(South) Africa`s Top Twits 31 August 2011 - j

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(South) Africa`s Top Twits 31 August 2011 - j
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
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Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
PastorChrisLive
0 1038830 1056
Brat13
228053 243861 7633
ElBaradei
32 237537
472
Ghonim
647 197573 5595
GarethCliff
51 168158 9306
CarinMB
202 149121 3672
Trevornoah
21 143637 2007
AlMasryAlYoum_A
148 135364 19470
graemesmith49
70 133363
776
_AmrKhaled_
2 117357 1520
Camfed
36959 117274 1391
DONJAZZY
28549 117072 31661
DJFreshSA
4149 113923 30138
RassdNews
0 113491 49682
YosriFouda
241 105287 1474
Shorouk_News
0 103402 51417
abdevilliers17
73
98625 1778
iamdbanj
1152
95844
542
bonang_m
756
91950 19086
ONtveg
43
87543 16945
bbcarabic
1
86028 35692
farahato
158
85933 2492
wizkidayo
860
85904 17801
Julius_S_Malema
71
81382 1992
MI_Abaga
1055
80826 5358
Justin__Gabriel
171
78387 1374
BigBroAfrica
617
77654 7042
eahram
46
77477 34790
TahrirTv
8
76896 5411
TheRealStevenPi
24
76480
554
HumorNegroo
477
74400 1596
nonhlethema
212
73924 6646
PigSpotter
6
70342 21915
kalnaga
1492
69926 2538
DailyNewsEgypt
15
69297 11177
MarkDimension
73729
68475 2945
AsmaaMahfouz
346
67497 6169
dineoranaka
694
67314 28031
OMGIneverKnew
218
66860
999
5FM
1796
65904 7596
Ayman_Nour
2131
64177 2841
bencnn
346
63733 3086
amrmsalama
450
63472 3821
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1
2010/06/06 Greenland
Rev Chris Oyakhilome, PhD. President of Believers' Loveworld Inc. aka Christ
http://www.christembassy.org
Embassy Int'l. Pastor, teacher, healing minister,http://twitter.com/PastorChrisLive
TV host and bestselling author
22
2008/05/01 Pretoria
Engineer, cyclist, photographer, blogger, Durbanite
http://www.thelanternerouge.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/Brat13
0
2010/03/03 Cairo
http://www.iaea.org/About/dg/elbaradei/biography.html
http://www.taghyeer.net
http://twitter.com/ElBaradei
378
2009/03/07 Cairo
Constantly Changing, Serious Joker, Internet Addict, Human, Egyptian who loves challenging status quo.
http://twitter.com/Ghonim
1723
2008/12/08 Pretoria
Defender of the Faithless
http://www.garethcliff.com/
http://twitter.com/GarethCliff
1
2008/11/05 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Cape Town, South Africa bred! Los Angeles based and family prioritized.
http://twitter.com/CarinMB
2
2009/06/11 Pretoria
Are you really reading my twitter bio? Why? Do you even believe these bios?
http://www.trevornoah.com
Ok well I'm sorry I wasted your time not writing
http://twitter.com/Trevornoah
one...wow you're still reading?!
0
2009/04/30 Cairo
.‫ الصحيفة اليومية األولى في مصر‬،‫ المصري اليوم‬http://almasryalyoum.com
http://twitter.com/AlMasryAlYoum_A
0
2009/10/23
Professional cricketer - South African Cricket Captain; Cape Cobra's playerhttp://www.graemesmith.co.za
and Sahara Pune Warriors player
http://twitter.com/graemesmith49
2
2009/08/19 Cairo
http://www.amrkhaled.net/
http://twitter.com/_AmrKhaled_
10
2009/03/09 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Camfed works to break the cycle of poverty and disease in rural Africa by http://camfed.org
educating girls and investing in economic and leadership
http://twitter.com/Camfed
opportunities for young women
33
2009/07/05 West Central Africa
C.E.O Mo'Hits Records, G.O.O.D Music Producer. Dont Try to figure me out.
http://www.mohitsrecords.com
im not ur average human being. some say im anhttp://twitter.com/DONJAZZY
Enigma.
5
2009/02/20 Pretoria
Held up to a Mirror Ball at Birth!!DJ-ing since 1986.... Radio since 1992.... h
ttp://www.djfresh.dj
http://twitter.com/DJFreshSA
2
2010/01/10 Cairo
People's Media | ‫إعالم يصنعه الجمھور‬
http://www.Rassd.com
http://twitter.com/RassdNews
2
2010/09/11 Cairo
-Editor/Presenter, Last Word, ONTV.-Former Chief InvesLgaLve Correspondent
http://www.YosriFouda.com
and ExecuLve Producer, Al Jazeera.
http://twitter.com/YosriFouda
3
2009/05/24 Cairo
The No.1 Egyptian Daily Newspaper
http://www.shorouknews.com
http://twitter.com/Shorouk_News
0
2010/05/03 Greenland
Proudly South African
http://www.abdevilliers.com
http://twitter.com/abdevilliers17
26
2009/06/30 West Central Africa
Good music/mo hits records*No 1 Entertainer*
http://www.mohitsrecords.com
http://twitter.com/iamdbanj
722
2010/07/04 Pretoria
2011's Coolest Female TV Star, Queen of SA Media and 1 of Thee Most Influential
http://www.bonangmatheba.com
Young SAfricans! And I'm JUST getting started..
http://twitter.com/bonang_m
;-)
81
2010/07/14 Cairo
ONtv is a liberal channel that focuses on reviving the EgypLan idenLty andhttp://www.ONtveg.com
the values of ciLzenship, freedom and equality. http://twitter.com/ONtveg
0
2007/05/10 Cairo
http://twitter.com/bbcarabic
5
2009/04/10 Cairo
Internet Marketing Consultant. I am a total social media addict, And Simply
http://www.linkedin.com/in/moefarahat
I love tweeting!!!
http://twitter.com/farahato
2
2009/04/17 London
STAR BOY!!!!!
http://twitter.com/wizkidayo
21
2010/02/24 Harare
I am Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981, in Seshego), a South Africanhttp://www.juliusmalema.co.za/
politician, and the current president of the African
http://twitter.com/Julius_S_Malema
National Congress Youth League.
4
2009/06/24 West Central Africa
null
http://twitter.com/MI_Abaga
7
2010/02/19 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Stuck in the matrix..... Again...I don't have FB or Myspace
http://www.WWEUniverse.com/JustinGabriel
http://twitter.com/Justin__Gabriel
9
2009/06/09 Greenland
The only official Twitter account for Big Brother Africa
http://www.mnetafrica.com/bigbrother/
http://twitter.com/BigBroAfrica
391
2009/12/16 Cairo
Al Ahram is Egyptian publishing & Media house; it is the publisher of the daily
http://www.ahram.org.eg
Al
http://twitter.com/eahram
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2011/03/17
http://facebook: http://qr.net/b0ce , youtube: http://cutt.us/pO8 / ‫ رأسي‬- 10949 ‫علي النيل سات تردد‬
http://twitter.com/TahrirTv
1
2010/05/14
The Official Twitter Page of Steven Pienaar
http://www.steven-pienaar.com
http://twitter.com/TheRealStevenPi
1
2010/04/17 Santiago
Porque Humor Negro é igual braço: tem gente que não tem. Sigam-me oshttp://bloghumornegroo.blogspot.com
maus! (Não sou nazista)
http://twitter.com/HumorNegroo
52
2009/04/20 Greenland
www.NonhleThema.tv
http://www.NonhleThema.tv
http://twitter.com/nonhlethema
172
2010/07/28 Greenland
Let us help each other expose where they are trapping and setting up roadblocks.
http://www.pigspotter.co.za
For shirts, check my site. :)
http://twitter.com/PigSpotter
170
2009/07/19 Cairo
(; Actor/Filmmaker, Proud Egyptian ‫ خالد أبوالنجا‬http://blog.nagatime.com/
http://twitter.com/kalnaga
0
2009/04/26 Cairo
Egypt's Only Independent Newspaper in English
http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com
http://twitter.com/DailyNewsEgypt
29
2009/08/02 Cairo
I am an artist interested in: web design, philosophy, photography, writing, hypnosis, NLP, self improvement
http://twitter.com/MarkDimension
17
2008/12/21 Cairo
‫ انسانة عادية ويمكن اقل من العاديةبحلم تكون مصر اقوى بلد في الدنيا في كل المجاالتاللي يتخنق‬http://wolf-inside.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/AsmaaMahfouz
195
2009/05/21 Pretoria
R.A.D.I.O - Realise Accept Dineo Is Outstanding!! The devil himself fears me...
http://www.dineolive.com
http://twitter.com/dineoranaka
176
2010/04/02 West Central Africa
Follow for facts you never knew! From weird phobias, to world records, histories,
http://www.formspring.me/OMGIneverKnew
and most shocking,odd facts! (Ask us any http://twitter.com/OMGIneverKnew
fact you want to know, on formspring)
41
2008/10/18 Harare
The entertainment powerhouse for South African youth, offering the most
http://www.5fm.co.za
popular contemporary music and entertainment.http://twitter.com/5FM
Find 5FM BB App in Appworld
423
2009/10/08 Cairo
Egyptian Politician, Leader of El-Ghad Liberal Party, Former Parliament Member
http://www.facebook.com/dr.Aymannour
(1995-2005), Presidential Candidate for 2011.
http://twitter.com/Ayman_Nour
0
2009/10/19 Cairo
http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/wedeman.ben.html
http://twitter.com/bencnn
65
2009/06/21 Cairo
A film maker and a blogger ‫ كاتب و مدون‬،‫مخرج سينمائي‬
http://www.amrsalama.com
http://twitter.com/amrmsalama
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
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Twitter Name
Tinacook
Dalesteyn62
helenzille
BIGFOLLOW___
VodafoneEgypt
olegintwitt
euphonik
Life_Quotesx
djsbuvandal
ekaffee
BryanHabana
markb46
ahmadesseily
Johnsmit123
SAPresident
sherif_hashim
skyjefans
nicobaird
News24
Albiemorkel
CNNWorld
theoquotes
waelabbas
wandecoal
taintedtyga
minniedlamini
aljazeeranet
Sandmonkey
SizweDhlomo
Erica__B
jpduminy21
LifeCanBeDffrnt
Victormatfield
Hershybru
darey
MasrawyFans
davidkau1
AfricanProverbs
wentzeldk
Laureenraft
join1goal
ShababLibya
beiruta
Followed Followers
61917
62366
28
60521
1680
59003
55067
57153
3669
57031
58763
56905
61
55949
867
55773
1
55307
45509
55072
213
53608
105
53415
359
53338
56
53322
3
53078
31
53073
51679
53026
49285
52287
3965
52057
153
50775
0
50708
47750
50026
329
49223
1193
49121
32515
49095
125
48423
0
47318
852
46923
69
46819
45551
45589
147
44111
44969
43845
96
43484
19
43483
2784
43144
10
43083
649
42763
34518
42451
43003
41756
41253
41032
276
40858
303
40705
34278
40560
Tweets
11359
274
1575
9643
14383
5529
12955
15331
34553
11486
3110
1067
5243
990
76
2501
2978
16002
51888
1192
1235
21598
69831
1573
77018
3103
17648
31611
12574
36710
1983
49013
733
10816
29851
60826
9461
1184
14340
38107
1116
16120
24332
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1367
2008/04/14 Pretoria
Social Media and Online Marketing Strategist, love working with Innovative
http://www.SocialMediaMarketingMentor.com
Entrepreneurs, online video
http://twitter.com/Tinacook
0
2010/07/20 Greenland
http://www.dalesteyn.co.za
http://twitter.com/Dalesteyn62
11
2009/02/10 Pretoria
Western Cape Premier and Leader of South Africa's Official Opposition Party:
http://www.da.org.za
The Democratic Alliance
http://twitter.com/helenzille
9
2009/07/11 Cairo
Autorizar followTT a usar sua conta?Aumenta ate 1200 seguidores no seuhttp://ffolowers.agilityhoster.com
twiSer
http://twitter.com/BIGFOLLOW___
68
2009/07/13 Cairo
Welcome to Vodafone Egypt’s official twitter account. Here, you can find http://www.vodafone.com.eg
out what we’ve been up to. Also you can find us on
http://twitter.com/VodafoneEgypt
facebook, YouTube /vodafoneEgypt
5
2010/09/07 Cairo
Always happy and saLsfied with life.Do not worry, be happy.Internet, Money,
http://intwitt.blogspot.com/
Economics, Technologies, Web-design, SMO, SEO,
http://twitter.com/olegintwitt
SMM
17
2009/02/18 Harare
Euphonik is one of South Africa's most succesful young dance DJ's with a reputation
http://www.euphonik.dj
for being able to please a diverse crowdhttp://twitter.com/euphonik
both in the clubs and on the radio.
298
2010/06/02 Cairo
A Guy tweeting his thoughts & feelings...Loving to share them with you Guys...Started
http://twitter.com/Life_Quotesx
tweeting since 25/10/2010...
http://twitter.com/Life_Quotesx
0
2009/05/26 Greenland
Servant of God!I touch lives 4 a living...
http://www.djsbuonline.co.za
http://twitter.com/djsbuvandal
0
2009/06/19 Bern
I'm working on my Coffee & Health blog, hopefully one of these days I'll link to it. My interest is Coffee, Health, Fitness, Social
http://twitter.com/ekaffee
Media Marketing and Family
25
2010/03/18 Harare
Pro Rugby Player, Proud South African & Blessed Husband. Living Life To the
http://www.bryanhabana.com
Fullest while living my Dream!!!
http://twitter.com/BryanHabana
2
2010/03/04
sportsman who travels a lot...
http://twitter.com/markb46
20
2010/09/08 Cairo
Only dead fish go with the flow; I'm not dead yet, and I'm not fish either.. http://www.facebook.com/elesseily?ref=ts
http://twitter.com/ahmadesseily
0
2009/11/07 Pretoria
Springbok Rugby Captain, Sharks Rugby - Husband,father and proud Southhttp://www.johnsmit.co.za
African
http://twitter.com/Johnsmit123
0
2011/05/09 Pretoria
President of the Republic of South Africa.
http://www.thepresidency.gov.za
http://twitter.com/SAPresident
1
2009/02/21 Cairo
Neurosurgeon & iPhone Baseband hacker
http://twitter.com/sherif_hashim
1
2009/05/09 Cairo
Skyje is a popular social design blog. Tweeting About design and social media.
http://skyje.com/
http://twitter.com/skyjefans
1
2007/03/11 Pretoria
is a New Learning Consultant, Trainer, Writer, Web Entrepreneur, Researcher,
http://www.nicobaird.com
Conference Speaker and Apple Distinguishedhttp://twitter.com/nicobaird
Educator
1
2008/05/08 Pretoria
News24 is Southern Africa and Africa's premier online news resource reaching
http://www.news24.com
over 2.3 million local users each month.
http://twitter.com/News24
0
2010/02/16 Greenland
http://www.albiemorkel.co.za
http://twitter.com/Albiemorkel
0
2007/06/17 Cairo
http://twitter.com/CNNWorld
2239
2010/01/26 Pretoria
just call me Theo Terrence Hughes & i'm from JHB SOuth Africa . . . pleasehttp://www.resonancers.com/tweets/theoQuotes
check out my favs and Retweet them
http://twitter.com/theoquotes
1409
2007/03/25 Cairo
Award Winning Journalist and BloggerP.S.: you have to be 18+ to follow!‫والشللية‬
http://misrdigital.blogspirit.com
http://twitter.com/waelabbas
2
2009/04/30 West Central Africa
Black Diamond of Africa
http://www.mohitsrecords.com
http://twitter.com/wandecoal
97
2009/04/03 Pretoria
TL Destroyer. » Holler for a followback #TLM #DMF #TEAMBIGMYKE #TeamWolfStamp #TeamPrettyLadies #TEAMCH3Y #TGP
http://twitter.com/taintedtyga
0
2010/07/27
Sabc1's Live and Mzansi Insider, Actress, MC and VO artist! Love life, live life and laugh! *coz I can* lol
http://twitter.com/minniedlamini
0
2007/05/10 Cairo
http://twitter.com/aljazeeranet
44
2007/04/04 Cairo
Micro-celebrity, Blogger, acLvist, New Media douchebag, Pain in the ass!Ehttp://www.sandmonkey.org
-mail me: Sandmonkey@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/Sandmonkey
3
2009/04/28 Harare
http://twitter.com/SizweDhlomo
285
2010/04/12 Pacific Time (US & Canada) #CancerAwareness & Supporting #Causes! Love Nature, Animals, #SocialMedia
http://www.socialoomph.com/profiles/erica__b
& the simpler things in life. What's life without
http://twitter.com/Erica__B
Laughter, Love, Music & Dancing?
20
2010/08/16
http://www.jpduminy.co.za
http://twitter.com/jpduminy21
17
2009/07/12 Pretoria
Finding yourself, loving yourself and believing in you ! You are worth it ! http://bit.ly/homepagelcbd
http://twitter.com/LifeCanBeDffrnt
0
2009/05/05
Rugby Player
http://twitter.com/Victormatfield
5
2010/04/08 Hawaii
A traveling cricketer who enjoys a bit of this and plenty of that! Yes pls...
http://twitter.com/Hershybru
6
2009/02/21 West Central Africa
Singer, Songwriter, Performer, Entrepreneur and Unique Machine... www.dareyonline.com/blog
http://www.darey.com www.soulmuzik.com buy Double
http://twitter.com/darey
Dare via www.itunes.com/darey
1
2009/06/29 Cairo
Masrawy.com Official Twitter Feed www.masrawy.com
http://www.masrawy.com
http://twitter.com/MasrawyFans
6
2009/07/12 Pretoria
Comedian, Owns a Modelling Agency, Media Company, Film & Tv Production
http://www.jucyafrica.com
company, Husband, Father
http://twitter.com/davidkau1
0
2008/08/26 West Central Africa
Daily African Proverbs from BellaOnline.com's African Culture site.
http://AfricanCulture.BellaOnline.com
http://twitter.com/AfricanProverbs
20
2009/07/26 Pretoria
Skills Development Coach (Management & ICT Systems), Lover of Good Music
http://bit.ly/q6x1gW
& Literature, Social Media & Internet Marketing,
http://twitter.com/wentzeldk
Micro-Blogger
8
2010/10/04 Central Time (US & Canada) Mother, photographer, IT, animal, nature, science and music lover. Visionhttp://www.zazzle.com/laureenr
- Bridge the gap between mankind and animals. http://twitter.com/Laureenraft
11
2009/08/12 London
Education Beats Poverty. 1 Goal at the 2010 World Cup: Education for Allhttp://join1goal.org
http://twitter.com/join1goal
2
2011/02/05 Central Time (US & Canada) We are a group of Libyan Youth both in and out of Libya inspired by our brothers
http://www.facebook.com/LibyanYouthMovement
& sisters in Egypt and Tunisia. We'll do ourhttp://twitter.com/ShababLibya
best to bring Libya back Inshallah
51
2009/03/05 Cairo
Thoughtpicker first and foremost, blogger, writer, marketer and social media
http://thoughtpick.com/
lover... Read my posts at: http://blog.thoughtpick.com
http://twitter.com/beiruta
Page 2 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
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Twitter Name
Followed Followers
trevorimmelman
120
40459
NelsonMandela
540
40437
loyisogola
2429
40262
soundsultan
1338
39876
Anele
850
39567
AlMasryAlYoum_E
119
39500
3arabawy
445
39399
pbarclaytimes
19
39163
WaelElebrashy
10
38131
SeetherOfficial
198
37895
HendSabry
179
37819
Busrep
38792
37640
SinzuSMG
557
37390
DieAntwoord
23
36645
lulocafe
957
36422
davidgrahamsa
20858
35824
bobskinstad
1176
35606
dougkirchmann
36414
35113
RamyRaoof
125
35058
amrdiab
2
34953
THEBEAT999FM
332
34606
234next
23
33814
WayneParnell
149
33727
bevbrossy
1123
33633
terrypheto
429
33618
mocheddah
577
33470
amremousa
14
33207
CharlizeAfrica
106
32955
Mornemorkel65
70
32628
NigeriaNewsdesk
1
32523
marco_a_f_
27480
32079
shabab6april
98
32046
KeziahFisher
77
31124
Miss_LIRA
151
30592
gamaleid
1860
30286
LeighAnnMol
821
30062
Whackheads
29
29854
livesabc1
75
29323
dprincemohits
448
28645
xFranco
30021
28602
Connie_Ferguson
155
28274
Johan_botha
22
28251
EranEyal
26056
28215
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Tweets Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
2115
0
2009/06/25 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Masters champ,drummer,family man,
http://www.facebook.com/trevorimmelman
http://twitter.com/trevorimmelman
633
0
2008/08/07 Cairo
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/
contributes to a just society by promoting the values,
http://twitter.com/NelsonMandela
vision and work of our Founder.
8897
81
2009/04/21 Pretoria
comedian from south africa
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LNN-Late-Nite-News-with-Loyiso-Gola/158708727482015
http://twitter.com/loyisogola
25066
15
2009/04/15 West Central Africa
http://twitter.com/soundsultan
33679
312
2009/03/25 Greenland
Be as interested as you are interesting.
http://www.5fm.co.za
http://twitter.com/Anele
11561
2
2009/04/30 Cairo
The English Edition of Egypt's independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm
http://almasryalyoum.com/english
http://twitter.com/AlMasryAlYoum_E
59763
442
2007/10/21 Cairo
In a dictatorship, independent journalism by default becomes a form of activism,
http://www.arabawy.org/blog/
and the spread of information is essentially
http://twitter.com/3arabawy
an act of agitation.
1298
14
2010/06/03 West Central Africa
Chief Football Commentator at The Times newspaper
http://www.thetimes.co.uk
http://twitter.com/pbarclaytimes
45244
9
2009/09/24 Cairo
‫ أسوأ أنواع الفساد ھو الذي يرتدى ثوب الفضيلة‬http://www.waelelebrashy.com
http://twitter.com/WaelElebrashy
260
0
2009/04/16 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Rise above this...
http://www.seether.com/
http://twitter.com/SeetherOfficial
861
5
2009/06/16 Cairo
Tunisian Actress, Lawyer and UN World Food Programme Ambassador.. http://www.hendsabry.com
http://twitter.com/HendSabry
21563
0
2009/10/06 Pretoria
Business Report is a daily national newspaper and website that covers local
http://www.busrep.co.za/
and international business and economic news http://twitter.com/Busrep
17977
93
2009/11/02 West Central Africa
http://twitter.com/SinzuSMG
581
1
2009/04/28 Pretoria
ZEF NINJA RAP RAVE CREW
http://www.dieantwoord.com
http://twitter.com/DieAntwoord
41756
18
2009/04/16 Pretoria
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is http://www.lulocafe.com
music.
http://twitter.com/lulocafe
8136
69
2009/08/21 Pretoria
Digital guy at Deloitte Consulting. Always happy when I am with my family,
http://dngraham.wordpress.com
on my mountainbike, outdoors and drinking redhttp://twitter.com/davidgrahamsa
wine.
5716
28
2009/03/18 Harare
I am a retired pro rugby player turned broadcaster, happy hubby and dad,http://www.rugbyjourney.com
and keen outdoor and general sports fan ! This stream
http://twitter.com/bobskinstad
is my own.
5544
4
2009/03/17 Pretoria
Enthusiast, Entrepreneur, Dream Catcher, Motivator, Strategic, Futuristic.http://kirchie.com
Continuity. Creating discussion around #quotes. Partial
http://twitter.com/dougkirchmann
to DREAMS, STRATEGIES & GOALS
11321
124
2009/03/06 Cairo
Human Rights Defender| Online Media| Digital Activism| Digital Security|http://ebfhr.blogspot.com
Editor of Egyptian Blog for Human Rights
http://twitter.com/RamyRaoof
2401
1
2009/06/10 Cairo
Amr Diab, Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist
http://www.amrdiab.net
http://twitter.com/amrdiab
8295
1
2009/07/01 West Central Africa
THE BEAT 99.9FM is THE station to tune to at home, in the car, at work and
http://www.thebeat99.com
online. A full-service station with entertainment,http://twitter.com/THEBEAT999FM
news, sports and exciting shows.
16490
64
2008/12/05 West Central Africa
NEXT provides news and information fairly and accurately to the Nigerianhttp://www.234next.com
public, the African Continent, and Africans aroundhttp://twitter.com/234next
the world.
1362
1
2009/11/23 Cape Verde Is.
South African, Chevrolet Warriors and Pune Warriors cricketer. Music lover and average Disc Jockey.
http://twitter.com/WayneParnell
10121
1
2008/11/20 Pretoria
Online Entrepreneur, Former Maths Teacher & IBM Engineer. Join me & like-minded
http://bevbrossy.com
folk at the Independent Business Owners
http://twitter.com/bevbrossy
Network http://toolbox.bevbrossy.com
4482
2
2009/11/06 Greenland
Leading Lady. Face of L'Oreal Paris. Story Teller. THS-B&B!!!
http://imdb.com/name/nm1965907/
http://twitter.com/terrypheto
4699
9
2009/08/07 West Central Africa
Ko Ma Roll!!
http://www.facebook.com/mocheddah.diva
http://twitter.com/mocheddah
306
5
2011/02/27 Cairo
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF AMRE MOUSSA is @AmreMoussa - Make sure to follow
http://www.facebook.com/amremoussa
that account. This will be suspended soon. thank
http://twitter.com/amremousa
You
894
1
2009/09/09 Quito
CTAOP is committed to reducing the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and sexual violence
http://www.charlizeafricaoutreach.org/
among African youth through preventive education.
http://twitter.com/CharlizeAfrica
112
1
2010/08/06
http://www.mornemorkel.co.za
http://twitter.com/Mornemorkel65
116702
0
2009/11/20 Mountain Time (US & Canada)
Breaking news and current events from around Nigeria and abroad. Got a breaking news tip or story idea? E-mail: NigeriaNewsdesk@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/NigeriaNewsdesk
22704
6
2009/10/03 Cairo
Jesus Cristo é nossa Unica Esperança!
http://marcofernandes.maisblog.net
http://twitter.com/marco_a_f_
2312
9
2009/06/24 Cairo
.facbook.com/shabab6aprilOfficial Facebook fan page ‫ حركة المقاومة المصرية‬http://6april.org
http://twitter.com/shabab6april
4873
73
2009/06/03 Cairo
Architect, BAS(Uct) B. Arch(SA),Entrepreneur,Director of 3 Companies,South
http://www.keziahfisher.com
African Singer, http://twitter.com/KeziahFisher
4171
36
2009/07/06 Pretoria
Multi platinum selling, multi-award winning singer, songwriter, producer.http://www.misslira.co.za
Motivational Speaker, Actress and Entrepreneur. http://twitter.com/Miss_LIRA
13652
302
2008/06/22 Cairo
Lawyer and Executive Director ANHRI.NET
‫ الشبكة العربية لمعلومات حقوق اإلنسان‬http://www.anhri.net/
http://twitter.com/gamaleid
5462
1
2009/03/08 Pretoria
5FM News Presenter, 5FM Website Administrator, Animal Whisperer, Clown.
http://www.5fm.co.za
http://twitter.com/LeighAnnMol
1609
0
2010/04/20 Pretoria
94.7 Highveld Stereo Breakfast Xpress Host & on 94.5 KFM. Stand-Up Comic.
http://www.highveld.co.za
Professional Husband 2Bombshell @punkygp.http://twitter.com/Whackheads
Former Wedding DJ & Shelf Packer
1264
3
2009/09/22
South Africa's premium music show, providing insight into the Local and international Music Scene. Every Friday Live Sabc 1,http://twitter.com/livesabc1
21:00, Mzansi Fo Sho
15375
5
2009/06/30 West Central Africa
***
http://twitter.com/dprincemohits
1553
5
2009/06/17 Pretoria
CRM Twitee, Tweeter, Entrepeneur, Technologist, Consultant, Blogger, Web
http://francobadenhorst.wordpress.com
Guru in training...
http://twitter.com/xFranco
4781
0
2009/06/22 Greenland
Entrepreneur, Actress, Health Ambassador, Spokesperson, Daughter, Wife,
http://www.iamconnieferguson.com
Mother. Passionate about Women's Issues.
http://twitter.com/Connie_Ferguson
571
343
2010/04/09
Current @rajasthanroyals player!!
http://twitter.com/Johan_botha
10867
37
2009/01/21 Pretoria
Co-Founder of evly.com & Springleap.com. Founder of Techgater.com. Entrepreneur.
http://www.springleap.com
Tech presenter on Radio 702, Cape Talk.
http://twitter.com/EranEyal
Practitioner of Shaolin Kung Fu & Bagua
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
Officialcsa
454
28136
Locnville
244
27969
lassecgen
2
27787
702JohnRobbie
3628
27747
Club808
147
27628
RobbieHunter
81
27501
pierrespies8
36
27471
f1sasha
1245
27289
DRSIDMOHITS
1380
27265
Omawumi
276
27261
Dostor
1
27005
Zeinobia
3827
26852
clairemawisa
793
26724
PoppyIsMyName
935
26609
mailandguardian
276
25758
SirUTI
306
25737
arabist
547
25636
online_beauty
28667
25614
shannonkook
166
25325
Paulkagame
0
25066
MetroFMSA
183
24946
KTNKenya
84
24931
Monasosh
570
24486
BibleThoughts
9129
24371
egyptgovportal
348
24181
jackparow
1080
24090
salmasaid
266
24035
tshirtterrorist
26401
24009
PresidencyZA
18
23966
947Highveld
269
23779
Timeslive
789
23582
khayadlanga
745
23534
elnadeem
1981
23468
anhri
121
23389
UyandaM
773
23374
kirik
138
22569
heatsouthafrica
2289
22568
wael
1228
22242
Parlotones
71
22046
ianinegypt
154
22007
atdigit
24129
21933
Gsquare86
453
21895
casperrasper
206
21822
Tweets
9183
3755
8289
3264
780
2185
464
34336
3093
6135
12008
78068
27118
16288
10058
3001
11722
8334
2820
1250
569
3986
25881
3331
299
558
9674
2785
1442
1596
25472
43552
1270
1389
21329
34664
7635
26507
1817
1748
5101
21972
3434
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1
2009/06/09 Greenland
The official Cricket South Africa Twitter profile. CSA are the custodians of http://www.cricket.co.za
cricket in South Africa.
http://twitter.com/Officialcsa
0
2009/03/17 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Running To Midnight - 01/07/11
http://www.locnville.com
http://twitter.com/Locnville
13
2009/06/09 Cairo
Secretary General of the League of Arab States. Profile run by Media Dept.
http://www.facebook.com/arab.league
at LAS. Contact: media_general.dept[at]las.int http://twitter.com/lassecgen
0
2010/03/19
John Robbie hosts the breakfast show, 6am - 9am, on Talk Radio 702.
http://www.702.co.za
http://twitter.com/702JohnRobbie
4
2010/07/28 Harare
Official Club 808 TwiSer PageCatch Club 808 19:30 CAT on e.tvFollow e.tv http://www.etv.co.za
@etvsa
http://twitter.com/Club808
0
2009/04/08 Amsterdam
Professional cyclist Team Radio Shack
http://www.robbiehunter.net
http://twitter.com/RobbieHunter
210
2010/08/12 Pretoria
One life, live it GREATLY.
http://www.pierrespies.co.za
http://twitter.com/pierrespies8
181
2009/03/15 Harare
5FM Music DJ Supersport F1 TV Anchor
http://www.f1sasha.com
http://twitter.com/f1sasha
0
2009/06/11 West Central Africa
Rapperterntsinger, entertainer, entrepreneur, and all around nice guy :D http://www.officialdrsid.com
http://twitter.com/DRSIDMOHITS
2
2009/03/17 West Central Africa
A sassy and power house singer from the jaws of West Africa!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/OMAWUMI/91796800959?ref=ts
http://twitter.com/Omawumi
1
2009/03/08 Cairo
an Egyptian independent Daily News
http://dostor.org
http://twitter.com/Dostor
322
2007/01/06 Cairo
Egyptian blogger
http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/Zeinobia
282
2009/03/18 Pretoria
Sometimes salty, sometimes sweet, never bitter...
http://www.codeteen.com
http://twitter.com/clairemawisa
10
2009/02/21 Greenland
5FM DJ, Club DJ, Voice Over Artist, MC, Model. BRING IT!
http://www.5fm.co.za/djs/Poppy
http://twitter.com/PoppyIsMyName
5
2008/10/14 Pretoria
Get personalised tweets from the Mail & Guardian team. For an automated
http://www.mg.co.za
feed of all our stories follow @mgfeed.
http://twitter.com/mailandguardian
1
2009/06/20 West Central Africa
BORN AUGUST 3RD 1982,STARTED THE HUSSLE FROM HIGH SCHOOL..ROSE
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Uti-Nwachukwu/32032902362
TO FAME IN BIG BBA3 BUT EXPLODED WHEN HEhttp://twitter.com/SirUTI
WON BIG BROTHER AFRICA5!ALREADY AN AMBASSADOR OF VARIOUS
849
2007/12/18 Cairo
The site on Arab politics and culture. Tweets with links are not necessarilyhttp://arabist.net/
endorsements - I often tweet stuff I hate.
http://twitter.com/arabist
0
2009/07/24 Pretoria
Beauty Online
http://www.onlinebeauty.co.za
http://twitter.com/online_beauty
37
2008/08/18 Quito
Shannon Kook-Chun. South African. Actor, and aspiring dancer, writer, photographer
http://garygoddardagency.com/clients/shannon-kook-chun
and artist. Open to the ride and smiling
http://twitter.com/shannonkook
for some fire. Random&moving around.
1
2009/05/04 Pretoria
President of the Republic of Rwanda, write to: paulkagame@gov.rw
http://www.paulkagame.com
http://twitter.com/Paulkagame
2
2009/02/25 Greenland
METRO FM is South Africa's biggest Urban radio Station with over 5 Million
http://www.metrofm.co.za
listeners!
http://twitter.com/MetroFMSA
33
2010/02/17 Nairobi
Official feed for Kenya Television Network: Your Authoritative Channel. Breaking
http://www.youtube.com/ktnkenya
News. Top Stories. Related to @StandardKenya
http://twitter.com/KTNKenya
and @RadioMaisha
1119
2007/07/15 Cairo
and at night I chase away the army‫ و بالليل بأطارد العسكر‬,‫ الصبح بأجري ورا الفراشات‬http://ma3t.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/Monasosh
0
2009/04/16 Greenland
Christian Republic is a place where Christians can meet to discuss the foundations
http://www.christianrepublic.co.za
of life which we believe are based on thehttp://twitter.com/BibleThoughts
love of Jesus and God.
1
2009/09/07 Cairo
‫ بوابة الحكومة المصرية لتوفير الخدمات األلكترونية‬http://www.egypt.gov.eg
http://twitter.com/egyptgovportal
0
2010/03/07 Greenland
Jack Parow in jou moeder se huisie! Ek is die original donker dodgy afrikaans
http://www.jackparow.com
rapper... heavy uitgeskollie!
http://twitter.com/jackparow
8
2007/04/04 Cairo
I'm nobody's little weasel
http://atralnada.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/salmasaid
5
2009/01/12 Pretoria
Tshirts To Die For!
http://www.tshirtterrorist.co.za
http://twitter.com/tshirtterrorist
0
2009/05/18 Pretoria
This is the official Twitter page of The Presidency of the Republic of Southhttp://www.thepresidency.gov.za
Africa
http://twitter.com/PresidencyZA
21
2009/05/22 Cairo
Joburg's no.1 Hit Music Station
http://www.highveld.co.za
http://twitter.com/947Highveld
0
2007/06/20 Pretoria
Links to the breaking news from www.timeslive.co.za Also the home of the
http://www.timeslive.co.za/
Sunday Times and The Times. @ us with alerts and
http://twitter.com/Timeslive
feedback
709
2008/08/10 Greenland
Subliminally funny. Struggling womaniser. Acceptable Schizophrenic. Humourist.
http://www.news24.com/Content/Columnists/Khaya-Dlanga
Seriousist. Typoist. Never eats black Jelly Babies.
http://twitter.com/khayadlanga
0
2007/11/13 Cairo
Nadeem Centre for the rehabilitation of victims of violence and torture | ‫ مركز النديم للعالج والتأھيل النفسي لضحايا العنف‬http://alnadeem.org
http://twitter.com/elnadeem
3
2008/06/21 Cairo
Arabic Network for Humanrights Information‫الشبكة العربية لمعلومات حقوق اإلنسان‬
http://www.anhri.net
http://twitter.com/anhri
34
2009/06/03 Greenland
Entrepreneur| Founder &Designer: Diamond Face Couture| Brand Ambassador:
http://www.uyandambuli.com
LaMer & @OATamboWalk| Coms Strategist|
http://twitter.com/UyandaM
FULL TIME HUSTLER & L
2
2007/04/19 Tokyo
投資業務とコンテンツ開発が仕事のメイン。独立してから16年目、法人は設立
http://kirik.tea-nifty.com/
http://twitter.com/kirik
13
2009/02/11 Pretoria
heat magazine - celeb news and entertainment. South Africa's only weekly
http://heat.co.za
glossy magazine.
http://twitter.com/heatsouthafrica
756
2007/03/14 Cairo
My family, poliLcs and technology...note: if i tweet too much, too liSle, u don't
http://waelk.net
like me; u can unfollow me at your will, no quesLons
http://twitter.com/wael
asked
0
2009/03/02 Pretoria
South African Pop/Rock Band.
http://www.facebook.com/theparlotones
http://twitter.com/Parlotones
0
2009/05/15 Cairo
Ian is a writer and video reporter/producer based in the Middle East.ianinegypt@gmail.com
http://eg.linkedin.com/in/ianjameslee
http://twitter.com/ianinegypt
2
2009/03/30 Cairo
Site: atstudio.kiev.ua Blog: fashionsexy.livejournal.com/
http://twitter.com/atdigit
155
2009/03/13 Cairo
Socialist Activist
http://theangryegyptian.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/Gsquare86
3
2009/01/22 Cairo
My life is twittersweet
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Casper-de-Vries/23478654432?ref=ts
http://twitter.com/casperrasper
Page 4 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
cobuspotgieter
122
21645
trevorgumbi
611
21638
ThePPCWorld
22882
21476
WiseWordzDaily
364
21473
andybudd
469
21388
Adesoji
21121
21300
MTVbaseAfrica
3037
20989
dailynation
9
20973
faf1307
122
20948
jeannieous
580
20510
nawaat
410
20458
MarkPilgrimZA
119
20400
monatov
7
20248
jordysmith88
18
20125
uchejombo
862
20016
unathimsengana
204
19866
CNNInsideAfrica
116
19688
justinharrison
25
19659
siasduplessis
157
19633
Elshaheeed
198
19196
bellanaija
1120
19087
steve_hofmeyr
79
19061
hillsongsafrica
23
19024
IdolsSA
433
18971
norashalaby
416
18742
Vodacom
3479
18223
butch_james
54
18134
bokrugby
229
18104
big_edlange
19984
18063
akianastasiou
586
17992
ushahidi
124
17841
jimsciuttoABC
92
17794
Oscarpistorius
170
17639
IOL
14432
17628
melbala
474
17622
ewnupdates
4478
17562
jennifer_su
310
17514
woolworths_sa
4523
17505
MobilePunch
171
17462
Quicktellpro
18225
17069
RachelBrookesTV
688
16947
Mabalemoloi
315
16923
deejayneptune
405
16886
Tweets
4536
20129
59
43595
11864
4011
4862
13451
1567
1803
7074
3854
104
513
7553
2085
536
512
5070
4819
5408
5732
824
3422
7240
6925
218
2522
2906
13078
2591
2143
1717
81191
18238
42314
3056
6720
1600
469
6200
2454
18476
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
2
2009/04/06 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I can count all the way to 10 without stopping. True story.
