‘Mayowa is a development journalist, a multi-award-winning public speaker, and one of Africa’s finest fact-checkers. He’s a graduate of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan; the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos; and holds a master’s degree (with distinction) in Media Practice for Development and Social Change from the University of Sussex — via the prestigious UK government Chevening scholarship. In December 2018, ‘Mayowa ran the first-ever live fact check of any electoral debate in Nigeria’s 58-year history! And won the second prize at Africa’s Best Fact-Checking Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa in October 2019. ‘Mayowa’s works, which have been translated to French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic, have been quoted by The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, International Business Times, Bloomberg, New York Times and the BBC. He has worked on disinformation for global news agency, AFP, popular social media company, X (formerly Twitter), and the Centre for Democracy and Development.