Accra, May 8, GNA—Mr Eric Appah Marfo, an Editor at the Ghana News Agency, has been selected to participate in the 2026 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Fellowship.
The fellowship, is a regional media and fact-checking training programme aimed at strengthening verification, accountability journalism and efforts to combat misinformation across West Africa.
DUBAWA, the organisers of the programme, is an independent verification and fact-checking project initiated by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development to promote a culture of truth, verification, and accountability in journalism and public discourse across West Africa.
It has a presence in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia.
Mr Marfo was selected after a rigorous process involving applications, interviews and final evaluations featuring journalists from various media organisations within the sub-region.
Ahead of the official commencement of the fellowship on June 1, Mr Marfo joined 12 selected fellows in a mandatory three-day intensive virtual training held from Wednesday, May 6 to Friday, May 8, 2026.
The training focused on fact-checking methodologies, media literacy, verification and OSINT tools, ethical reporting, and practical approaches to identifying and countering misinformation in the digital space.
The three-month fellowship, which will run until August 31, 2026, will involve practical fact-checking and OSINT applications, mentorship engagements with experts, and the production of investigative reports and fact-checks.
Named after renowned Ghanaian media scholar and press freedom advocate, Professor Kwame Karikari, the fellowship equips journalists and media practitioners with skills needed to verify information, identify false claims, and promote evidence-based reporting in an increasingly complex information environment.
A major component of the fellowship is the integration of Open-Source Intelligence techniques into journalism practice to help fellows trace digital footprints, authenticate user-generated content, and identify coordinated disinformation campaigns online.
GNA
Edited by Samuel Osei-Frempong