http://www.cobuspotgieter.com/
http://twitter.com/cobuspotgieter
2
2009/08/12 Pretoria
stand-up comedian, @headlinemzansi scriptwriter & voice-over artist, proud father of Jamie & Jodie Gumbi. For bookings, contact
http://twitter.com/trevorgumbi
@No1miranda
0
2009/03/19 London
I am a search engine marketer specializing in paid search (PPC) and natural
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jozwiakdawid
search engine optimization (SEO)
http://twitter.com/ThePPCWorld
570
2009/05/14 Nairobi
GOOD friend knows if u like Coke or Pepsi.A GREAT friend adds the VODKA
http://formspring.me/Wisewordzdaily
that GREAT FRIEND will be me
http://twitter.com/WiseWordzDaily
210
2006/12/12 London
User Experience Designer, partner at @clearleft and curator of @dconstruct
http://www.andybudd.com/
and @uxlondon
http://twitter.com/andybudd
8
2008/11/26 Central Time (US & Canada) i love helping people. Your success is my motivation
http://facebook.com/adesoji
http://twitter.com/Adesoji
4
2009/03/23 Harare
THE OFFICIAL MTV BASE AFRICA TWITTER.FOLLOW & UNITE AFRICA THRUhttp://www.mtvbase.com/site.php
MUSIC
http://twitter.com/MTVbaseAfrica
0
2009/03/23 Nairobi
Daily Nation
http://www.nation.co.ke
http://twitter.com/dailynation
2
2010/04/20
Professional cricketer-south africa,titans,lancashire and chennai super kings
http://twitter.com/faf1307
1
2009/04/10 Greenland
Jeannie D is the vivacious presenter on Top Travel and Top Billing South Africa
http://www.jeannied.com
on Travel channel and Wealth tv USA
http://twitter.com/jeannieous
5
2008/06/04 Greenland
Un blog collectif animé par des Tunisiens. Lancé en 2004, Nawaat.org a été
http://nawaat.org/
inaccessible en Tunisie et cela jusqu'au 13.01.11.http://twitter.com/nawaat
0
2009/04/19 Pretoria
Proud daddy to Tayla-Jean & hubby to Nicole. I'm also that bald dude on radio
http://www.markpilgrim.co.za
& television. Oh, and a Voice Artist, Motivational
http://twitter.com/MarkPilgrimZA
Speaker & MC.
4
2011/03/24 Cairo
‫ انفجار ضحك اسبوعي على النت مع منى ھال اللي عاملة بلبال‬.. ‫ منى توف‬http://youtube.com/TheMonatov
http://twitter.com/monatov
1
2009/07/13 Greenland
Professional Surfer
http://www.jordysmith.com
http://twitter.com/jordysmith88
6
2009/08/21 West Central Africa
Actor/activist/producer/living,loving n working/ luv myGOD,myJOB,my9ja,myFans
http://www.uchejombotv.com
n Football.manU/barca/interM/ this twitter
http://twitter.com/uchejombo
page Is 4 THE REAL UCHE JOMBO
0
2010/09/22
Village Girl Who Found Gold
http://twitter.com/unathimsengana
1
2009/07/15 Quito
CNN's Inside Africa reports on economic, social and cultural affairs in Africa.
http://cnn.com/insideafrica
http://twitter.com/CNNInsideAfrica
1
2008/03/12 Pretoria
Internet Marketing | Business | Life
http://www.justinharrison.com
http://twitter.com/justinharrison
1
2010/04/28 Cairo
5fm Mornings Sports guy, avid Magpies supporter, Blitz reporter + Ginger!http://www.5fm.co.za
Views are my own and not my employers. For bookings
http://twitter.com/siasduplessis
contact @melissamdoyle
1
2010/06/21
An Egyptian young man killed by Police .. ‫ شاب مصري قتلته الشرطة المصرية‬http://www.facebook.com/elshaheeed
http://twitter.com/Elshaheeed
0
2008/08/12 Hawaii
The No. 1 Entertainment, Lifestyle & Fashion Website in Africa. We have ahttp://www.bellanaija.com
fab team of editors that keep things fresh!
http://twitter.com/bellanaija
9
2010/02/04 Pretoria
Author, angry activist, talkshowhost, bookworm & daddy - with 2 million CDs
http://stevehofmeyr.co.za
sold and a 3x SAMA award winner (also Best Selling
http://twitter.com/steve_hofmeyr
South African Artist 2004).
1
2009/03/01 Athens
Hillsong Church Cape Town | www.hillsong.co.za
http://hillsong.co.za
http://twitter.com/hillsongsafrica
0
2010/03/19 Harare
The official Twitter feed for the South African version of reality TV singinghttp://www.mnet.co.za/idols
search, Idols!
http://twitter.com/IdolsSA
1
2009/02/22 Harare
Archaeologist
http://www.almahrusa.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/norashalaby
0
2008/04/28 Pretoria
Welcome to Vodacom SA's official twitter account. Here, you can get the http://www.vodacom.co.za
latest product news, find out what we’ve been uphttp://twitter.com/Vodacom
to and what we’re planning.
0
2009/04/04
Rugby player, Sugar ad. agency.
http://twitter.com/butch_james
3
2009/05/04 Pretoria
The Official Twitter page of SA Rugby and the Springboks.
http://www.sarugby.co.za
http://twitter.com/bokrugby
0
2009/11/12 Pretoria
Married 46 years, 2 children, 6 grandchildren, Very Blessed. I want to share
http://www.south-african-holidays.co.uk
my knowledge of South African holiday destinations
http://twitter.com/big_edlange
with prospective visitors
76
2008/05/24 Pretoria
® Host Tech Show Technobyte @ Talk Radio 702 ™ Greek Geek Ð Weirdo http://www.702.co.za/profiles.asp?id=4
Š Trafficologist Ç Columnist ã Radio Presenter
http://twitter.com/akianastasiou
40
2008/01/20 Nairobi
We are a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free andhttp://www.ushahidi.com
open source software for information collection,visualization
http://twitter.com/ushahidi
and interactive mapping.
1
2009/02/27 Central Time (US & Canada) ABC News Sr. Foreign Correspondent
http://www.jimsciutto.com
http://twitter.com/jimsciuttoABC
0
2010/05/17
Track Athlete. 400m Specialist. PB of 45.07sec
http://www.oscarpistorius.com
http://twitter.com/Oscarpistorius
0
2007/01/17 Pretoria
Online News Presence
http://www.iol.co.za/
http://twitter.com/IOL
59
2009/04/01 Pretoria
Singer.Model.Actress. This product is meant for educational purposes only.Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead,http://twitter.com/melbala
is purely coincidental.
1
2009/02/09 Pretoria
- Eyewitness News. In touch. In tune. Independent.
http://www.ewn.co.za
http://twitter.com/ewnupdates
7
2009/01/19 West Central Africa
TV News Anchor (Summit TV/Sky News), Radio Presenter, 5 FM The Hollywood
http://www.jennifersu.com
Report - Gareth Cliff Mornings (S. Africa), TVhttp://twitter.com/jennifer_su
Presenter, SABC 3 Expresso, Corporate MC
5
2009/11/27 Pretoria
We're a SA born and bred retailer dedicated to everyone with a passion for
http://www.woolworths.co.za
quality and style. Chat to us on Twitter - we'll respond
http://twitter.com/woolworths_sa
8am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.
0
2009/03/14 West Central Africa
This is the mobile service of Punch Newspapers, Nigeria
http://www.punchng.com
http://twitter.com/MobilePunch
0
2009/03/08 Pretoria
This Autoresponder Service Takes eMail Marketing to Extremes. Sign up for
http://quicktellpro.com/blog/
a FREE account, for real no cost...
http://twitter.com/Quicktellpro
0
2009/01/21 West Central Africa
Broadcast journalist for Sky Sports, Sky News, BBC. Love all sport especially
http://www.rachelbrookes.co.uk
cricket and F1. Rubbish Poker player. Views are http://twitter.com/RachelBrookesTV
my own etc etc
1
2009/04/24
Part time adult. Full time dysfunctional person. Gareth Cliff, 5FM Mornings
http://www.5fm.co.za
06H00-09H00.
http://twitter.com/Mabalemoloi
4
2009/03/16 London
Award winning renowned Int'l DJ Neptune. Radio,Club DJ,Producer doinghttp://www.djneptune.tv
it big in Nigeria, West Africa and beyond. Bookingshttp://twitter.com/deejayneptune
+2348025282300/djneptuneent@gmail.com
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
trevormadondo
2470
16866
proverbmusic
650
16682
michalakfred
80
16639
kenyanpundit
688
16479
garyplayer
77
16417
NeelsDL
16358
16337
vuzutv
743
16336
EtisalatMisr
1897
16332
SBTRKT
220
16251
Guerrillawar
17857
16244
make_money101
16177
16184
RediTlhabi
379
16134
Damonkalvari
116
16104
BigProfit
17450
15860
DesKellyDM
252
15807
francoishougi
62
15683
DENRELE_EDUN
525
15630
EMGooru
16414
15597
jodenecoza
10518
15578
Supersportrugby
39
15577
waynegturner
16958
15493
MandyWiener
626
15484
geoffreygordon
14721
15475
Fifaworldcup14
16192
15302
AfricanoBOi
392
15280
HenriqueRifth
140
15157
alykhansatchu
14972
14969
goldfishlive
1003
14956
Firstladyspeaks
618
14817
kidsdirect
15905
14817
jo_annstrauss
900
14786
ibieberlately
9388
14735
Ebuka
358
14704
FHMSouthAfrica
465
14649
2oceansvibe
1174
14642
dailymaverick
1389
14621
keepachildalive
6938
14614
sowetanlive
3576
14585
globaleducation
106
14441
prodankiesan
64
14416
whiteafrican
567
14415
iYassin
301
14413
CosmopolitanSA
154
14387
Tweets
23432
10892
531
12370
205
8
5772
4088
1796
20363
764
461
4775
7161
4196
220
9982
55
14025
3544
906
5331
7669
9885
25326
20819
88194
3756
10048
10949
2799
14833
36317
1496
9557
4140
1161
6928
176
916
11409
6309
3583
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
4
2009/03/13 Harare
CEO of Flowa Media and Vandal Authentic Wear, a strong force in the Multimedia
http://www.flowamedia.co.za
Industry, Social Media Guru, Entertainer,http://twitter.com/trevormadondo
Presenter, MC and IT GURU...
16
2009/03/13 Pretoria
SA Idols Host, 94.7 Highveld Stereo Radio Presenter, Recording Hip Hop Artist,
http://www.proverbmusic.com
Husband, Father, Voice over artist, Miss SA Host,
http://twitter.com/proverbmusic
Volvo Car SA Brand Ambassador
1
2010/03/07 London
OFFICIEL TWITTER RUGBYMAN 2.0, Professionnal rugby player for sharks rugby. Web entrepreneur, co-founder of NEEZZ.com
http://twitter.com/michalakfred
4
2007/12/31 Harare
Mama, Google Policy Manager Africa, co-founder Ushahidi.com & Mzalendo.com,
http://www.kenyanpundit.com
Afropolitan, Kenyan. Views = mine.
http://twitter.com/kenyanpundit
0
2009/03/26 Eastern Time (US & Canada) The Black Knight, Golf Legend, Grand Slam Winner, Philanthropist, Father,http://garyplayer.com
Golf Course Designer & Fitness Fanatic.
http://twitter.com/garyplayer
1
2009/12/29 Pretoria
I design ready made websites and have a passion for technology. My siteshttp://de-lange-marketing-solutions.com
are for sale on flippa.com. I have qualifications inhttp://twitter.com/NeelsDL
SEO and SEM.
10
2009/06/19 Pretoria
Watch awesome South African video content on DSTV, web and mobile. http://www.vuzu.tv
http://twitter.com/vuzutv
210
2010/04/26 Cairo
Leading 3.75G mobile network in Egypt. African Mobile Operator of the year
http://www.etisalat.com.eg
for 2009 & 2010. Get updates, ask questions, win
http://twitter.com/EtisalatMisr
prizes, or just say hello!
4
2009/05/12 West Central Africa
subtract'
http://www.sbtrkt.com
http://twitter.com/SBTRKT
23
2009/02/25 Harare
Guerrilla Warfare is a lifestyle and the lifestyle we portray is being fresh, authentic,
http://Stevieboi.com
intelligent, & being positive.Email: guerrillawarfareclothing@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/Guerrillawar
0
2009/07/19 Pretoria
There are so many ways to make money online; one of the more popular http://makemoney-onlineblog.com
“work from home” ideas is to join an affiliate program,
http://twitter.com/make_money101
that way you can work from home.
0
2010/03/25 Pretoria
Redi is on Talk Radio 702 in Gauteng & 567 Cape Talk in Cape Town 9am-12noon
http://www.702.co.za
weekdays. Her TV show is on Mzansi (DSTVhttp://twitter.com/RediTlhabi
Chan 107) every Thurs @ 7.30pm from 1 Sep.
12
2009/04/08 Greenland
Assistant to Executive Producer, Thabo Modisane - 5fm Mornings
http://twitter.com/Damonkalvari
0
2009/02/18 Pretoria
Find out how to make money without spending a cent http://bit.ly/cp2hub
http://bit.ly/cp2hub
http://twitter.com/BigProfit
28
2010/06/03 West Central Africa
Sports Columnist of The Daily Mail. Presenter talkSPORT The Press Pass Sundays
http://www.justgiving.com/des-kelly
6pm, Jaguar Sports Academy Member. Patron
http://twitter.com/DesKellyDM
of GB Paralympic Blind Football team.
2
2010/08/13
http://twitter.com/francoishougi
6
2009/03/25 West Central Africa
Showbiz personality;On-air personality,actor,model,creative writer,crazed out dancer,personal clothier,lousy cook,chatterbox,spunky,unpredictable
http://twitter.com/DENRELE_EDUN
and a saint!
0
2010/02/02 Pretoria
Email Marketing Gooru @ http://www.imnicamail.com/ - All the best features
http://www.imnicamail.com/
of all the major AutoResponders, at half the http://twitter.com/EMGooru
price!
5
2009/02/20 Pretoria
Born and bred SA, social influencer, blogger & speaker with a passion for http://projectme.co.za
watching people flourish and for eating ice cream.http://twitter.com/jodenecoza
#followSA
0
2009/07/07 Pretoria
Bring the latest Rugby updates to Rugby fans around the world through allhttp://www.supersport.com/rugby
platforms! Be sure to also follow supersportcomhttp://twitter.com/Supersportrugby
5
2009/02/28 Harare
I am passionate about photography, radio and my Kindle. I am a radio producer
http://www.21steps2perfectphotos.com
and presenter in Cape Town who is fascinated
http://twitter.com/waynegturner
by social media & internet marketing.
3
2009/02/11 Greenland
Eyewitness News Reporter and author of Killing Kebble
http://www.ewn.co.za
http://twitter.com/MandyWiener
61
2008/10/10 Pretoria
Explorer,Twitter Fanatic, Entrepreneur, Web Creative, Google-ist I can find
http://www.blazewebstudio.co.za/marketing_guide
anything, Artist ,Technical Geek, I like following people
http://twitter.com/geoffreygordon
to learn new things.
3
2009/08/26 Lisbon
The unofficial guide to the FIFA World Cup 2014. Here you find news fromhttp://fifaworldcup14.blogspot.com
FIFA.com and other stories about football, the greatest
http://twitter.com/Fifaworldcup14
sport!
69
2009/01/20 Mountain Time (US & Canada)
Comedian/Actor/Internet PersonalityBookings/Info contact:info@bryanoji.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/AfricanoBoiShow http://twitter.com/AfricanoBOi
10
2009/07/04 Brasilia
Eu sou para cada pessoa aquilo que ela acha que eu sou, mas o que para mim importa é o que eu estou a procura de ser e isso
http://twitter.com/HenriqueRifth
eu ainda não sou.
212
2009/02/19 Nairobi
http://www.rich.co.ke Banker Interest rate Macro Geopolitical Africa thathttp://www.rich.co.ke
kind of thing
http://twitter.com/alykhansatchu
12
2008/10/28 Pretoria
Electro-Jazz Duo
http://www.goldfishlive.com
http://twitter.com/goldfishlive
76
2009/11/06 West Central Africa
Performing artist, designer,content provider, motivational speaker Tutti Dolce
http://www.facebook.com/sashaspeaks,www.eclecticbysasha.com,www.facebook.com/samsungmobilenigeria
and Samsung Mobile Ambassador
http://twitter.com/Firstladyspeaks
53
2009/05/29 Pretoria
Proudly South African Kids Directory
http://www.sachild.co.za
http://twitter.com/kidsdirect
39
2009/04/10 Greenland
Live, laugh, love!
http://www.jo-annstrauss.com
http://twitter.com/jo_annstrauss
457
2010/09/18 West Central Africa
Dreams do cometrue, you just have tobelieb.If you wantsomething bad enough,fight for it.Don't letanyone tell you that youhttp://twitter.com/ibieberlately
47
2008/12/25 West Central Africa
Evolving! It's a process...
http://www.ted.com/
http://twitter.com/Ebuka
0
2009/02/11 Pretoria
FHM - It's a guy thing
http://fhm.co.za
http://twitter.com/FHMSouthAfrica
56
2009/02/16 Pretoria
Work is a sideline, live the holiday
http://www.2oceansvibe.com
http://twitter.com/2oceansvibe
0
2009/09/04 Pretoria
The news and analysis website South Africa never knew it needed and now
http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za
can't live without.
http://twitter.com/dailymaverick
0
2008/11/20 Eastern Time (US & Canada) KCA provides AIDS treatment, orphan care, nutrition and support for children
http://keepachildalive.org
and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and
http://twitter.com/keepachildalive
India.
0
2010/05/07 Pretoria
New Sowetan account. Same tweets, different name. We bring you a unique
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/
perspective of SA and Int news. We are 'In thehttp://twitter.com/sowetanlive
know, on the Move'.
3
2009/04/07 Harare
Global Campaign for Education. A worldwide movement to achieve Education
http://www.campaignforeducation.org
for All.
http://twitter.com/globaleducation
0
2009/10/21 Greenland
Musician,Entrepenuer.
http://www.tsrecords.co.za
http://twitter.com/prodankiesan
8
2007/09/21 Nairobi
Where Africa and technology collide... Co-founder of Ushahidi, iHub Nairobi
http://www.whiteafrican.com
and AfriGadget
http://twitter.com/whiteafrican
0
2010/03/07 Cairo
Geek, tech addict, Apple fanatic, photography lover, coffee drinker.
http://mohammedyassin.com
http://twitter.com/iYassin
1
2009/05/13 Pretoria
COSMOPOLITAN magazine is the number one young women's magazine in
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.za
South Africa; an indispensable read for an army of
http://twitter.com/CosmopolitanSA
loyal Fun, Fearless Females.
