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10 Most Popular Twitter Accounts In Ethiopia

10 Most Popular Twitter Accounts In Ethiopia

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From sports stars to fashion models, and politicians to the national airline, Ethiopians and Eritreans are taking to Twitter to make their personal statements. There a huge difference between the No. 10 placeholder and the No. 1 in terms of followers. Here are the 10 most popular Twitter accounts in Ethiopia according to the website SocialBakers.com, which collates social media statistics.

Sources: SocialBakers.com, Twitter

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10. UNICEF Ethiopia

The Ethiopian branch of the non profit is No. 10 on our list with around 4,800 followers. Tweets include:

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9. Endalk2006

Calling himself a Ethiopian coffee lover, media freedom advocate and doctoral student, this handle based in Addis Ababa and Eugene, Oregon, is the ninth most followed Ethiopian on Twitter with 5,290 followers. Here’s a recent tweet:

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8. Ethiopian Airlines

The national airline is No. 8 on the list with around 5,600 followers. Tweets address industry news and customer communication issues like this:

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7. Daniel Berhane

With 6,960 or so followers the self described human rights activist, editor and lawyer is the seventh most followed person in Ethiopia. His tweets include:

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6. Hailemariam Desalegn

Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister hasn’t sent out a tweet from this account since 2011 – in fact he’s only tweeted four times total – but he still manages to be the sixth most followed Ethiopian on Twitter with more than 7,200 followers (including the BBC Africa). Here was his last tweet:

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5. EthioTube

The Twitter handle for the Ethiopian video website has some 9,580 followers and uses Twitter to promote its website.

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4. liyakebede

There is a huge jump in followers from the No. 5 to No. 4 placeholders on this list. In fourth place, with 20,500 plus followers, the model, actress, mother and activist has the only verified account in Ethiopia. She recently accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in this tweet:

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3. African Union

And there’s another huge leap between third and fourth place: Africa Union has more than double the followers with 56,700 plus folks reading their tweets. The organization, based out of Addis Ababa, operates with a mandate to promote an “integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa.” Here’s a recent tweet:

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2. Osman Ayfarah

Tweeting under the handle @ayfaraho, the Al Jazeera news anchor, who is “proudly Eritrean” has 91,500 plus followers and tweets in both English and Arabic:

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1. Haile Gebrselassie

With more than 103,000 followers the Olympic gold medalist in long distance track and road running is the most popular Ethiopian on Twitter. He doesn’t tweet all that often — his last message was back in July when Germany won the final match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer competition: