Democratic Institute and the Center for Democracy and Development.

Supported by partners including
Code for Africa International Press Centre Democracy Lab American Corner Lagos
Reach Us

Truth needs more hands on deck.

Have a claim to verify, a partnership idea, or a community that needs a media literacy workshop? Get in touch.

Email hello@trullyverify.org
Website trullyverify.org
Based in Lagos, Nigeria

Ways to get involved

  • Volunteer as a fact-checker or researcher
  • Bring a media literacy workshop to your school or community
  • Support a transparency campaign as a partner
  • Fund the next cohort of the MIL project
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