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
mobinil
213
14353
donnette
8026
14209
lesleerussell
15484
14181
ZeinabSamir
312
14170
rob_vember
611
14153
lionsrugbyteam
15362
13977
lonwabotsotsobe
116
13925
googleafrica
47
13890
jacques_rudolph
211
13683
NoraYounis
232
13577
loyisomusic
337
13408
EgyTweets
0
13282
andilencube
142
13274
CapeTown
9410
13218
kenyaairways
5539
13184
springleap
13355
13125
followf1
13276
13051
wdfavour
7739
13020
patsymcox77
164
13003
bigconcerts
56
12989
stephen_marcus
12717
12961
Samcowen
198
12954
AfricaFreak
11187
12952
grantnash
1201
12934
howdous
12335
12865
Trafficsa
19
12693
Gary_Kirsten
21
12689
sabc3topbilling
55
12630
allafrica
489
12569
helpfatloss
13481
12565
capetownmag
8121
12559
radio702
1784
12553
RiaadMoosa
206
12527
actionwealth
13481
12389
zapiro
78
12383
Channels_TV
40
12377
mmbangwa
132
12363
Slapman4u
13855
12272
ferialhaffajee
388
12259
Dannykmusic
92
12149
mslelob
1422
12124
Hulisani_R
341
12105
Generalpype
7828
11998
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Tweets Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
7478
10
2010/03/30 Cairo
The leading mobile service provider in Egypt. We are on twitter because we
http://www.mobinil.com
wanna hear what you have to say about everything
http://twitter.com/mobinil
that's going on!
82812
111
2009/01/18 Cape Verde Is.
ಠ_ಠ WAHmom, homeschool fanatic, webby, blogger, I write Educ + homeschool
http://staidenshomeschool.com
books
http://twitter.com/donnette
2604
1
2009/03/07 Pretoria
Taking eMail Marketing to Extremes QuickTellpro's new Autoresponder service
http://quicktellpro.com
will save you 60% on Aweber pricing
http://twitter.com/lesleerussell
25488
235
2007/01/05 Cairo
Proud Egyptian - blogger [bentmasreya.net] - Design director at Supermama
http://www.supermama.me
- my Portfolio [http://krop.com/zeinab] & I wish
http://twitter.com/ZeinabSamir
i live in Alex or Aswan!
11957
5
2009/04/23 Pretoria
broadcaster
http://www.robvember.com
http://twitter.com/rob_vember
8174
0
2009/03/30 Hawaii
Lions Rugby News
http://www.lionsrugbyteam.com
http://twitter.com/lionsrugbyteam
320
0
2010/07/12
Sports freak. Esp Cricket
http://twitter.com/lonwabotsotsobe
329
0
2009/07/16
Google Africa Team
http://google-africa.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/googleafrica
1156
11
2010/06/04
Cricketer, fly-fisherman, adventure traveller, mountain biker
http://twitter.com/jacques_rudolph
4698
92
2007/04/04 Harare
Cairo based journalist and blogger http://www.almasryalyoum.com/ http://www.norayounis.com
http://norayounis.com/
http://twitter.com/NoraYounis
2611
1
2009/05/11 Pretoria
I sing, write songs, produce for other artists and occasionally win awards http://www.loyisomusic.com
http://twitter.com/loyisomusic
395172
0
2009/08/04 London
A bot that collects Tweets about Egypt. Post: '@EgyTweets STOP' to have it ignore your Tweets. Or '@EgyTweets START' to http://twitter.com/EgyTweets
have it RT your Tweets again.
5352
9
2009/03/25 Greenland
I've been so many places in my life and time I've sung a lot of songs,I've made
http://www.andilencube.co.za
some bad rhyme I've acted out my life in stages
http://twitter.com/andilencube
with 10 thousand people watching
20586
698
2007/09/22 Pretoria
Experience Cape Town via residents & visitors: Events, News, Advice. Ad hoc
http://bit.ly/atcapetown
Initiative of private citizen. Sister of @JoziZA Web:
http://twitter.com/CapeTown
atcapetown.co.za
841
4
2008/12/31 Nairobi
The Pride of Africa Follow us and let us Help.Customer Relations E-mail customer.relations@kenya-airways.com
http://www.kenya-airways.com
http://twitter.com/kenyaairways
3722
29
2008/01/27 Pretoria
Springleap is an online t-shirt design community that hosts bi-weekly competitions
http://www.springleap.com
where you can win US$500+, royalties and
http://twitter.com/springleap
more! #tshirtdesign #tshirt
508
0
2009/06/07 Pretoria
The number one F1 newsline on Twitter, UNOFFCIAL!
http://wefollow.com/followf1
http://twitter.com/followf1
5415
7
2008/09/06 West Central Africa
Author, Musician,Christian Pastor, and International Prophetic Teacher with
http://wdfavour.com
a terrific passion for Jesus Christ. Founding Pastor,
http://twitter.com/wdfavour
Citizens Family Inc., Nigeria.
4564
439
2009/12/17 Pretoria
KZN RE/MAX Franchise owner,Retired cricketer,golfer,husband,proud Dadhttp://wwww.remax.co.za
& poor guitarist!
http://twitter.com/patsymcox77
992
0
2009/06/05 Greenland
South Africa's premier live music promoter.
http://www.bigconcerts.co.za
http://twitter.com/bigconcerts
9763
1
2008/12/08 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Creator and Developer of Mbono.net - SoulSpace for Dreams, Intention and
http://mbono.net
New Creation. International presenter and seminar
http://twitter.com/stephen_marcus
leader in Freedom Through Releasing
8035
41
2009/02/04 Pretoria
38--2kids,1husband,loads of animals, breakfast xpress 94.7
http://www.samcowen.com
http://twitter.com/Samcowen
2006
93
2009/02/01 Brussels
African Safari and Wildlife Specialist at your Service! Has had the chance to
http://www.africafreak.com
live in Africa for almost 24 years! Visit AfricaFreak.com
http://twitter.com/AfricaFreak
for more details. ;) :)
6167
1
2009/03/16 Greenland
Grant Nash-Im the guy that talks kak on 5FM 12h00-15h00.
http://twitter.com/grantnash
223238
1
2008/05/27 Pretoria
Web Designer,Blogger.Internet entrepreneur.Anything Google,Internet,Broadband.
http://www.howdo.us
http://twitter.com/howdous
14725
19
2009/05/20 Pretoria
Nationwide #Traffic updates for #SouthAfrica, tweeted as it happens ~ a fully interactive service ~ ~ want route advice ? send
http://twitter.com/Trafficsa
a tweet to @TrafficSA
8
0
2011/05/19 Greenland
http://www.garykirsten.com
http://twitter.com/Gary_Kirsten
2858
1
2009/08/17 Greenland
The Best of the Good Life
http://www.topbilling.com
http://twitter.com/sabc3topbilling
17497
1
2008/10/10 Pretoria
http://allafrica.com
http://twitter.com/allafrica
10289
0
2009/06/05 Pretoria
To lose fat you need my help...
http://fatloss-help.com
http://twitter.com/helpfatloss
6565
8
2009/01/15 Pretoria
CapeTownMagazine.com is Cape Town's leading online mag, bringing youhttp://www.capetownmagazine.com
the freshest news, events, things to do, specials and
http://twitter.com/capetownmag
giveaways!
9631
3
2009/01/22 Greenland
Alastair Teeling-Smith is Programme Manager of Talk Radio 702 and tweets
http://www.702.co.za
on what's happening on 702. Your feedback, advice,
http://twitter.com/radio702
suggestions and comments welcome!
1408
4
2009/05/21 Greenland
Comedy doctor - Keepin u in sLtches (doof doof tching)
http://www.riaadmoosa.co.za
http://twitter.com/RiaadMoosa
99
1
2009/07/07 London
Businessman, Fund Manager, Ambassador of Possibility. Author, Speaker,http://www.actionwealthsystem.com
Philanthropist, and Humanitarian
http://twitter.com/actionwealth
555
1
2008/04/26 Amsterdam
Get notified as soon as the latest cartoon is published.
http://www.zapiro.com
http://twitter.com/zapiro
1523
2
2010/03/22 West Central Africa
Channels Television is one of the 13 independent television stations currently
http://www.channelstv.com
broadcasting in Nigeria.
http://twitter.com/Channels_TV
5999
0
2009/04/23 Harare
Hubby,dad of 2,played cricket for Zim(loved it), I chat about it on Supersport.North Star Alliance ambassador(AIDS prevenLon)
http://twitter.com/mmbangwa
1814
6
2009/09/22 Pretoria
SEO working online mostly, self employed , have a beutifull son
http://blog.linkaffiliates.net
http://twitter.com/Slapman4u
1931
5
2009/11/13 Pretoria
Ferial Haffajee is editor of City Press in South Africa. She believes Africa will
http://www.citypress.co.za
be a Bric - the future that is currently defined byhttp://twitter.com/ferialhaffajee
Brazil, India and China.
3347
0
2009/03/08 Pretoria
Proud South African, singer, songwriter, producer, businessman, co founder
http://www.dannyk.com
and ambassador of SHOUT !!
http://twitter.com/Dannykmusic
47341
155
2010/02/08 Pretoria
Proudly African. My thoughts & opinions change from time to time and that's
http://www.JustCurious.co.za
merely a consequence of having an open mind.
http://twitter.com/mslelob
Oh, and I tweet a lot :-)
14895
231
2009/06/01 Harare
Freckled God-loving Entertainer/Corporate Ladder Climber/Success Enthusiast/Love-a-good-laugh
http://www.facebook.com/Hulisani.Ravele
Venda Princess (,)
http://twitter.com/Hulisani_R
3078
11
2009/05/15 West Central Africa
Reggae/Dancehall/HipHop/RnB/Soul Recording Artiste. Contact & Bookings:
http://www.facebook.com/generalpype
Podium Vybez\XXL Untertainment: ayrotimi@gmail.com,
http://twitter.com/Generalpype
@ayorotimi,+234803 303 6635
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
302
303
304
305
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307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
liezelv
724
11956
Kerrymcgregor
133
11906
djmilkshake
109
11847
noeleen3talk
83
11836
High_n_Wild
11335
11798
jrsohot
320
11777
thegautrain
316
11768
nelio26
12095
11718
hlelomasina
240
11553
fatloss_help
12135
11479
ventertainment
1758
11458
successandmoney
12088
11411
socialstarman
12650
11343
KimSchulze
137
11326
Preciouskofi
499
11293
elanaafrika
4555
11290
FULLSCRNMOBIADS 12241
11177
Prime_Circle
5
11176
beingmusic
10702
11162
945kfm
8425
10944
therealpsyfo
406
10870
joeyrasdien
297
10771
Lead_SA
446
10698
TannieEvita
194
10683
Rustytheron
22
10668
RykNeethling
315
10609
sabreakingnews
86
10572
shugasmakx
1542
10517
nelsonmendela
5
10463
abc2mp3
10600
10416
MyANC_
6488
10416
dstv
168
10407
AlviroPetersen
58
10404
justplaintwit
459
10336
3rddegree_etv
3
10332
THESTORMERS
222
10291
kurtofficial
35
10269
FloLouw
111
10243
HillsofAfrica
10529
10215
Keegandaniel
64
10209
aweber_less60
11170
10201
springleaping
10566
10191
MarketSuccessor
11467
10135
Tweets
15633
3476
5101
1829
6873
7832
7438
400
10041
3043
5126
60
9158
17333
6281
3546
5252
2538
1912
4679
10534
3234
1102
264
118
1164
36814
4608
1
211
1268
13442
1878
2736
83
1082
914
899
12876
814
281
823
690
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
4
2009/03/11 Harare
Presenter #Expressoshow #945KFM MC&VoiceArtist|Model|Triathlete&IRONMAN|
http://www.liezel.co.za
KnickName=Giraffe|#longestlegsinafrica
http://twitter.com/liezelv
#CosmoTwitterQueen #TableMountAmbassador|I
6
2009/04/20 Pretoria
Shmodel and Mom - both very busy jobs :)
http://www.kerrymcgregor.com
http://twitter.com/Kerrymcgregor
8
2009/01/27 Pretoria
The Craziest DJ These Days - All round Crazy guy too.I Love music and gadgets.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Milkshake/232272980580
Catch me on your radio, 5FM Fridays 10PM-1AM.
http://twitter.com/djmilkshake
73
2010/10/01
http://twitter.com/noeleen3talk
23
2009/04/23 West Central Africa
I'm just an ordinary person living an extraordinary life.
http://twitter.com/High_n_Wild
18
2009/05/11 Pretoria
The Man who invented the Circle Feel Good MusicAll South African A**hole
http://www.feelgoodmusic.co.za
http://twitter.com/jrsohot
232
2009/06/04 Pretoria
The golden train for people on the move.
http://www.gautrain.co.za/
http://twitter.com/thegautrain
0
2009/08/13 Pretoria
I am an Internet Marketer focused on helping others succeed online. Herehttp://makeaffiliatemarketingmoney.com/IMA/go_software.php
are 2 *FREE* software tools to help you make money
http://twitter.com/nelio26
from your sites? Go here now...
1
2009/10/08 Greenland
One half of 'The Twinz'. Catch our new reality show 'Blame In On Fame' Monday
http://www.campaignforgirls.co.za
5 September at 20:30 on e.TV!
http://twitter.com/hlelomasina
0
2009/04/13 Pretoria
You don't get fat because of a lack of exercising, that's a myth. You get fat
http://fatloss-help.com
because you don't eat the right foods at the right
http://twitter.com/fatloss_help
intervals each day.
2605
2009/03/10 Pretoria
Freshest local&international celebrity news&interviews. Mon-Fri on @VuzuTV
http://vuzu.tv
(Ch 123 @DStv 18:00) Daily repeats: 04:30, 07:00,
http://twitter.com/ventertainment
13:30 Omnibus: Saturdays 9-11AM
2
2010/01/14 Pretoria
Financial Adviser, Financial & MoLvaLonal Speaker, Real Estate Investor, Aircrak
http://www.bigpoweraffiliate.com
Enthusiast
http://twitter.com/successandmoney
0
2009/08/14 Pretoria
Social Media Researcher and Joint Venture Dealmaker
http://www.moneycoachingfoundation.com
http://twitter.com/socialstarman
0
2009/04/17 Pretoria
Welcome to my wonderful world of smut, hilarity and tongues in multiplehttp://www.5fm.co.za/djs/kim_schulze
cheeks. Now get me a martini. For more, see: www.lyricallywaxing.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/KimSchulze
6
2009/06/15 West Central Africa
Truth...I chose freedom.
http://twitter.com/Preciouskofi
2
2009/04/18
Television presenter, and producer. Performer and business owner. www.eaworks.co.za
http://www.elanaafrika.com
and www.elanaafrika.com
http://twitter.com/elanaafrika
0
2010/07/18 Pretoria
The next (r)evolution in Mobile Advertising ... PS - we follow back!
http://www.fullscreenmobiads.com
http://twitter.com/FULLSCRNMOBIADS
4
2009/05/06 Pretoria
Proudly South African rock band!
http://www.primecircle.co.za
http://twitter.com/Prime_Circle
2
2009/07/02 London
Music & Yoga: Ambient & Chill-out by Musician/Composer & Yoga Teacherhttp://beingambientmusic.com
http://twitter.com/beingmusic
13
2009/04/25 Greenland
The Cape's No.1 Hit Music Station
http://www.kfm.co.za
http://twitter.com/945kfm
3
2009/08/20 Pretoria
SID Records. info@sidrecordsmusic.co.za look out for my album MLF and http://www.sidrecordsmusic.co.za
Mindloz's album 'Back To Kasi' end of September http://twitter.com/therealpsyfo
2011!!!
57
2009/06/01 Greenland
Father,Comedian,Actor,Producer and aspiring Aalim and now Husband again. I also play golf.
http://twitter.com/joeyrasdien
228
2010/07/12 Harare
http://www.leadsa.co.za
http://twitter.com/Lead_SA
2
2010/03/12 Harare
http://www.evita.co.za
http://twitter.com/TannieEvita
0
2010/07/12
http://twitter.com/Rustytheron
2
2010/06/19
Proudly South African with a wide range of interests. Blessed world traveller,
http://www.learntoswim.co.za
businessman, inspirational speaker and Olympic
http://twitter.com/RykNeethling
Gold Medallist
0
2009/04/24 Greenland
All the latest breaking news from across South Africa in one stream.
http://www.sabreakingnews.co.za/
http://twitter.com/sabreakingnews
3
2009/05/21 Pretoria
South African Hip Hop Pioneer & Entrepreneur. Just a guy tryin to make a buck :-)
http://twitter.com/shugasmakx
0
2009/04/08 Central Time (US & Canada) Freedom above anything
http://twitter.com/nelsonmendela
0
2009/05/23 Harare
http://twitter.com/abc2mp3
0
2009/01/08 Pretoria
This is the official African National Congress Info feed on Twitter. Follow us to get regular updates on all things ANC.
http://twitter.com/MyANC_
2
2009/01/16 Pretoria
DStv is Africa's top entertainment & TV desLnaLon, giving you so much more!
http://www.dstv.com
Response Lmes: 8AM-5PM weekdays.
http://twitter.com/dstv
2
2010/07/12
Proteas cricketer, highveld lions and glamorgan captain. God first!
http://Coming.soon
http://twitter.com/AlviroPetersen
7
2009/08/12 Pretoria
Broadcaster on Jacaranda 94.2 Breakfast, SUPERSPORT anchor, owns JustPlainMedia
http://www.justplainmedia.co.za
& Productions, Arsenal and Sharks fanhttp://twitter.com/justplaintwit
for life! Follow @JustPlainMedia
0
2009/06/17 Pretoria
no holds barred
http://www.etv.co.za/extended/index/3rd_degree/
http://twitter.com/3rddegree_etv
2
2009/05/08 Pretoria
Official page of the DHL Stormers Rugby team
http://www.iamastormer.com
http://twitter.com/THESTORMERS
13
2009/08/03 Greenland
http://www.kurtdarren.co.za
http://twitter.com/kurtofficial
1
2009/05/18 West Central Africa
South African embarking on an adventure, doing what I love best while kicking
http://www.facebook.com/FrancoisFloLouw
back in the beautiful city of Bath! But first the
http://twitter.com/FloLouw
Rugby World Cup with the Boks!
50
2009/02/02 Central Time (US & Canada) Zimbabwean, changing lives one journey at a time through customized African
http://www.hillsofafrica.com
safari vacations, 2 kiddies & lovely hubby http://twitter.com/HillsofAfrica
0
2010/01/27
http://twitter.com/Keegandaniel
0
2009/05/10 Pretoria
This new Autoresponder service will save you 60% on Aweber pricing. It’shttp://quicktellpro.com/
coming soon and it’s definitely worth waiting for...http://twitter.com/aweber_less60
0
2009/01/16 Pretoria
Daily BARGAINS on Springleap.com T-shirts - but for 24 Hrs ONLY! Be herehttp://www.springleap.com
for tee specials every day at 12h00! - Join the magic.
http://twitter.com/springleaping
3
2008/12/31 Greenland
Looking for free internet and affiliate marketing tips and advice? Visit us today
http://blog.monkeyprofit.com
at http://blog.monkeyprofit.com
http://twitter.com/MarketSuccessor
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
worldcupcnn
102
10119
NicDawes
478
10090
USEmbPretoria
496
10058
zwaibala
679
10008
prieur
1315
9989
RyanOConnorSA
242
9981
TeeDeluxe
9595
9858
StefanT15
17
9850
davyjacobs82
89
9759
shona_ferguson
85
9741
osdurandt
437
9733
carteblanchetv
26
9626
RobAndersonsays
10629
9590
hayibo
0
9483
BlueCraneSocMed
10351
9465
Alamad_NGO
8532
9454
ideasforafrica
1509
9454
mjamme
3379
9371
apologetics
8181
9344
mar3e
1513
9333
ColinUdoh
914
9330
iamtmashigo
7319
9225
StephenGrootes
199
9221
ComicalTshepo
639
9203
KevinMcCallum
1140
9106
baileyschneider
462
9087
ewnreporter
110
9029
702David
140
9020
KoosKombuis
4771
8998
upgradereality
143
8989
xtrada
10276
8977
SuperSportcom
604
8932
_eeriPinkSpanky
8563
8838
amakhosi_fans
3737
8756
adii
87
8740
MohammadGhorab
8048
8740
golfman90
8266
8728
Huisgenoot
327
8720
primrosecrous
297
8706
OnAfricanSafari
7760
8613
brucebusiness
79
8602
simondingle
251
8482
Sureshnie
575
8457
Tweets
2543
4883
25390
2824
2983
7312
881
706
2461
3825
381
863
1442
681
5956
50
1244
10903
8431
43619
20712
20040
3115
8303
40869
13889
6628
483
2268
5729
972
11389
15722
20155
13926
21091
60
6472
4438
7844
1474
13299
7959
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
233
2009/11/21 Central Time (US & Canada) All the latest news on the 2010 World Cup in South Africa from CNN International
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/worldcup/http://twitter.com/worldcupcnn
including live match tweets and RTs of CNN's team in SA.
