How Frilife keeps investigations, awards, and stories accountable

Investigations on Frilife focus on public interest stories around governance, rights, and community impact. Ideas can come from the community, contributors, or the Frilife editorial team.

• Topics are screened for public-interest value, feasibility, and safety before being listed as investigations.
• Funding targets reflect estimated reporting, travel, verification, and safety costs.
• Every contribution is logged, verified via Paystack, and reflected on the investigation page once confirmed.

Satirical awards like the People's Verdict are one way we spotlight leadership failures and broken promises across Africa. To keep this fair:

• Campaigns are time-bound with clear start and end dates for voting.
• Only signed-in users can vote, and each account gets one vote per campaign.
• Nominees are pre-screened against criteria published on each campaign page.

Submitted stories, investigations, and awards content go through checks before they are fully published or promoted.

• Content is reviewed for accuracy, harm, hate, incitement, and doxxing risk.
• Sensitive investigations may be held in staging until basic verification and safety checks are complete.
• Users who repeatedly violate guidelines may be suspended, in line with our platform rules.

Some contributors, investigations, and awards may display a small verified badge. This badge indicates that Frilife has completed additional checks, not that we endorse every statement.

• Verified contributors have completed a stronger identity and track-record check.
• Verified investigations have additional editorial oversight and fact-check cycles.
• Verified award campaigns follow a documented process for shortlisting and voting.