Quadri Yahya

Fact-checker || Researcher || Linguist-in-training 🌊

[FactCheckAfrica @FactC_Africa]

February Wasn't Business As Usual at FactCheckAfrica!

~16 Southwest CSOs Strengthened✅
~Ogun AI Fundamentals Workshop✅
~IFCN Sustain Grant✅
~KedereAI (coming soon)✅
~AI Research Series✅

Our February Newsletter is LIVE! Check out: https://t.co/1wUfLqZ974

Cc: @ng_youthfund

[FactCheckAfrica @FactC_Africa]

“Involve me, Involve me”
But nah you dey first rush post breaking news..🧐

You go see news online, you no go even verify before you post😕

Before you rush go post am next time, try dey involve our AI Chatbot mey hin fact-check am for you!

Start today 👉 https://t.co/TfjMS8qL3U

[Quadri Yahya @profjournalist]

Gov eyes Olubadan's throne

"I'm only interested in becoming Olubadan in the future. That's my ambition."

— Oba Rashid Ladoja as a sitting Oyo State Governor, 2005.

@StartArchiving

[archivi.ng @StartArchiving]

"LET US GET A NEW LANGUAGE" — Sunday Observer, 1969

"I do not like the idea of allowing English to remain our official language in this country. Our independence will not be complete as long as we continue to use the language of our colonial masters."

[Communiqué @Communique_HQ]

Chude Jideonwo has announced the launch of the Fourth Mainland Creator Fund, a $500,000 initiative that will provide direct capital injections to individual African creators.

The fund will be managed by Jideonwo’s Joy Inc, under newly appointed CEO Jennifer Mairo, and will also launch a “record label for creators.”

Read the full story using the link in our bio

[FactCheckAfrica @FactC_Africa]

Community Fact-Checking Sensitization in Imo State: Building Inclusion Through Media Literacy

FactCheckAfrica carried fact-checking sensitizations across Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano LGAs in #ImoState ...

[FactCheckAfrica @FactC_Africa]

International Day of Democracy 2025 🌍

Theme: Ensuring effective governance of AI at all levels.

At FactCheckAfrica, we’re already living this vision:
📍Built https://t.co/7lsKChVeQr, Africa’s first inclusive AI-powered tool verifying claims in 6+ languages.

thread!

[Quadri Yahya @profjournalist]

@LelapaAI @aremuadeolajr Well done, sir!

[FactCheckAfrica @FactC_Africa]

Empowering Rural Voices: Fact-Checking Outreach Across 13 #OyoState Communities

Misinformation has far-reaching consequences; fueling crises, health risks & community tensions. To counter this, our team in collaboration with DIAF Communication & @korrect_media took grassroots...

[Quadri Yahya @profjournalist]

@Communique_HQ This news makes me happy. Thank you!😉😁

[FactCheckAfrica @FactC_Africa]

How do you fight misinformation in Nigeria’s remotest communities?

Well, FactCheckAfrica went there - met people where they are.🙏🏾

With @ForCedars, we engaged residents of Alaropo Nla, Elesun Adeosun, Fedegbo/Olokiti, Ikoyi, and Olode Elelu in hands-on fact-checking sessions.

[FactCheckAfrica @FactC_Africa]

Something BIG is coming!📍

FactCheckAfrica is breaking new ground with free, certified virtual courses on Critical Thinking, Online Safety, Media Literacy, Communication, Civic Sensibility, AI Integration into Media & more.

A first-of-its-kind learning experience designed to..

[Àrẹ̀mú Adéọlá Jr. @aremuadeolajr]

Last week, I gave a talk on The State of African NLP: Africa has 2000+ languages, yet most remain low-resource in AI. Only 61 languages have speech corpora, and gaps are stark. Still, talent is rising: communities like Masakhane are building world-class research by bringing...

[Mr. JAIYE 📸 @Jaiyejeje0m0]

Ibadan dialect has a very wide range of meanings 😂😂

In-law… he’s going
In-law…. I’m not going
In-law….. I’ll go
In-law…. he’s grinding it
In-law….. he’s twisting
in law….. I'll grind it

You just have to love Ibadan 😂😂😂😂

[Linguistics Island @Linguist_island]

🧵1. Imagine being part of an active hub where languages and cultures intertwine, showcasing the beauty of Africa's linguistic heritage.

Welcome to Linguistics Island, a language hub like no other! 🌍🗣️
#LanguageLearning
#Africans

[Àrẹ̀mú Adéọlá Jr. @aremuadeolajr]

This talk will explore the current progress and persistent challenges in developing Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies for African languages. With over 2,000 languages spoken across the continent, most remain underrepresented in the AI ecosystem due to limited data,

[Linguistic Discovery @lingdiscovery]

Here are 3 things people tend to get wrong about language

[Gašper Beguš @begusgasper]

I collected some big picture thoughts on AI, humans, and animals in this @Medium post.

How can we get a better understanding of how we're similar and different from animals and machines:

https://t.co/G6wDRX6LDM

[Punocracy @punocracy]

Two years remain in President Bobo’s reign. Two years to switch from PowerPoint politics (not even governance) to people-first progress. Two years to replace graphs with groceries, and buzzwords with bread.

By: @themuslaw

https://t.co/O6gpRW7TsY

[Punocracy @punocracy]

Subsidies? Gone. Naira? Floated into the abyss. Taxes? Multiplied like rabbits in mating season. The result? A nation where the avg citizen now considers a full meal a luxury. But fear not, for our leader assures us that this is the path to prosperity.

https://t.co/O6gpRW7TsY