Mayowa is a development journalist, a multi-award-winning public speaker, and one of Africa’s best fact checkers. He's a graduate of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan; the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos; and holds a master’s degree (with distinction) in Media Practice for Development and Social Change at the University of Sussex -- via the prestigious UK government Chevening scholarship.
In 2012, he co-founded The Courtroom, an advocacy column breeding campus journalists, young writers, and critical thinkers across Nigerian universities. He also led Mellanby Hall Press Organisation, the first student-driven hall press organisation in West Africa, into becoming the best press organisation on campus and he was named the best campus journalist for the same year.
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.
In December 2018, 'Mayowa ran the first ever live fact check of any electoral debate in Nigeria’s 58-year history! And won the second prize at Africa’s Best Fact-Checking Awards in Johannesburg, South Africa in October 2019.
'Mayowa’s works, which have been translated to French, Spanish, Portugese and Arabic, have been quoted by The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, International Business Times, Bloomberg, New York Times and the BBC.
In 2020, he was one of only three Nigerian journalists certified by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to provide coverage in the selection process for the director-general of the organisation, which saw Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala clinch the position.
Through his career, Mayowa has reported and interviewed leading global figures, including Bill Gates, the founder of trillion-dollar company, Microsoft.
‘Mayowa is currently the business and development Editor at TheCable and leads the French News Agency, AFP-Facebook third-party fact checking drive in Nigeria.
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