2
2009/06/01 Harare
Editor, the Mail & Guardian
http://www.mg.co.za
http://twitter.com/NicDawes
0
2009/04/20 Pretoria
United States Diplomatic Mission to South Africa
http://www.facebook.com/USinSouthAfrica
http://twitter.com/USEmbPretoria
0
2009/05/07
Producer. Singer, Songwriter. A Humanitarian. Oscar for Best Film Score is where I'm headed.
http://twitter.com/zwaibala
0
2007/12/02 Pretoria
I am an investment manager based in Cape Town. I blog my views on international
http://www.investmentpostcards.com
financial markets at: www.investmentpostcards.com.
http://twitter.com/prieur
11
2009/03/10 Pretoria
media man, animal and wine lover, and speed enthusiast!
http://twitter.com/RyanOConnorSA
0
2009/07/13 Pretoria
Artist. Co-Founder of Springleap.com - Artist empowerment and reward site
http://www.springleap.com
http://twitter.com/TeeDeluxe
0
2010/09/22 Harare
http://twitter.com/StefanT15
10
2010/09/28 Greenland
Cricketer. Chevrolet Warriors Captain, Mumbai Indians. Married to @LizJ28,
http://bigsportsmanagement.co.za
Father of Lilly xxx Big fan of Roland Deschain ofhttp://twitter.com/davyjacobs82
Gilead.. Ka » Ka-tet
5
2009/07/20 Pretoria
Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, Actor... Beloved let us LOVE one another http://www.shonaferguson.co.za
for LOVE is of GOD & every one that loveth is bornhttp://twitter.com/shona_ferguson
of GOD & knoweth GOD.
1
2009/08/11 Greenland
Ex old Springbok Prop Forward who is now learning to farm was fortunatehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Os-du-Randt/99569939659
enough to win the RWC in 1995 & 2007
http://twitter.com/osdurandt
0
2010/03/11 Pretoria
Carte Blanche is South Africa's longest running invesLgaLve journalism programme.
http://www.carteblanche.co.za
http://twitter.com/carteblanchetv
36
2009/03/06 Pretoria
helping new marketers to make money. using honesty.
http://workfromhomemembership.com/blog
http://twitter.com/RobAndersonsays
0
2009/03/15 Pretoria
We are about satire, nothing else. Recently been brought back through the
http://www.hayibo.com
graciousness of Andrew Fehrsen and the good people
http://twitter.com/hayibo
at Cape Media.
0
2009/08/14 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Social Media Consultants http://bluecraneimpactmarketing.com/
http://bluecraneimpactmarketing.com/
http://twitter.com/BlueCraneSocMed
0
2010/04/18 West Central Africa
NGO promoting nomadic womens and girl's education programs in Niger http://alamad.org
and the Sahara.
http://twitter.com/Alamad_NGO
32
2009/04/15 Quito
Offer your voice and your vision to develop creative & practical plans for Africa’s
http://www.AfricaRuralConnect.org
economic and agricultural future.
http://twitter.com/ideasforafrica
7
2008/04/20 London
Citizen of the world, seeking positive narratives for Africa by speaking & writing.
http://www.mariemejamme.com
CSR & Global Development critic. I believe http://twitter.com/mjamme
that I'm here because you are.
385
2008/12/23 London
I am passionate about separating facts from fiction in this age of information
http://www.gadel.info/
chaos. Let's meet on Facebook http://facebook.com/mydelali
http://twitter.com/apologetics
659
2008/10/07 Cairo
Egyptian blogger/Digital Journalist/Free Thinker/Human Rights and political
http://Egytimes.org
Activist/Veterinarian
http://twitter.com/mar3e
101
2009/11/21 West Central Africa
Award-winning Nigerian football writer. TV analyst. Press Officer, Nigeria national football team. Opinions, unless otherwisehttp://twitter.com/ColinUdoh
stated, are mine
48
2009/05/14 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Free Minded Self Aware Workaholic. Founder/CEO of @ShigoCreatives http://www.shigomedia.com
http://twitter.com/iamtmashigo
7
2009/11/11 Pretoria
Reporter for EWN. Loves politics. And politicians. Writes for The Daily Maverick
http://twitter.com/StephenGrootes
43
2009/02/11 Pretoria
Interests: Football, jokes and chicken in no particular order...stand up comedian... Bookings@tshepomogale.com
http://twitter.com/ComicalTshepo
4
2008/12/02 Pretoria
Chief Sports Writer - The Star newspaper, Joburg.
http://www.iol.co.za/
http://twitter.com/KevinMcCallum
145
2008/10/30 Greenland
Radio Presenter on @947Highveld, TV Presenter, Voice over artist, emceehttp://www.baileyschneider.co.za
& blogger. Completely addicted to Vanilla Tea, Toblerone,
http://twitter.com/baileyschneider
Shoes and my Blackberry :-)
1
2010/09/17 Pretoria
Updates from the Eyewitness News team - always factual, sometimes funny,
http://www.ewn.co.za
often insightful.
http://twitter.com/ewnreporter
0
2009/08/04 Pretoria
Host of Talk Radio 702's 4pm-6pm show, Lions fan, space junkie, author ofhttp://www.702.co.za
sports trivia books, sometime TV presenter.
http://twitter.com/702David
445
2009/04/12 Pretoria
Koos is a South African author, columnist, and cartoonist who can also play
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/kooskombuis
a few chords on the guitar. Read his novel, Twitter
http://twitter.com/KoosKombuis
Dawn, tweet by tweet!
1
2008/07/22 Greenland
Making a Difference to The World One Article At A Time www.UpgradeReality.com
http://www.upgradereality.com
http://twitter.com/upgradereality
0
2009/02/20 Greenland
Business man with a few websites, a blog and some affiliates which I'm managing.
http://turbocash.us
http://twitter.com/xtrada
3
2009/04/09 Pretoria
Bringing the best of sports entertainment on all media platforms.
http://www.supersport.com
http://twitter.com/SuperSportcom
65
2010/06/09 Greenland
(A vision ALL across the WORLD) #TFB #TPM #Team@Bonang_M#TeamWolfstamp #Teamusher Web:www.sap.com
http://twitter.com/_eeriPinkSpanky
0
2010/09/15
Everything Kaizer Chiefs Football Club. Amakhosi 4 Life!!
http://m.kaizerchiefs.com
http://twitter.com/amakhosi_fans
37
2007/10/17 Pretoria
Entrepreneur, co-founder of WooThemes and general creator of Rockstarhttp://adii.me
Awesomeness!
http://twitter.com/adii
2
2008/09/29 Cairo
Proud Egyptian, Online Product Manager @BasharJobs, Online Marketer,http://www.BasharJobs.com/
and wanna be Entrepreneur.
http://twitter.com/MohammadGhorab
0
2010/01/27 Harare
Total cracked on golf. Love the game, the people (most of them), and of course
http://physicsofgolfswing.com
when I play really well love it even more! http://twitter.com/golfman90
1
2009/03/10 Harare
Huisgenoot is deel van elke Afrikaanssprekende se daaglikse lewe. Dit is ook
http://www.huisgenoot.com
die grootste tydskrif in Suid-Afrika.
http://twitter.com/Huisgenoot
128
2009/06/15 Pretoria
A Proud Mother of 2, Blessed Wife, Businesswoman, GOD's Jewel & Guiding
http://www.hohupsa.co.za
Light! Proverb 31 v 10-31 Woman! I believe inhttp://twitter.com/primrosecrous
GOD! Keep it 100% Real with Me.
0
2009/04/25 Pretoria
Luxury Travel. 11 Years of sharing the best Africa has to offer in pristine wilderness.
http://www.best-south-africa-tours.com
South African Tour Operator.
http://twitter.com/OnAfricanSafari
0
2010/07/16 Athens
On the beach - Twitter cold turkey
http://twitter.com/brucebusiness
3
2008/02/06 Pretoria
Filling the gaps between people and technology. Host of (tech)5 on 5FM and
http://simon.co.za/
the ZA Tech Show netcast. Journalist at Finweek
http://twitter.com/simondingle
Magazine. Speaker and MC.
2
2009/03/17 Pretoria
Host of 5fm Top 40, Presenter on TV(5) lover and testdriver of cool cars and
http://www.5fm.co.za
maker of hot curry:)
http://twitter.com/Sureshnie
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
freshlygroundsa
2967
8451
zarsushiking
52
8447
trendssthafrica
1769
8434
wynand_olivier
30
8405
ThatKoula
495
8387
dionchang
156
8386
voaafrica
630
8374
safa_net
2253
8367
worldcupking
2
8356
lxcoza
9212
8345
maltyren
747
8343
lukewatson6
817
8294
obiasika
930
8269
USArmyAfrica
1622
8245
KickOffMagazine
293
8215
alandeklerkmktg
8572
8186
greenpeaceafric
4078
8181
EFTSuzanne
8185
8174
guru_earth
8829
8170
sabcnewscom
6
8104
petergrant_
172
8064
tracymcgregor
97
8027
arnocarstens
547
8026
spitorswallow
7915
7964
itumelengkhune
11
7931
UArainbow
4623
7924
followthebounce
858
7920
sagoodnews
93
7904
MichelleJayes
8029
7864
RJBenjamin
1182
7861
ardmatthews
124
7843
simphiwedana
220
7798
DewaldPotgieter
24
7762
darylimpey
162
7747
gussilber
6831
7703
hmeguid
1150
7644
RubyGold
2343
7629
GoToSouthAfrica
4769
7621
BBCAfricaHYS
4467
7576
genevievemorton
177
7569
justproteas
269
7541
uncomman
7494
7514
ChrisRoperZA
521
7490
Tweets
1424
705
7485
62
1289
1983
9542
811
258
471
3338
4854
4181
28746
5214
11441
2651
3872
4361
6740
380
990
2662
12522
342
18192
12028
948
3104
3502
1359
11245
429
1396
15074
5137
26094
2348
8146
3101
1317
3023
11706
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
5
2009/03/13 Pretoria
Freshlyground is a South African band with an eclectic and distinct sound.http://www.freshlyground.com
http://twitter.com/freshlygroundsa
7
2011/01/06
King of Entertainment,Party Human Being,ZAR owner
http://www.zaronline.co.za
http://twitter.com/zarsushiking
0
2010/11/03 Pretoria
Real-time South Africa Twitter trends
http://trendsmap.com/local/south+africa
http://twitter.com/trendssthafrica
3
2010/08/16 Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://twitter.com/wynand_olivier
0
2009/04/24 Greenland
Radio and TV presenter, running fanaLc and lover of all things chocolatey!94.7 Highveld Stereo: Sundays 10am-2pm
http://twitter.com/ThatKoula
49
2009/04/23 Pretoria
observer, trend analyst - forever curious. Founder of Flux Trendsblog: #alienadventures
http://www.fluxtrends.com
- dionchang.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/dionchang
2
2009/04/21 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Africa news from the Voice of America. More news at voaafrica.com http://www.voaafrica.com
http://twitter.com/voaafrica
0
2009/05/28 Harare
The official twitter page of the South African Football Association
http://www.safa.net
http://twitter.com/safa_net
0
2010/05/24 Quito
A special account, Tweeting while SI's Peter King is at the World Cup from June 10-26.
http://twitter.com/worldcupking
0
2008/03/24 Pretoria
Web marketing, SEO and WordPress specialist based in Johannesburg, South
http://digireports.com
Africa.
http://twitter.com/lxcoza
3
2009/07/24 Greenland
your mommy's favourite kak praater
http://www.5fm.co.za
http://twitter.com/maltyren
9
2010/02/12 London
Living in the land of Kings... ; )
http://twitter.com/lukewatson6
8
2009/04/09 West Central Africa
Ceo of Storm 360, Focused on Driving Sports, Music & Entertainment Projects
http://www.storm360degrees.com
out of Naija to the world.
http://twitter.com/obiasika
7
2009/02/09 Amsterdam
U.S. Army Africa TwiSer Feed: News, images and video from AFRICOM andhttp://www.usaraf.army.mil
other media sources related to Africa. http://twitter.com/USArmyAfrica
0
2009/05/07 Greenland
South Africa's football authority: Soccer at its best! Latest soccer news and
http://www.kickoff.com
inside info. Be ahead of the game. Tweeted by @KickOffCooper
http://twitter.com/KickOffMagazine
and @ProjectJennifer
2
2009/10/12 Pretoria
http://earnprofitafterfixingdebt.com
http://twitter.com/alandeklerkmktg
87
2009/03/11 Pretoria
Greenpeace Africa is an independent campaigning organisation acting to http://bit.ly/sK4vt
change attitudes and behavior, to protect the environment
http://twitter.com/greenpeaceafric
and promote peace.
3
2009/01/13 Pretoria
Passionate EFT Reiki Allergy Antidotes and Hypnosis holistic practitioner and
http://www.EFT-Scripts.com
author - I follow you back!
http://twitter.com/EFTSuzanne
0
2009/10/03 Pretoria
Defender of Trees; Blessed are those who are gentle. They will inherit the earth; Never does nature say one thing and wisdom
http://twitter.com/guru_earth
another.
2
2009/03/18 Pretoria
SABC News.com is the online news portal of South Africa's public broadcaster.
http://www.sabcnews.com
http://twitter.com/sabcnewscom
0
2010/07/10 Pretoria
http://www.facebook.com/#!/PeterJohnGrant http://twitter.com/petergrant_
1
2009/04/20
Model, designer & a girl that lives life to the fullest!
http://www.tracymcgregor.co.za
http://twitter.com/tracymcgregor
28
2009/04/05 London
Solo Singer/songwriter’ and singer of Springbok Nude Girls. New solo album
http://www.arnocarstensmusic.wordpress.com
'Wonderful Wild' out now. Available on iTunes,http://twitter.com/arnocarstens
Amazon, and in all good music stores!
1
2009/01/10 Pretoria
South African wine news, shaken and stirred ...
http://winetimes.co.za
http://twitter.com/spitorswallow
1
2011/08/03 Greenland
Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana Goalkeeper. Nike,Kiwi,Vaseline for Men,KFC, UHLSport Ambassador. Rhapsody's Restaurant
http://twitter.com/itumelengkhune
Shareholder
920
2009/07/09 West Central Africa
Love God, Family, People & World, dear Friends. Passionate to make our World
http://greenharmonyhome.com/
Greener&Better, designing Green Passive Houses
http://twitter.com/UArainbow
& http://passivehouse-igua.com/
83
2009/12/01 Greenland
Doing it for the fans. Twitter profile of thebounce.co.za. Sporting-go-to profile
http://www.thebounce.co.za
for big game updates, sporting insights and ahttp://twitter.com/followthebounce
whole lot more.
46
2008/11/03 Pretoria
Highlighting South Africa's progress and positive developments. Concentrating
http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/
on solutions not problems.
http://twitter.com/sagoodnews
9
2008/07/31 Greenland
I work from home and love what I do. I love to help people achieve success
http://www.Online-Income-Business.com
http://twitter.com/MichelleJayes
0
2008/11/09 Pretoria
Soul Singer, music producer, songwriter & vocal coach! My other half is @shayneybelle
http://wefollow.com/RJBenjamin
:)
http://twitter.com/RJBenjamin
7
2008/08/19 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Lead singer, Just Jinjer! Kiter, SUP'er, surfer, sailor and proud South African.
http://www.ardmatthews.com
Download 'free' music from my site :)
http://twitter.com/ardmatthews
27
2009/04/09 Greenland
I am a griot in the tradition of repositories of Africa's teachings. I sing libations
http://www.simphiwedana.com
and my GODS deem it be so...
http://twitter.com/simphiwedana
1
2010/06/15 Harare
The last living member of the rhymenoceros clan.
http://twitter.com/DewaldPotgieter
0
2009/04/10 Harare
Age 26 years - Pro Cyclist for Team NetApp
http://www.darylimpey.com
http://twitter.com/darylimpey
38
2008/06/26 Harare
I play with words, and sometimes work with them too, as a Journalist/Author/Scriptwriter/Speechwriter/TweetWriter.
http://gussilber.posterous.com
http://twitter.com/gussilber
318
2009/05/12 Cairo
Love people, fascinated by art, love to exercise my five senses!
http://about.me/hmeguid
http://twitter.com/hmeguid
2
2008/08/31 Pretoria
editor
http://www.timeslive.co.za/
http://twitter.com/RubyGold
1
2009/04/21 Pretoria
The official twitter account for South African Tourism.
http://www.southafrica.net
http://twitter.com/GoToSouthAfrica
10
2009/05/12 London
Connecting Africans, wherever you are. Join us and discuss what matters http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/africahaveyoursay
to you. We are LIVE on the BBC World Service every
http://twitter.com/BBCAfricaHYS
Tue, Wed, Thu at 1600GMT. Tweet back.
0
2009/04/28 West Central Africa
I am a model and I'm talented at parallel parking and making napkin roses,
http://www.facebook.com/watch.genevieve
and hosting dinner parties, all very important things
http://twitter.com/genevievemorton
in life!
