‘Mayowa is a development journalist and one of Africa’s finest fact-checker. He’s a graduate of the University of Ibadan; the Nigerian Institute of Journalism; and holds a master’s degree (with distinction) from the University of Sussex — via the Chevening scholarship.

In 2015, ‘Mayowa was one of the few journalists from across Africa, trained by the United Nations Millennium Campaign as media ambassadors for the SDGs.

In 2017, he won the best team award at the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) cohort three. He was also a finalist for The Future Awards Africa prize for excellence in journalism, and the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist of the year 2017.

He attends and reports many international development-oriented events, including the World Bank/IMF meetings, the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Summit, and the Commonwealth Head of Government Forum (CHOGM).

His nation-defining reports from the Commonwealth Head of Government Forum (CHOGM 2018) in the United Kingdom inspired the #LazyNigerianYouth hashtag, and the consequent national revolt. In December 2018, ‘Mayowa ran the first-ever live fact check of any electoral debate in Nigeria’s 58-year history. By 2019, he won the second prize at Africa’s Best Fact-Checking Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa.

‘Mayowa is editor-at-large at TheCable and was a pioneer member of Twitter’s first team in Africa. He is currently consulting for the Centre for Democracy and Development on an FCDO-funded project, where he helped set up the first Social Media Election War Room in Nigeria.