Africa’s premier data integrity summit to happen in Nairobi in October 2026
NAIROBI, 3 August 2026. The fifth version of the Africa Details Summit will happen on 21 and 22 October 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. It brings collectively fact-checkers, journalists, researchers, technologists, policymakers and civil society actors at a crucial second for data integrity on the continent.
Earlier summits have collectively convened greater than 800 individuals from over 30 international locations.
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Returning to Nairobi
Africa Examine, organiser of the annual summit, has moved this yr’s gathering from Johannesburg to Nairobi. The choice was taken to make sure the widest doable participation from throughout the continent, which is the summit’s core function.
Nairobi holds explicit significance for the summit. The primary version was held within the Kenyan capital in 2022, bringing collectively fact-checking organisations and specialists from throughout Africa. The summit has since travelled to Mauritius, Ghana and Senegal.
A crucial second for data integrity
The 2026 summit comes at a time of fast and profound change. The fast adoption of synthetic intelligence, more and more refined coordinated disinformation networks, rising digital fraud and scams and escalating geopolitical affect campaigns are reshaping how data is produced, distributed and consumed. Africa sits squarely inside these forces, not exterior them.
Throughout the continent, these developments intersect with elections, battle, public well being, financial strain and falling belief in establishments and media – with actual penalties for communities, democracies and lives. They create new challenges for journalists, fact-checkers, researchers, policymakers, civil society and know-how communities, whereas on the identical time opening alternatives for brand new approaches to strengthening data integrity.
Now in its fifth yr, the summit convenes a rising neighborhood of organisations working throughout languages, areas and disciplines to construct public resilience to misinformation and disinformation.
What to anticipate
The 2026 programme will characteristic panel discussions, workshops, shows and interactive classes on probably the most urgent points shaping the data ecosystem at present. Themes embody:
- The influence of synthetic intelligence on data integrity
- Disinformation networks and platform accountability
- Elections and democratic resilience
- International affect operations
- Media literacy and public belief
- The long-term sustainability of the data integrity sector
“The knowledge challenges dealing with Africa don’t cease at nationwide borders. They’re more and more interconnected throughout international locations, languages, platforms and communities,” mentioned Hlalani Gumpo, Africa Examine’s Head of Outreach and Affect. “The summit offers an essential alternative for the individuals working throughout these completely different contexts to come back collectively, study from each other and strengthen the collective response. We’re happy to carry the summit again to Nairobi and stay up for welcoming individuals from throughout the continent.”
A rising continental community
The 2026 summit additionally builds on the expansion of the Africa Details Community, a continental neighborhood of fact-checking organisations working throughout greater than 30 African international locations. The Community presently has 58 member organisations.
This yr’s summit marks an extra milestone with the institution of the Africa Details Community Advisory Committee, reflecting the maturing of a continental ecosystem that has grown nicely past any single organisation or nation and offering strategic steerage and deeper collaboration amongst members.
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“The foreign money of belief is extra worthwhile now than ever earlier than, and as we proceed to grapple with the evolving risk of misinformation, a unified entrance is our strongest defence,” mentioned Eric Mugendi, Chair of the Africa Details Community Advisory Committee. “The Africa Details Summit offers us a possibility to come back collectively as a neighborhood, share the teachings we’re studying in numerous contexts and strengthen our collective efforts to anchor public discourse in reality throughout Africa.”
Register now
Tickets for the 2026 Africa Details Summit can be found right here. Early registration is inspired as locations are restricted, with tickets on sale till 30 September 2026.
In case you have any questions, please contact the summit organiser Hlalani Gumpo at hlalani@africacheck.org