0
2011/01/19 Pretoria
Where fans get to voice their opinion and support the South African cricket team. Tweets by @JesseJamesSA
http://twitter.com/justproteas
2
2008/11/27 Pretoria
Critical Thinking Teacher, Online Marketer, Blogger, Bohemian, Animal Lover,
http://blog.justd.ws
Philosopher and Fool...
http://twitter.com/uncomman
33
2008/05/23 Pretoria
Editor of www.mg.co.za - the Mail & Guardian Online. Blog: www.chrisroper.co.za
http://www.chrisroper.co.za
http://twitter.com/ChrisRoperZA
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
dieheuwels
89
7488
thomasmsengana
703
7487
c_live
1191
7471
zagenieprofits
7341
7427
SHASHINAIDOO
144
7362
RugbyFifteen
440
7343
wwfsouthafrica
45
7309
valarcher
7782
7232
teajhb
8124
7225
suretips
8080
7211
NadiaNeophytou
1132
7207
VC4Africa
1329
7203
afromusing
663
7152
roxy_louw
124
7145
arthur2point0
7137
7143
thatomoeng
816
7143
mymarrakesh
387
7118
joomlatips
313
7073
kojobaffoe
1316
7034
trendsjoburg
1424
7034
justcuriousza
444
6970
sacricketblog
376
6949
JustWP
644
6935
racuda
6992
6895
southafricans
2429
6889
zuraidajardine
198
6878
robcrilly
859
6873
colinmosssa
112
6850
freelifepower
7433
6823
tjserfontein
7196
6809
30DayFacelift
4282
6808
thatnicole
457
6790
ChristopherM
355
6771
artsouthafrica
127
6767
Rolandschoeman
204
6750
zulika2
6709
6743
xbox360gamersa
372
6685
jj_ufs
76
6684
lindimazibuko
318
6670
philjansen
6368
6655
cn
4600
6609
BMW_SA
290
6602
EZeeGardening
6440
6592
Tweets
3514
870
11688
8
2021
28999
386
13724
4164
573
12526
15336
6087
1276
13156
10413
5791
1605
54335
5188
5917
4030
4145
277
1172
1880
8544
1752
26987
10287
5152
21859
20714
436
1972
20
2376
85
2897
18353
12328
97
37137
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
7
2009/03/09
alt pop band, South Africa!
http://www.facebook.com/dieheuwels
http://twitter.com/dieheuwels
1
2009/08/04 Hawaii
http://twitter.com/thomasmsengana
65
2008/09/29 Greenland
Hip-Hop Power Nights 5fm (98.0)Mondays 22pm. THE TASTE-MAKER mixtape,
http://www.djc-live.blogspot.com
now Clap! www.5fm.co.za admin@vthseason.com
http://twitter.com/c_live
0
2010/01/24 Pretoria
We take the SH.. out of your ..IT. One click & we're there!
http://www.zagenie.com
http://twitter.com/zagenieprofits
2
2010/03/04
Owner of Alushi Management, TV personality and Model
http://alushi.co.za
http://twitter.com/SHASHINAIDOO
9
2010/01/19 Pretoria
Tri-NaLons | Six-NaLons | IRB Rugby World Cup | IRB Sevens 7 | SuperRugby
http://www.RUGBY15.co
| CurrieCup | VodacomCup | SchoolRugby | VarsityCup
http://twitter.com/RugbyFifteen
| RuggaStats
0
2009/05/15 Greenland
WWF is one of the world’s largest and most respected independent conservation
http://www.wwf.org.za
organizations, with almost five million supporters.
http://twitter.com/wwfsouthafrica
1
2009/04/27 Pretoria
Get FREE Raw Recipe eBook on my site--100+ Recipes + testimonials, color
http://www.GreenSmoothie.com
photos, kitchen tour. HEAL your Self, your Familyhttp://twitter.com/valarcher
and Mother Earth with LIVING foods!
0
2009/09/07 Pretoria
Enthusiast. Husband. Father. Driven by setting goals and achieving them. http://kirchie.com/teatw
Visionary. Business Builder. Motivator. Traffic Engagement
http://twitter.com/teajhb
Architect. Follow TEA!
0
2009/03/27 London
I am a young entrepreneur and a blogger from Africa. I share tips on blogging,
http://www.sociatic.com
social media and entrepreneurship on my blog,
http://twitter.com/suretips
Sociatic.
0
2009/01/23 Greenland
South African Journalist based in New York - love music, theatre, film andhttp://www.missntertainment.com
being in the Big Apple!
http://twitter.com/NadiaNeophytou
1
2008/12/17 London
VC4Africa.biz - Africa's largest venture capital community, investors and entrepreneurs,
http://vc4africa.biz/
dedicated to building business on the
http://twitter.com/VC4Africa
continent.
1287
2007/07/04 Central Time (US & Canada) Global citizen with geeky tendencies. Co-Founder of Ushahidi, Senior TEDhttp://www.afromusing.com
Fellow, Cosmic girl, collects solar gadgets. Tweets=mine.
http://twitter.com/afromusing
8
2010/07/27
Surfer turn model,Blue Crush 2,EXFOLIAC Suncare fluid,Oakley international
http://www.roxylouw.com
athlete,KAUAI health food,FHM 100sexiest winner,Proudly
http://twitter.com/roxy_louw
SOUTH AFRICAN!!
10
2008/07/12 Pretoria
South African developer of The Social Media Starter Pack, an interactive course
http://www.fluence.co.za
on Social Media basics and fundamentals. http://twitter.com/arthur2point0
4
2009/02/09 Greenland
Thando wa mama
http://twitter.com/thatomoeng
13
2009/03/22 Casablanca
Owner of @PeacockPavilion, a boutique hotel in a Marrakech olive grove.http://www.moroccanmaryam.typepad.com
Penning a book on Moroccan interior design for ahttp://twitter.com/mymarrakesh
US publisher. Blogger & photographer.
4
2008/12/05 Pretoria
Joomla tips and trix. Brought to you by @prothemer
http://www.joomlatips.com
http://twitter.com/joomlatips
429
2008/09/06 Harare
Editor: Destiny Man (www.destinyman.com), Writer, Blogger, Retired Poet,
http://www.kojobaffoe.com
Entrepreneur, Dreamer, Budding iPhoneographer
http://twitter.com/kojobaffoe
(www.flickr.com/photos/kojobaffoe)
0
2010/07/30 Pretoria
Real-time Johannesburg Twitter trends
http://trendsmap.com/local/za/johannesburg
http://twitter.com/trendsjoburg
34
2009/10/24 Pretoria
SA's finest Entertainment Hub! Fresh, Opinionated, Honest, Always in Thehttp://www.JustCurious.co.za
Know! It's just Entertainment Beyond The Usual &
http://twitter.com/justcuriousza
our readers/bloggers seal the deal!
4
2009/01/19 Pretoria
Insight. Opinion. Analysis.
http://sacricketblog.com
http://twitter.com/sacricketblog
2
2010/10/18 Pretoria
Bringing the passion back into the game!
http://justwpblog.co.za
http://twitter.com/JustWP
0
2009/03/25 Harare
http://twitter.com/racuda
2
2009/04/22 Alaska
Join the South African Twitter Network and connect with your fellow countrymen/women.
http://twitter.com/southafricans
1
2010/05/20 Greenland
Don't worry about a thing,'cause every liSle thing is gonna be all right.
http://twitter.com/zuraidajardine
1
2008/04/14 Islamabad
Pakistan correspondent of The Telegraph, Africa-phile, author of Saving Darfur
http://www.robcrilly.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/robcrilly
25
2009/06/23 Pretoria
Comic/actor/writer/producer/wearer of hats. Nice-ish guy. Managing partner
http://www.colinmoss.com
in Gathered Moss Productions. Easily distrac...
http://twitter.com/colinmosssa
0
2009/02/28 Pretoria
Affiliate Marketing, Wealthy Affiliate, Internet marketing, work at home, http://www.workathometop10-4.com
top 10 work from home businesses, reviews, internet
http://twitter.com/freelifepower
marketing products,
1
2009/09/01 Mid-Atlantic
Expert Network Marketer helping People Master Social Media with Wisdom
http://wisdomwith.sponsordaddy.me
http://twitter.com/tjserfontein
0
2009/04/18 Harare
Facial exercises can make you look 10 to 15 years younger in 30 days! Check
http://www.facelift-without-surgery.biz/nonsurgicalfacelifts.html
out the book called Facelift Without Surgery athttp://twitter.com/30DayFacelift
the website!
98
2009/05/19 Pretoria
Go-getter girl with the worlds best dimples. Genuine. Have a brain and not
http://www.facebook.com/ThatNicole5fm
afraid to use it. Heard on 5FM late nights. Seen on
http://twitter.com/thatnicole
the road running uphill
0
2007/10/01 Cairo
The Internet swallowed me! www.imod.co.zawww.christophermills.co.za http://imod.co.za/
http://twitter.com/ChristopherM
0
2008/07/14 Pretoria
Art South Africa is South Africa's leading art and design magazine publishing
http://www.artsouthafrica.com
opinions that matter!
http://twitter.com/artsouthafrica
1
2009/08/11 West Central Africa
Olympic Gold Medallist, World Champion, World Record Holder, Avid Golfer
http://www.rolandschoeman.co.za
and Proudly South African
http://twitter.com/Rolandschoeman
0
2009/02/10 Pretoria
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!
http://www.gpfmortgage.co.za
http://twitter.com/zulika2
1
2009/05/23 Pretoria
South African Xbox 360 Gamer
http://wefollow.com/Xbox360gamerSA
http://twitter.com/xbox360gamersa
7
2010/12/23 Greenland
http://twitter.com/jj_ufs
10
2009/02/17 Pretoria
Member of Parliament for North Durban; Democratic Alliance National Spokesperson;
http://princessshorty.wordpress.com/
baker, mover, shaker; hopeless romantic.
http://twitter.com/lindimazibuko
62
2009/10/12 Pretoria
I am an Internet Marketer, giving tips and advise on Small Business,Internet
http://philjansen.com
Marketing,Self Improvement and Spiritual Marketing.
http://twitter.com/philjansen
Passion Soul Winner for Jesus!
25
2007/04/07 Pretoria
CoFounder @bwcom (acquired by 24.com). Publisher @bandwidthblog @carblogcoza.
http://chrl.me/q2a1JL
Founding member @thetouchlab. 2008
http://twitter.com/cn
Young Entrepreneur of Africa runner up.
0
2009/02/02 Pretoria
The official twitter channel of BMW South Africa.
http://www.bmw.co.za
http://twitter.com/BMW_SA
5
2009/06/18 Harare
Gardener, graphic designer, artist, writer, photographer, foodie, blogger. http://gardeningiseasy.blogspot.com
Day job: responsible tourism development & marketing
http://twitter.com/EZeeGardening
consultant
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
SuperSportCric
223
6566
eco_preneur
5491
6491
gibbs_scott
127
6457
reinhardtgallow
6999
6457
marwame
282
6437
sexylegsandbod
6229
6436
4tahir
5929
6378
the_blog_guru
6926
6332
incrtronics
6318
6301
jurgenphoto
5846
6245
capetowntourism
2165
6234
DaveDuarte
771
6224
ewntraffic
13
6214
playboymagsa
229
6201
ZeldalaGrangeSA
109
6196
kaizer_chiefs
5002
6192
terryp12
6002
6188
StencilLady
6441
6179
jppietersen14
94
6155
obox
265
6150
thabomodisane
257
6133
NOTa_webber
6820
6128
shakasisulu
1418
6127
Shimbin
6441
6092
akingband
7
6069
damstarfatboy
567
6036
bangersandnash
735
5940
gurthro
43
5940
overlandsun
5813
5904
_South_Africa_
5542
5898
kenya_tweets
1479
5872
Naomiestment
5735
5847
womenshealthsa
480
5843
farmafrica
4658
5826
niccisaintbruce
460
5803
LookandListenSA
4563
5795
danielleguizio
207
5780
shapshak
661
5764
GaryGoldrugbyiq
70
5742
ericajohn1
5472
5740
jasonelk
61
5717
amrsalama
561
5707
watkykjy
84
5702
Tweets
15312
1051
2376
12575
7423
3976
3753
7966
717
11827
3460
5473
3788
2036
2018
677
12016
6141
119
21425
1486
290
20548
1239
526
5241
18179
549
713
1629
8560
2349
2586
2880
5014
486
8055
18020
1138
32001
9727
3717
10421
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
2
2009/07/07 Pretoria
We love cricket here at SuperSportCric! Be sure to follow us for the latesthttp://www.supersport.com/cricket
news and live SA match chatter.
http://twitter.com/SuperSportCric
18
2009/04/02 Pretoria
Ecopreneur. Green business opportunities. Sustainability. Digital marketing
http://www.ecopreneur.co.za
& social media strategists. Creativity. Wordpress.
http://twitter.com/eco_preneur
Let's collaborate!
93
2010/05/24
Captain of Team Flame Cycling in The Mother City
http://www.justgiving.com/scottscaliforniabikeride
http://twitter.com/gibbs_scott
0
2008/09/19 Greenland
The Super Affiliate Coach
http://www.affiliateteachings.com
http://twitter.com/reinhardtgallow
2
2009/12/23 Cairo
writer, reader, chocolate eater, revolutionary, and, being engaged to the http://marwaelnaggar.com
weird & wonderful @shereef_ismail, I'm the luckiest
http://twitter.com/marwame
woman alive
2
2008/12/14 Pretoria
I am a grumpy 49 year old man, I love airplanes, but don't like to fly, I hatehttp://sexylegsandbody.blogspot.com
two faced people, I love guns, fast cars & ladies with
http://twitter.com/sexylegsandbod
long well shaped legs!
136
2009/09/07 Mumbai
Techie, Blogger,College student, and Traveler. ⁀↘‿↗⁀↘‿↗⁀↘☛#teamautofollow
http://technophah.com
#tfb
http://twitter.com/4tahir
4
2009/05/05 Pretoria
Build your own Website. I have been online since 1997 and have lived of my
http://joueiewebwerf.com
Internet income for the last 10 years. You can now
http://twitter.com/the_blog_guru
do it in 12 months.
0
2010/04/11
Wholesale Consumer Electronics, Cell Phones, Gadgets, Car Audio / Car DVD,
http://www.incredibletronics.com
Digital Cameras, MP4 Players, Spy Cameras, Security
http://twitter.com/incrtronics
Products, etc.
2
2007/11/08 Pretoria
Photographer, runner, bon vivant
http://www.jurgensphotography.com
http://twitter.com/jurgenphoto
0
2008/12/15 Greenland
Destination Marketing Organisation for Cape Town. Sharing all the reasons
http://www.capetown.travel
why we (and the world) love Cape Town
http://twitter.com/capetowntourism
5
2007/03/13 Pretoria
Digital Business Educator. My life is my lab.
http://www.daveduarte.co.za
http://twitter.com/DaveDuarte
0
2009/09/07 Pretoria
EWN's traffic feed. Call us on 083 91 DRIVE ( 083 91 37483) or sms on 31702
http://www.ewn.co.za/trafficewn.asp
http://twitter.com/ewntraffic
10
2010/11/26 Pretoria
The official Twitter page for PLAYBOY South Africa. Founded in 1953, PLAYBOY
http://www.playboy.co.za
magazine is the best-selling monthly men’s magazine
http://twitter.com/playboymagsa
in the world!
2
2011/02/15 Harare
Tweets by me are my personal views and do not represent the NMF or Mr Mandela's views in any way
http://twitter.com/ZeldalaGrangeSA
0
2011/02/21 Pretoria
Kaizer Chiefs Football Club | Official Kaizer Chiefs TwiSer Account | markeLng@kaizerchiefs.com
http://www.kaizerchiefs.com
| www.facebook.com/kaizerchiefs.
http://twitter.com/kaizer_chiefs
© Kaizer Chiefs 2011
0
2009/05/26 Pretoria
Semi-retired, mad about my family, marketing, flying, video, guitar music http://www.terrychat.com
and golf
http://twitter.com/terryp12
0
2009/03/27 Pretoria
My name is Leslee Russell and I've been making and selling Stencils for more
http://wallandmural-stencils.com
than 10 years!
http://twitter.com/StencilLady
0
2010/10/27 Hawaii
Born in Stellenbosch, Western Cape. Profesional Rugby player, Sharks and Springbok winger.Currently living in Durban Kwa-Zulu
http://twitter.com/jppietersen14
Natal.
977
2008/05/14 Pretoria
Co-founder of Obox, I make things.
http://davidperel.net
http://twitter.com/obox
1
2009/03/14 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/thabomodisane
0
2009/07/24 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/NOTa_webber
351
2009/03/10 Harare
Just an Afrikan with a Vision of the Greatness of Afrika. A Lover of Sun, Song,
http://www.facebook.com/shaka.sisulu
Dance, Sea, People, Ideas, Child, Inspiration, Woman,
http://twitter.com/shakasisulu
words, Afrikan Soil & Love
62
2009/03/06 Harare
I coach people to create themselves economic freedom through establishment
http://72065.iamagel.com/
of business from home
http://twitter.com/Shimbin
0
2009/03/10 Greenland
We are a 4 piece Pop Rock band.
http://www.myspace.com/akingband
http://twitter.com/akingband
29
2009/05/28 Pretoria
NorthWest South Africa's fatboy rapper/Bcom marketing student/highergradehustler
http://www.colorsuperpeers.co.za
not gonna say im the best there'll ever
http://twitter.com/damstarfatboy
be, just tryna be the best i can be!
1
2009/02/27 Harare
I smell like alcohol....a lot.Online Strategist, King Of TwiSer, creator of SA’shttp://www.bangersandnash.com
favourite 2nd best entertainment blog, lover of women,
http://twitter.com/bangersandnash
excels in awesome.
6
2009/06/07 Greenland
Rugby Player
http://twitter.com/gurthro
1
2009/02/06 London
Gwyn and Ryan raising money for SolarAid by traveling overland from London
http://www.overlandinthesun.com
to Cape Town, in a Toyota Landcruiser with Solar
http://twitter.com/overlandsun
Power
0
2009/02/20 Pretoria
A Grateful Soul and Magnificent mind, in a Body, in the Best Country on Earth
http://bit.ly/bN5hFy
in these exciting times.
http://twitter.com/_South_Africa_
59
2010/08/08 Nairobi
Kenyatweets.com is a website that helps you keep track of what's being said
http://kenyatweets.com
about Kenya in the TwitterSphere. Kenya through
http://twitter.com/kenya_tweets
the eyes of tweeps!
56
2009/06/02 Pretoria
Freelance writer, photographer and blog consultant, 2010 SA Best Photographic
http://www.naomisnotes.com
Blog Finalist, passionate about nurturing talent
http://twitter.com/Naomiestment
and spreading inspiration
1
2009/08/03 Pretoria
It's Good To Be You!
http://www.womenshealthsa.co.za
http://twitter.com/womenshealthsa
12
2009/04/07 London
FARM-Africa works at a grassroots level with rural communities in easternhttp://www.farmafrica.org.uk
Africa, providing long term solutions to poverty. http://twitter.com/farmafrica
392
2009/04/10 Pretoria
I run www.shopvamp.com ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝ ✝
http://www.citykidssting.com
http://twitter.com/niccisaintbruce
0
2009/12/02 Pretoria
#1 Music DVD Gaming & Digital store in South Africa
http://www.lookandlisten.co.za
http://twitter.com/LookandListenSA
125
2008/10/11 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Jesus in a hotdog suit
http://twitter.com/danielleguizio
1347
2008/03/15 Riga
Editor of Stuff magazine
http://twitter.com/shapshak
23
2009/08/20 Pretoria
Follow Springbok assistant coach Gary Gold via his unique coaching website,
http://www.rugbyiq.com
www.rugbyiq.com - Raise Your Game!
http://twitter.com/GaryGoldrugbyiq
0
2009/08/18 Greenland
I like to help myself and other tweeters to succeed. I am an enthusiastic go
http://bit.ly/U1PBZ
getter and will direct you to the way to enlarch http://twitter.com/ericajohn1
your willy.
0
2007/12/29 Pretoria
CEO of Zoopy. Tune in to bite-sized mobile videos of the latest news, sports
http://www.zoopy.com
and entertainment. | My personal multimedia blog
http://twitter.com/jasonelk
is at http://www.jasonelk.com.
