Accra, Ghana – October 19 – FactSpace West Africa will be represented at the 2026 Africa Facts summit scheduled for the Kenyan capital, Nairobi between October 21 and 22, 2026 at the Safari Park Hotel.
Research associate and fact-checker, Gifty Danso, will present a breakaway session titled “Making Facts Visible: A Design Sprint for Fact-Checkers” to share insights on our use of TikTok to expand uptake of our publications.
On Day 2 of the summit, Gifty will share learnings from our 10-month journey of turning text-heavy fact-checks and other reports into short-form video, drawing on the close to 100 videos FactSpace has so far produced.
“I am looking forward to the summit. The Africa Facts summit allows players in the information integrity space to share ideas, and this is exactly what FactSpace will be doing. We will sell the gospel of how reels must be leveraged to reach audiences. I can’t wait,” Gifty said.
Our Executive Director, Rabiu Alhassan, will also be attending the summit, his first since assuming his position as a member of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) board.
About Gifty Danso
Gifty is a journalist with expertise in business, legal, and political reporting with media research experience working with the City University of London’s journalism department’s project on expert women voices in Ghana’s media.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, now the University of Media, Arts, and Communication (UniMAC) and has undertaken relevant training with the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and DW Akademie.
Despite being into full time fact-checking. Gifty remains passionate about data journalism, investigative journalism, media literacy, and development communication.
A third consecutive presentation at Africa Facts summit
The 2026 presentation will be the third consecutive year FactSpace is presenting at the summit. In 2024 when FactSpace West Africa and Dubawa Ghana co-hosted the summit in Ghana, Rabiu presented findings and insights from our OSINT report on the Bawku conflict.
At the 2025 edition of the summit in Dakar, Senegal, board member of FactSpace West Africa, Demba Kandeh led a breakout session titled: “Detecting digital information disorder and leveraging community radio for grassroots trust-building.” It highlighted role of community radio in tackling misinformation in The Gambia.
