Nigeria, April 23 -- FactCheckAfrica has unveiled Africa's first artificial intelligence, AI-powered fact-checking platform, named 'MyAIFactChecker' to counter the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the continent.

FactCheck Africa, an initiative of a Nigeria-based non-profit organisation, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI), was launched in 2022 as an independent, non-partisan and non-profit fact-checking platform for Africans.

Speaking at the unveiling of the AI-powered platform on Monday, the Global Director of BBYDI, Abideen Olasupo, said MyAIFactChecker was a product of months of dedicated effort and research, with support from BECERA and the U.S State Department, noting that the initiative would revoluti...