2
2009/04/08 Greenland
‫ أحد مؤسسين شبكة رصـد‬، ‫ قسم االذاعة والتلفزيون‬، ‫ طالب بكلية االعالم‬، ‫ عمرو سـالمة القزاز‬http://www.lesa-3aish.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/amrsalama
4
2007/04/11 Pretoria
Polluting the South African interwebs since 1995.
http://www.watkykjy.co.za
http://twitter.com/watkykjy
Page 12 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
DombeyaWine
3937
5698
justneem
5986
5689
laurenbeukes
201
5652
EroticHeat
6162
5647
expressoshow
149
5631
vbtunisia
2
5609
toniekonig
6167
5605
kaliefie
6225
5601
africam
4443
5600
aloive
5791
5590
irinnews
112
5525
MaxduPreez
115
5484
kankowski
39
5480
cameronolivier
1688
5455
FredBardy
5572
5453
schalkbrits
100
5424
Ramiii
193
5409
MTNSouthAfrica
994
5398
jeanesterhuizen
309
5395
vemmasa_verve
6163
5392
bradbarritt
157
5389
Ebtsama
4834
5353
youtubegeeks
6093
5353
matthewbuckland
676
5339
flipvandermerwe
109
5335
mikestopforth
816
5335
DavidDonde
5602
5308
vodacom111
4422
5289
capetalk567
366
5282
rossskeate
216
5282
Craighaywood
4463
5275
art2gee
2046
5271
yvetinsa
5909
5243
karabo_n
431
5201
addicted2jb
2858
5176
vidaecaffe
1116
5166
phillipdewet
278
5144
khadijapatel
820
5141
SamWilson1
624
5139
juicyjemma
2106
5135
ByLasKo
198
5079
elizepotgieter
5574
5046
ezemoneytonight
5159
5046
Tweets
3718
259
23321
5590
2021
2121
1131
1637
11341
105
5459
335
113
34763
7715
371
26981
3531
21731
8780
1262
18909
27892
4785
320
18015
2344
15603
5084
3173
7
3936
828
8599
18367
654
5302
21397
20978
4547
10579
826
2364
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
5
2009/01/29 Harare
Making, drinking and enjoying great wines in Stellenbosch, South Africa's http://www.dombeyawine.com
spiritual home of wine
http://twitter.com/DombeyaWine
0
2008/11/08 Eastern Time (US & Canada) We're a North Carolina company that makes Neem body care products and
http://justneem.com
plants trees in Africa.
http://twitter.com/justneem
80
2009/04/13 Pretoria
Writer (aka glorified typist) of novels, including Zoo City and Moxyland, short
http://www.laurenbeukes.com
stories, screenplays and magazine articles
http://twitter.com/laurenbeukes
1
2009/01/18 Harare
My sensual erotic. stories I have written and images that did it for me.... http://tremblingfluidheat.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/EroticHeat
3
2010/09/29 Greenland
We delve into a new kind of morning on SABC 3 with Katlego, Liezel, Ewanhttp://www.expressoshow.com
& Kia!
http://twitter.com/expressoshow
11
2009/05/12 West Central Africa
The source for entertainment !
http://vBtn.me/vbtunisia
http://twitter.com/vbtunisia
3
2008/08/20 Pretoria
I'm an SEO expert. I use Social Media and SEO to build poweful digital marketing
http://MainStreetMarketing.co.za
campaigns for Real Estate Agents and Localhttp://twitter.com/toniekonig
Business in South Africa.
70
2009/05/18 Greenland
Servant of Christ, ex-pastor, passionate about renewal of society, social justice,
http://www.facebook.com/johan.vandermerwe
combating aids, poverty, etc. Loves theology,
http://twitter.com/kaliefie
[esp. arty] films.
1
2008/12/11 Greenland
A LIVE 24/7 Interactive African Wildlife Safari. Wild animals in their natural
http://www.africam.com
habitat with streaming video and stereo sound. http://twitter.com/africam
#wildlife #travel #animals
0
2009/05/20 Greenland
MyHomeBiz offers all South Africans a passive income opportunity for life!
http://www.the7figurebizonline.com
http://twitter.com/aloive
0
2008/09/16 Nairobi
The world's leading provider of specialist humanitarian news and analysishttp://www.irinnews.org/
http://twitter.com/irinnews
0
2009/06/26
author and columnist
http://twitter.com/MaxduPreez
1
2009/09/07
Springbok and Sharks player living in Durban, South Africa.
http://twitter.com/kankowski
32
2008/12/03 Pretoria
I'm a designer/developer at theClassifieds.co.za, father to a beautiful daughter
http://www.cameronolivier.com
and a lover of God.
http://twitter.com/cameronolivier
9
2008/05/24 West Central Africa
KowaC8 Creator, Musician, Wordsmith, Strategist @work. Fusing Common
http://www.facebook.com/FredBardy
Sense & Technology as Musical Translations of our
http://twitter.com/FredBardy
Experiences in Ahaba. #LightUpNigeria
1
2009/06/20 London
Living life!
http://twitter.com/schalkbrits
261
2007/03/16 Cairo
I work in the Radio . Trance is not music . Apple Fan Boy Listen to my show
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramimohsen/
on @NogoumFM 100.6 , FROM 2-3 PM for the best
http://twitter.com/Ramiii
Lounge / fusion tracks
0
2010/03/01 Pretoria
http://www.mtn.co.za
http://twitter.com/MTNSouthAfrica
82
2009/03/30 Pretoria
SABC News TV & Radio Journalist | News Bulletin Writer for Goodhope FM
http://www.facebook.com/jean.esterhuizen
| Beyoncestan aka Killerbee| Rihanna & Gaga Fan
http://twitter.com/jeanesterhuizen
| I TWEET IN MY OWN PERSONAL CAPACITY.
0
2009/05/28 Pretoria
Vemma VERVE - Boost of healthy energy
http://darrylc.vemma.com/verve/
http://twitter.com/vemmasa_verve
6
2009/06/30 London
Pro Rugby player at Saracens, previously of the Sharks...enjoying the ride!
http://twitter.com/bradbarritt
2
2009/10/04 Cairo
‫ نافذتك على‬- ‫ نقاش جادابتسامة‬- ‫ اسالميات‬- ‫ برامج‬- ‫ العاب‬- ‫ اغانى‬- ‫ موقع ومنتديات ابتسامةافالم‬http://www.ebtsama.com/new/
http://twitter.com/Ebtsama
0
2009/04/06 Pretoria
Thanks for following me on twitter. I am a Youtube Fanatic,SEO Junkie and Social Media Evangelist.
http://twitter.com/youtubegeeks
6
2008/03/15 Pretoria
MD CreativeSpark, Memeburn.com, ex-24.com/News24, ex-M&G Online http://www.matthewbuckland.com
head, blogger: matthewbuckland.com, scifi & gadget
http://twitter.com/matthewbuckland
fiend, sport lover, dad of 2
1
2009/06/03
Rugbyplayer, Financial Advisor @ Sanlam Jenwil Blue Star. For any appearances
http://www.jenwil.co.za
contact colleen.schutte@essentiallygroup.com!
http://twitter.com/flipvandermerwe
13
2007/03/07 Pretoria
Dad, drummer, believer, marketer, sports fan (@ZASport), film freak, poker
http://www.mikestopforth.com
amateur, proud South African. Founder of @cerebra,
http://twitter.com/mikestopforth
@27dinner. Incomplete blinker.
1
2008/05/19 Pretoria
Coffee Evangelist, pseudo journalist, talk show host and sometime marketing
http://www.daviddonde.com/wp
anarchist. Now a purveyor of TRUTH.
http://twitter.com/DavidDonde
5
2010/10/08 Pretoria
The official Vodacom channel dedicated to customer service. We're onlinehttp://www.vodacom.co.za
from 7AM - 10PM, 7days a week.
http://twitter.com/vodacom111
137
2009/04/25 Harare
Cape Town's No.1 News and Talk Station
http://www.capetalk.co.za
http://twitter.com/capetalk567
4
2009/06/17 Paris
Originally from Cape Town, I now live in Durban and play rugby for The Sharks.
http://RossSkeate.com
Find out more about that @ RossSkeate.comhttp://twitter.com/rossskeate
0
2009/04/05 Pretoria
Marketer, Author, Programmer, Speaker, Coaching
http://www.craighaywood.com
http://twitter.com/Craighaywood
207
2008/09/08 Hawaii
Run World Wide Worx, publish Gadget magazine, write books on urban legends
http://www.gadget.co.za
and tech topics. Chelsea and Wits U fan, SF,http://twitter.com/art2gee
comics and retro tech.
1
2010/04/13
Born for adventure. Online Entrepreneur and Fitness Fanatic.Living with an
http://www.internetopportunities.co/19831
abundance mindset.
http://twitter.com/yvetinsa
52
2009/10/05 Amsterdam
Tv presenter/ Radio presenter on Voice of Wits/ Voice-over artist/ MC/ BA student/ Aspiring actress and a sucker for love, literature
http://twitter.com/karabo_n
and the Arts
37
2010/03/27 Pretoria
We're addicted to the BIEB! He's RTed us twice ; ) NEVER SAY NEVER♥live http://tl.gd/39g7j5
http://twitter.com/addicted2jb
4
2009/03/26 Pretoria
http://www.vidaecaffe.com
http://twitter.com/vidaecaffe
1
2010/01/07 Pretoria
Deputy editor of The Daily Maverick and father to two cats who are routinely photographed to within an inch of their lives.http://twitter.com/phillipdewet
106
2008/12/05 Pretoria
Journalist with The Daily Maverick . Opinions my own. Retweets not endorsements.
http://khadijapatel.com
Terms and Conditions Apply. Not a registered
http://twitter.com/khadijapatel
financial services provider.
840
2008/04/29 Pretoria
Editor-in-Chief: Women24, Parent24 and Food24. Feminist, anarchist andhttp://www.women24.com
renegade parent, raging against the dying of the http://twitter.com/SamWilson1
strobe light.
12
2010/04/15 Pretoria
Miss July for Playboy SA! Blogger, socialite, fashionista, shoe-addict, go-getter,
http://on.fb.me/qbeOPv
radio regular & full-time model in the making.
http://twitter.com/juicyjemma
This is my journey. Buckle up!
958
2009/08/30 Paris
Journaliste et vidéo-blogueur.Peace, Power & Respect.
http://www.bylasko.com
http://twitter.com/ByLasKo
0
2009/05/30 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Business owner and entrepreneur. I love living life love my family and myhttp://bit.ly/mWfaOw
dogs
http://twitter.com/elizepotgieter
0
2010/08/21 Pacific Time (US & Canada) When To start Online income as a part time job, The best way is to make http://your-plaza.com
it free at the first, and here is the best place to grab
http://twitter.com/ezemoneytonight
%100 free tools to start with
Page 13 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
venatoria
5510
5043
arnojordaan
153
5040
comradesipho
487
5035
TheGabi
812
5019
Masr
864
4995
followchintan
2004
4938
walterpike
4070
4930
CellC
644
4915
hartleyr
539
4880
africanewsfeed
28
4871
leratommoloi
392
4851
weight_loss_web
5350
4817
duane_vermeulen
28
4793
wsjafrica
651
4783
mkaigwa
2119
4767
lwazimvovo
75
4751
anthonydacruz
5119
4750
lloydcele
3959
4722
7okaha
108
4679
Elmakapelma
1162
4667
patriciadelille
130
4666
justinhartman
2705
4652
texasinafrica
206
4623
missiondiary
4446
4615
futurecapetown
3507
4612
FoodBlogCT
4986
4606
gbishopsa
4646
4557
elbaradie
695
4533
mark_keohane
314
4520
derikmocke
4631
4515
francisotolo
4977
4513
jcwLIFE
26
4507
capetownfreeway
2
4502
mikeasaunders
3874
4495
allforafrica
676
4490
bigjoevn
40
4487
ReagenAllen
2783
4454
golddust7
4755
4447
TimothyMoloi
4537
4442
brentrussell
173
4434
allcapetown
1801
4396
derekwatts
30
4374
afrigadget
36
4362
Tweets
1193
1196
16340
62786
24429
5629
9525
5642
2386
5608
13049
11226
130
2548
8890
182
369
1881
28014
6038
296
5752
14315
2311
16468
1342
738
27
2767
9330
4719
871
18944
4808
1145
161
8804
69
1585
380
6135
280
326
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
4
2009/02/12 Brussels
Venatoria Network CEO.Online brands architect (Internet MarkeLng, Webhttp://www.houssemh.com
Technologies). http://twitter.com/venatoria
2
2009/10/02
South african artist
http://www.arnojordaan.co.za
http://twitter.com/arnojordaan
152
2010/03/21 Pretoria
Wordsmith. Columnist. Counter-revolutionary. Social democrat. Part-timehttp://about.me/comradesipho
bitter cynic.
http://twitter.com/comradesipho
207
2009/02/12 Pretoria
I am what I am, I am my own special creation!
http://gabiville.tumblr.com
http://twitter.com/TheGabi
12
2007/08/15 Cairo
‫ انت اللى شايف الدنيا غلط‬.. ‫ اسمى مش مقلوب‬http://masr.ws
http://twitter.com/Masr
2
2008/12/23 Pretoria
iOS (iPhone/iPad) Developer. Learning Cocoa. Like to follow like-minded people.
http://www.lotofwallpapers.com
http://twitter.com/followchintan
2
2007/12/27 Pretoria
Founder: PiKE |New Marketing & of the Digital Academy. Social Media participant
http://www.pike.co.za
& guide. Pro Speaker, Blogger.
http://twitter.com/walterpike
4
2009/05/18 Pretoria
Cell C looks to the future to bring you the technology of tomorrow today.http://www.cellc.co.za
That's why, above all, we are a provider of possibilities.
http://twitter.com/CellC
The power is in your hands!
2
2007/08/21 Greenland
Editor of the Sunday Times
http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/hartley
http://twitter.com/hartleyr
0
2008/11/17 Amsterdam
AfricaNews is the most compelling interactive Africa community, sharing http://www.africanews.com
news, photos, videos, mobile reports and the untold
http://twitter.com/africanewsfeed
stories by African reporters.
873
2010/02/26 Pretoria
God's favourite daughter!
http://twitter.com/leratommoloi
0
2009/05/23 Pretoria
Lose all your excess weight today
http://weightloss.onlinebeauty.co.za/
http://twitter.com/weight_loss_web
0
2010/05/20
http://twitter.com/duane_vermeulen
0
2010/03/15 West Central Africa
The Wall Street Journal - Africa
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-africa.html
http://twitter.com/wsjafrica
4096
2008/10/07 Nairobi
Strategist, CreaLve & Speaker. Working with brands, agencies & nonprofits
http://about.me/mkaigwa
to communicate to a new generaLon of Africanshttp://twitter.com/mkaigwa
online.
2
2010/03/02 Greenland
Play rugby for the Sharks, Originally from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape
http://twitter.com/lwazimvovo
1
2007/05/19 Pretoria
An ex chef still in love with food.
http://tastebuddelights.com
http://twitter.com/anthonydacruz
0
2010/08/23 Greenland
DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW!!!!!!!!Idols VI Runner Up, For bookings visit www.lloydcele.com
http://www.lloydcele.com
or contact roy@respectmusic.co.za
http://twitter.com/lloydcele
34
2011/01/22 Cairo
tweets 21+‫ أنا بتويت إذا أنا موجود‬http://www.2alamen.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/7okaha
14
2009/03/03 Greenland
Lady Rugga @SupersportRugbyDJ @5FM (4-7am,w/ends) & host of @Studio1_
http://elmasmit.co.za/
on @MKtv_ These views are my own.
http://twitter.com/Elmakapelma
1
2011/02/22 Pretoria
Mayor of the City of Cape Town.Email: mayor.mayor@capetown.gov.zaPhone:
http://www.da.org.za
00 27 21 400 1322
http://twitter.com/patriciadelille
71
2007/03/13 Pretoria
CEO and co-founder of @Afrigator and @SocialCodebiz. Both keep me really
http://justinhartman.com
busy
http://twitter.com/justinhartman
4
2009/04/20 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Assistant political science professor at Morehouse College. I study community
http://texasinafrica.blogspot.com
responses to state failure & conflict in centralhttp://twitter.com/texasinafrica
Africa. Also pirates.
10
2008/06/04 Mexico City
Missionary, Church Planter, Pastor. training and planting Churches. Lovinghttp://www.living4Jesus.org
Jesus with All my heart.
http://twitter.com/missiondiary
65
2009/04/13 Pretoria
IDEAS OUTLET: a social media movement aimed at inspiring citizens and stimulating
http://futurecapetown.com
debate about the present and future Cape
http://twitter.com/futurecapetown
Town.
2
2010/01/30 Pretoria
entertaining blog based in Cape Town on food related topics as well as restaurant
http://foodblog.cape-town.info
specials, news and event updates. Find marketing
http://twitter.com/FoodBlogCT
resources @FoodBlogCT_MKTG
0
2009/09/09 Pretoria
Wordpress, Blogging, Online research, SEO insights, Sports enthusiast http://wpdiscover.com
http://twitter.com/gbishopsa
1
2009/12/16 Greenland
2011 ‫محمد البرادعى من اجل رئاسة مصر فى‬/‫ الحملة الشعبية المستقلة لدعم وترشيح د‬http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123551066565
http://twitter.com/elbaradie
7
2010/04/21 Pretoria
Sportswriter, publisher and rugby talk show host and dad to Oliver and Julia
http://www.keo.co.za
http://twitter.com/mark_keohane
1
2009/04/28 Pretoria
Write articles on Employee Engagement, Emotional Intelligence, Stress Management,
http://www.sustainable-employee-motivation.com/
Leadership Development, Change Management,
http://twitter.com/derikmocke
Teambuilding & Employee Motivation
10
2008/08/09 West Central Africa
Entrepreneur, Founder, edupreneur, bootstrapper, visionary & innovator.http://www.francisotolo.com
Work on sustainable business, ideas, StartUps & what
http://twitter.com/francisotolo
practically works and betters life.
2
2009/07/06 Pretoria
A Talkshow host with Talk Radio 702,writer, runs an author event company,
http://www.702.co.za/pages/shows/jenny.asp
mad about everything & has interviewed everyone
http://twitter.com/jcwLIFE
from Bill Clinton to James Patterson!
16
2010/06/24 Pretoria
We report on traffic flows on most of Cape Town Freeways. We cover the N1 to the Tunnel, N2 to Sir Lowry's Pass, N7 to Potsdam,
http://twitter.com/capetownfreeway
R300 and M5 between N1 and N2.
2
2008/04/09 Pretoria
CEO @digit_lab, Blogger, Keynote Speaker @tomorrowtodayza and Learner
http://www.mikesaunders.co.za
in all things on the new media (SEO, Social Media,
http://twitter.com/mikeasaunders
Mobile & Blogging)
0
2008/12/22 Eastern Time (US & Canada) All for Africa develops solutions for communities designed to generate long-term
http://allforafrica.org
sustainable revenue streams to fund localhttp://twitter.com/allforafrica
development programs in Africa
0
2010/06/18 Paris
Pro rugby player,eternal optimist who loves life!!!
http://bit.ly/aI3zP6
http://twitter.com/bigjoevn
398
2008/12/03 Mid-Atlantic
Blogger | Indigenous | Legal | Politics | I love my PC my friends live in it |http://about.me/reagenallen
Will use tasteful words, I might have to eat it later™
http://twitter.com/ReagenAllen
0
2009/04/19 Pretoria
medic turning life coach trainee, energy worker, network marketing, intl. http://vgovender.successuniversity.com/specialoffer
travel,
http://twitter.com/golddust7
115
2009/03/16 Pretoria
Soweto born singer! Listen to my debut album LOVE THAT MUSIC at www.timothymoloi.bandcamp.com.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TimothyMoloi
Follow me on Facebook
http://twitter.com/TimothyMoloi
at www.facebook.com/pages/Timothy-Moloi.
