Rabiu Alhassan
Executive Director, FactSpace West Africa
Rabiu Alhassan is a media and digital strategy expert with about 2 decades of experience working across media channels and is currently invested in designing products at the intersection of technology and journalism, with a focus on information disorder. As the Executive Director of FactSpace West Africa, he leads initiatives that promote information integrity across the region, leveraging technology, media partnerships, and digital literacy programmes. Rabiu has collaborated with organizations such as WHO, UNESCO, USAID, UNICEF, Meedan, ECOWAS, Africa Check, Google News Initiative, DW Akademie, and IFCN, among other INGOs to strengthen information resilience.
Passionate about media innovation and civic engagement, he is committed to promoting a digital age that fosters trust, ensuring access to credible information, empowering vulnerable members of the public, and promoting transparency in public discourse across West Africa.