The Egyptian president is one of a number of African heads of state who have embraced modern digital trends such as social media communication, using Twitter as a means to engage with over 1.23 million followers in Arabic.
Gabon president Ali Bongo uses his official Twitter handle to spread a positive message to almost 60,000 followers in French. He only follows four other Twitter accounts, including his wife’s, but is fairly active as far as tweeting is concerned.
Uhuru Kenyatta is the president of Kenya, and an avid user of the social media platform, as evidenced by his over 1.85 million followers on Twitter. The popular president is very active online, tweeting updates to his many followers based on his activities that day.
While she has become fairly active on Twitter in terms of how frequently she tweets, she has just under 5,000 followers, while the sixth president of the Republic of Mauritius follows over 2,000 people on the social media site.
Namibian head of state Hage Geingob uses Twitter as an official tool from the presidency, though the account is not actually verified. Tweets from the president are signed HG, while others are from the presidency in general.
Jacob Zuma was previously an active member of Twitter, until around 2013 when his tweets simply dried up. The South African president amassed around 417,000 followers on the social media platform during that time, but has become an unpopular figure in his country.
The president of Nigeria uses his verified Twitter account to tweet and communicate with over 858,000 followers. The head of state has used the social media platform since December 2014, and has posted over 2,100 tweets.
Rwandan president Paul Kagame is one of the most popular African heads of state in terms of Twitter, with over 1.58 million followers, though he is not as active on the platform as some of the other presidents and leaders on this list.
Over 198,000 Twitter followers receive tweets in French from Senegalese president Macky Sall on their newsfeeds, and the head of state enjoys posting images that accompany most of his Twitter updates.
Cameroon president Paul Biya is another African leader with an appreciation for social media, and an understanding of how Twitter can be used to engage with his people. There are over 118,000 people following the Cameroon president on Twitter.
Dr John Magufuli is the president of Tanzania, and he communicates to over 212,000 followers via Twitter in both English and Swahili. His tweets are sporadic and he only follows five other accounts, but his account is verified.
Togolese president Gnassingbe is on Twitter, but he is not nearly as popular as most of the African heads of state on this list. With around 7,600 followers, his following is decent and growing, thanks to his fairly active account on the social media platform.