8
2009/03/16 Paris
Husband to a loving wife, Father to a little Princess, Professional rugby player in France. Love Harley's, Sport, Family and Jesus!
http://twitter.com/brentrussell
1
2009/12/29 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/allcapetown
14
2010/08/05
✔ Verified Account. Anchor of M-Net's Carte Blanche for 23 years...sincehttp://www.derekwatts.co.za
the age of 16. All views expressed are personal. http://twitter.com/derekwatts
0
2008/04/16 Quito
Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity
http://www.AfriGadget.com
http://twitter.com/afrigadget
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
Mtwfeek
340
4360
fbclubafrica
20
4349
mcleodd
295
4349
msheshtawy
385
4336
Authopublisher
3947
4331
africatechie
1503
4322
luxafricatravel
1674
4311
KatyKatopodis
600
4275
gbengasesan
755
4271
ana_elbaradei
1
4268
SouthAfricaStay
1454
4254
gerthough
4369
4249
adidasza
338
4247
qbase28
4
4214
TankLanning
400
4181
fromtheold
2263
4179
hurricanevaness
254
4159
JackPuzzle
4144
4151
samsungmobilesa
1754
4114
nollynolz
618
4113
sandtoncity
1508
4084
kirstybisset
780
4063
Houeida
632
4046
chadsaaiman
335
4030
dannicholl
166
3994
IvoVegter
1138
3989
abramjee
578
3982
melattree
1555
3978
verashni
501
3971
StandardBankGrp
2808
3967
Afrigator
3816
3958
uyspj
300
3958
justinspratt
340
3943
moseskemibaro
2472
3935
ianfsa
792
3919
AnilSalick
4104
3907
alechogg
3783
3900
Dazmsmith
4213
3900
tshegomlp
359
3893
oudjoe
4306
3892
robstokes
388
3873
HarounKola
2933
3871
sanetwork
3516
3829
Tweets
48329
2199
9378
17645
9091
7860
263
1282
8775
3295
5020
1705
1040
409
13647
4393
5844
2083
1597
11010
2619
14677
5543
12215
6750
22196
3029
25888
7101
7425
24992
451
6809
4125
4398
2055
2045
30434
12804
5730
3929
10402
1547
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
20
2007/11/29 Cairo
Retweet doesn't mean acceptance !
http://www.facebook.com/mtwfeeq
http://twitter.com/Mtwfeek
0
2009/03/12 West Central Africa
Helping you improve your business in Africa
http://www.flyingblueclubafrica.com
http://twitter.com/fbclubafrica
5
2007/12/19 Pretoria
Technology journalist and entrepreneur living in South Africa. Editor of www.techcentral.co.za
http://www.techcentral.co.za
(on Twitter @TechCentral) http://twitter.com/mcleodd
29
2009/10/06 Kuwait
A proud EgypLan, An Engineer trying to be a journalist and photographer.http://msheshtawy.com/
A believer with a mind full of ideas. FreedomOfSpeech
http://twitter.com/msheshtawy
supporter and a Blogger :
8
2010/08/23 Pretoria
Self publishing expert blogger. Collaborate with me now hSp://authopublisher.com/blogging-2/blog-tribe-collaborators
http://authopublisher.com
http://twitter.com/Authopublisher
6
2010/01/23 West Central Africa
African Tech Entrepreneur. Tweet about technology in Africa, Corruption http://africanentrepreneur.blogspot.com/
and African politics. Blog about the daily reality ofhttp://twitter.com/africatechie
doing business in Africa.
4
2009/09/25 Harare
Luxury Africa Travel is your personal concierge for luxury travel services tohttp://www.luxuryafricatravel.com
Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Islands.
http://twitter.com/luxafricatravel
1
2009/10/08
Editor-in-chief Eyewitness News, obsessed with news, current affairs, chocolate, my two boys, family and good friends!
http://twitter.com/KatyKatopodis
2
2009/03/06 West Central Africa
Nigerian. Social Entrepreneur. ICT for Development (ICT4D) Consultant. http://www.pinigeria.org
http://twitter.com/gbengasesan
2
2011/03/12 Cairo
‫حملة بھدف إيصال الصورة الحقيقة عن البرادعي‬..‫ حملة أنا البرادعي البرادعي كما يجب أن تعرفه‬http://www.facebook.com/ana.elbaradei
http://twitter.com/ana_elbaradei
8
2009/04/07
I'm Dorothee, tweeting about South Africa and some of the greatest places
http://www.southafrica-stay.com
to stay in the Rainbow Nation.
http://twitter.com/SouthAfricaStay
72
2008/05/18 Pretoria
Article Writer - Website Marketer - Website Promoter - Child of God
http://gerthough.com
http://twitter.com/gerthough
0
2011/02/28 Greenland
The official adidas South Africa twitter account. Follow for all the latest product
http://www.adidas.com/za
information, competitions and information http://twitter.com/adidasza
on adidas South Africa athletes.
0
2009/05/25 Pretoria
The biggest youth slot in South Africa! Live weekdays 4-5.30pm exclusive http://www.facebook.com/qbase28
to SABC2.
http://twitter.com/qbase28
17
2009/04/08 Pretoria
A thirsty beer and rugby enthusiast, with a penchant for the digital media,http://www.frontrowgrunt.co.za
but not at the expense of family and friends
http://twitter.com/TankLanning
2
2008/04/08 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/fromtheold
3
2009/03/27 Pretoria
Editorial Director, Editor SA Cosmopolitan, Blogger, Rubber ducky. Makeshttp://hurricanevanessa.com
a good pasta and chocolate cheesecake.
http://twitter.com/hurricanevaness
13
2010/11/05 Greenland
Any direct message I recieve I will ReTweet but first you have to Follow me
http://bit.ly/r2oYVx
then I will Follow you back.
http://twitter.com/JackPuzzle
1
2009/06/19 Pretoria
This is the official Twitter channel for Samsung Mobile South Africa.
http://www.samsung.com/africa_en
http://twitter.com/samsungmobilesa
4
2009/02/13 Greenland
Actress,TV Presenter, MC,Researcher,Singer,PR jounior consultant,OAKLEY Ambassador,Writer,Fashionista,vo artist and a child
http://twitter.com/nollynolz
of GOD:)
0
2009/06/18 Harare
Well known shopping centre that attracts both national and internationalhttp://www.sandtoncity.co.za
vistors. Visit www.sandtonista.co.za
http://twitter.com/sandtoncity
87
2009/05/24 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Distinctly average attitude towards conformity. Patron Princess. Comic Sans
http://www.fhm.co.za/social/profile/KirstyB
must perish!
http://twitter.com/kirstybisset
126
2007/03/02 Rome
I am a magician, I make you disappear!
http://www.afkar.tn
http://twitter.com/Houeida
13
2009/03/26 Greenland
Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Soldier.THE FLIGHT (2011) now available at Look&Listen
http://www.facebook.com/chadsaaiman
Stores Nationwide.For Bookings contact
http://twitter.com/chadsaaiman
Tony Blonde on (+27)74 196 6790
0
2009/04/18 Harare
CEO of Skududu Media and Hazard Golf Clothing; MC, writer, presenter and
http://www.dannicholl.co.za
manic traveller.
http://twitter.com/dannicholl
0
2007/12/19 Pretoria
Columnist. Stirrer. A sniveling sycophant. A rotten little shill. An agenda, Ihttp://ivo.co.za/
haz it.
http://twitter.com/IvoVegter
6
2010/08/03
Head of News and Current Affairs : Primedia Broadcasting. Chairperson National Press Club.
http://twitter.com/abramjee
740
2008/03/06 Pretoria
Marketing & digital consultant who is fascinated by the bright, shiny thinghttp://about.me/melattree
called the internet. Passionate about developing http://twitter.com/melattree
smart 'Information curation' stuff.
11
2008/10/07 Pretoria
Columnist and Deputy Editor: M&G Online
http://www.mg.co.za/verashni
http://twitter.com/verashni
0
2009/07/15 Pretoria
Welcome to the official Standard Bank Group on Twitter
http://www.standardbank.com
http://twitter.com/StandardBankGrp
2
2007/08/16 Pretoria
This is the official Afrigator account. We post the best links from Africa and
http://afrigator.com
respond to your requests!
http://twitter.com/Afrigator
3
2009/06/21 Pretoria
Vodacom CEO
http://twitter.com/uyspj
135
2007/07/27 Greenland
CEO @ Quirk; co-founder of web incubator ISLabs & community initiativehttp://www.sandboxsavant.com
GeekRetreat. Sit on Silicon Cape board. Educatedhttp://twitter.com/justinspratt
in Finance and Economics.
19
2007/12/30 Nairobi
africa 2.0 entrepreneur, writer, speaker, e-consultant, proud dad, techblogger,
http://www.moseskemibaro.com
dotsavvy founder and dealfish east africa country
http://twitter.com/moseskemibaro
manager.
4
2009/02/03 Pretoria
The IanF Show, Voice Overs & Tequila... Mad About Good Radio!
http://www.facebook.com/theianfshow
http://twitter.com/ianfsa
30
2009/01/26 Pretoria
Expert Facilitator, Professional Speaker, Business Strategist and Writer. Committed
http://www.anilsalick.com
to sharing about Authenticity, Freethinking
http://twitter.com/AnilSalick
& Inspiration.
7
2008/07/29 Pretoria
Writer, broadcaster, thinker; lives by choice in the KZN Midlands, South Africa;
http://www.moneyweb.co.za
tweets market updates and references to hishttp://twitter.com/alechogg
own and other useful articles
1440
2007/11/03 Harare
SmartR Media. Authoritative. Bullet the blue sky. red espresso. Marmalade.
http://about.me/darren.m.smith
Zebu. Dark chocolate. Double Jameson on ice. Jonathan
http://twitter.com/Dazmsmith
Livingston Seagull. Blue. Rock.
22
2009/11/10 Greenland
I have Faith in my God,passion8 about people and things that i Love..Im not perfect but Im principled. My mission is Branding,
http://twitter.com/tshegomlp
watch me evolve on @Qbase28 :)
2
2009/10/02 Pretoria
http://www.wozahost.com
http://twitter.com/oudjoe
0
2008/04/01 Pretoria
Internet entrepreneur, eMarketing geek, cricket fan and fishing nut
http://twitter.com/robstokes
153
2007/06/13 Pretoria
eco geek, rainbow guru, blogger, social entrepreneur, seo, sem, smm, kahuna,
http://harounkola.com
yogi, sufi, mystic. i love to serve existence! http://twitter.com/HarounKola
76
2009/06/02 Pretoria
TweeLng & RetweeLng mostly for the greater good of our Rainbow NaLon.
http://twitter.com/sanetwork
May also randomly assist with crowd sourcing! http://twitter.com/sanetwork
Page 15 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
food24
1179
3815
davidmillersa12
52
3807
mandyldewaal
655
3806
red_elvis
2821
3799
bvmujati
111
3793
assembly_ct
851
3791
maddoxp1
4257
3791
dana_hughes
639
3773
kinzard
3957
3768
yfmtraffic
1
3760
africagathering
950
3660
numetro
1026
3637
breytonpaulse
100
3621
janbraai
171
3589
jhblive
3207
3576
raouldejongh
482
3571
toksvdl
795
3562
victordlamini
1374
3552
brodiegal
649
3547
africasoccer
34
3534
Bruceps
493
3504
carlyw226
562
3493
Shine2010
3681
3491
tunisiawatch
208
3487
nokiarsa
174
3483
geoffreyyork
1105
3481
cnbcafrica
12
3466
brankobrkic
756
3452
dionwired
581
3451
CwBrazendale
3757
3403
Paul_rotherham
64
3399
Mohamed_Mnafeg
3746
3398
spillly
134
3390
LiamLynchPhoto
451
3385
RelaxWithDax
318
3368
Pigspotkzn
24
3346
Rababoush
414
3317
iDisrespectHoez
223
3311
markctn
1359
3290
rbjacobs
2206
3279
maggiev
1027
3277
brendanjack
403
3243
RichardHardiman
1335
3225
Tweets
4090
258
10377
13731
1982
3283
41
4846
756
26158
2618
3806
490
3606
857
8186
1103
27172
35331
76504
3889
6244
1781
726
2794
2883
888
4824
3799
62
2059
540
31929
22157
7825
3850
30094
48875
1116
11103
10397
1608
5280
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1
2009/02/18 Pretoria
SA’s leading online foodie site – with recipes, restaurants and awesome blogs!
http://www.food24.com
http://twitter.com/food24
2
2011/01/17
Professional Cricketer in South Africa and passionate Sharks supporter.
http://twitter.com/davidmillersa12
7
2008/04/17 Pretoria
Writer. Thought Activist. Journalist.
http://mdw.typepad.com
http://twitter.com/mandyldewaal
61
2009/03/01 West Central Africa
Time flies when you're in a coma.
http://twitter.com/red_elvis
19
2010/04/25 London
260 pounds 6 feet from the ground...
http://twitter.com/bvmujati
128
2009/03/27 Harare
Cape Town's Live & Electronic Music Venue
http://www.theassembly.co.za
http://twitter.com/assembly_ct
0
2009/07/22 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/maddoxp1
6
2009/03/01 Nairobi
Reporting from Africa for ABC News
http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/bios/display_bios.aspx?bio_type=news_correspondents&bio_id=111
http://twitter.com/dana_hughes
0
2010/05/26 Pretoria
Sneaker Crazy, Nature Freak, Tennis and Cape Argus Lover
http://kswisssneakerstore.com
http://twitter.com/kinzard
1
2009/04/09 Pretoria
Brings you traffic updates in the Gauteng area as they happen. To send ushttp://www.yworld.co.za
traffic incidents e-mail: yfmtraffic@yfm.co.za http://twitter.com/yfmtraffic
1
2009/01/20 London
First all-inclusive platform featuring doers, thinkers technophiles, developers,
http://www.africagathering.org
entrepreneurs to come and share ideas abouthttp://twitter.com/africagathering
Africa.
7
2008/01/29 Pretoria
more entertaining, South Africa - DVD, Cinema, Gaming, Blu-Ray
http://www.numetro.co.za
http://twitter.com/numetro
5
2009/09/14 Pretoria
Rugby,
http://www.breyton.co.za
http://twitter.com/breytonpaulse
3
2009/05/18 Pretoria
The man behind National Braai Day. The celebration of the nation.
http://braai.com
http://twitter.com/janbraai
0
2009/04/22 Pretoria
Your online guide to things to do in Johannesburg.
http://www.jhblive.com
http://twitter.com/jhblive
51
2008/08/27 Pretoria
Food, Wine, People. Biking, running, swimming & laughing. Music, balance
http://www.urban-ninja.co.za
and a sense of purpose. Attempting to be the worlds
http://twitter.com/raouldejongh
first carbon neutral athlete.
5
2010/09/17 Greenland
Love life
http://www.ciplamedpro.co.za
http://twitter.com/toksvdl
43
2009/02/03 Pretoria
Travel Addict, Columnist, Communicator, Chairman of Chillibush Communications,
http://victordlamini.com/
Portrait Photographer, Music and Art Collector
http://twitter.com/victordlamini
63
2009/02/09 Pretoria
Journalist, writer, editor & author of The Joburg Book and Inside Joburg. Useless
http://www.africanmagic.co.za
blogger and former mag hag, Jewish mother,
http://twitter.com/brodiegal
singer, horse rider & boxer.
0
2009/06/26 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Live soccer scores from the Confederation of Arican Football.
http://www.worldsoccertweets.com
http://twitter.com/africasoccer
248
2009/03/18 Greenland
Editor, Business Day, Johannesburg. Former editor Financial Mail & Business Report. Former Madrid Correspondent & Bonnhttp://twitter.com/Bruceps
Corr, Financial Times
0
2008/12/05 Pretoria
Media. Journalist. Online. Sports...Arsenal. Currently working as a Sports Reporter
http://blog.carlyweinberg.com
for the eNews Channel. http://twitter.com/carlyw226
1
2008/09/04 Pretoria
Keeping you up to date on the 2010 World Cup. News, videos, interviews,http://www.shine2010.co.za
facts and insights into the world’s largest sportinghttp://twitter.com/Shine2010
event.
11
2007/10/25 Paris
Pour une TUNISIE Libre et Democratique
http://www.tunisiawatch.com/
http://twitter.com/tunisiawatch
7
2009/03/31 Pretoria
Nokia South Africa, connecting with people from all over the country, talking tech, music, navigation, apps and more!
http://twitter.com/nokiarsa
0
2009/05/27 Pretoria
Africa correspondent for The Globe and Mail; based in Johannesburg but http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/
travelling across sub-Saharan Africa; email address:
http://twitter.com/geoffreyyork
gyork@globeandmail.com
0
2009/07/16 Greenland
CNBC Africa is Africa’s first 24 hour international markets, finance and business
http://www.cnbcafrica.com
network available on DStv channel 410. http://twitter.com/cnbcafrica
15
2009/01/08 Pretoria
An accidental traveller through space/time continuum. Editor of The Daily
http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za
Maverick, South Africa.
http://twitter.com/brankobrkic
1
2009/06/03 Pretoria
DionWired is South Africa's premier consumer electronics & appliances store.
http://www.dionwired.co.za/
http://twitter.com/dionwired
0
2008/07/11 Pretoria
My passion is property and internet marketing. I am also good at Adwordshttp://www.prevent-repossession.co.za
and Linkbuilding. But most important to me is myhttp://twitter.com/CwBrazendale
Family.
3
2010/03/12 Pretoria
A Lefty Made in Stratford, England. Imported to Benoni. Voice Artist, MC,http://www.skynetwork.co.za
Radio/TV Presenter. Love Ferrari. Keep Koi. Drinkhttp://twitter.com/Paul_rotherham
Tea. Breathe Radio! :)
2
2008/04/18 Paris
Author and Internet marketer
http://www.GuruReviews.net
http://twitter.com/Mohamed_Mnafeg
3
2008/05/16 Helsinki
Spillly with 3 L's
http://spillly.com/
http://twitter.com/spillly
304
2009/05/07 Pretoria
I am a photographer; it's that simple. I am an artist; it's that complicated.http://liamlynchphotographer.posterous.com/ http://twitter.com/LiamLynchPhoto
43
2009/04/15 Pretoria
What's what in Cape Town
http://www.relax-with-dax.co.za
http://twitter.com/RelaxWithDax
3
2010/08/11 Pretoria
Automatic retweet service for information relating to traffic and traffic incidents
http://j-j.co.za/pigspotkzn
in KZN. Visit the website for code of conduct.
http://twitter.com/Pigspotkzn
121
2011/02/04 Greenland
Utopia Dreamer, Eager to Change, Sarcastic, Optimistic, I hate Lying‫أعرف‬http://rabababeda.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/Rababoush
153
2009/03/24 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I play in the NBA...I'm a multi-platinum rnb singer...And I model in McChicken commercials...
http://twitter.com/iDisrespectHoez
9
2009/08/29 Pretoria
News Editor, Noseweek, Africa's only monthly Investigative Magazine. (Tweeting
http://www.noseweek.co.za
in my personal capacity)
http://twitter.com/markctn
4709
2008/09/29 Pretoria
The official FNB Guy. In South Africa, Love our customers & FNB, How canhttp://www.facebook.com/FNBSA
I help you?
http://twitter.com/rbjacobs
69
2007/10/09 Pretoria
ICT/social media 4 learning & Teaching activist + Maths teacher supporterhttp://www.school2.co.za
and material developer
http://twitter.com/maggiev
0
2009/03/03 Pretoria
Film & TV writer, performer, producer, director, voice artist, marketer, content
http://www.brendanjack.com/
creator. Author of this book: http://amzn.to/o9RBro
http://twitter.com/brendanjack
1
2009/04/01 Cape Verde Is.
When the mike is off the twitter happens...
http://harderslive.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/RichardHardiman
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
ilovewonderbra
3298
3222
Africabiz
3715
3217
jamiewhosa
763
3216
Mokgads
1203
3215
Lyndall_Jarvis
145
3203
RichMulholland
169
3195
wasanga_mayhem
1594
3183
sandtontimes
268
3172
nomatq
740
3171
gianvisser
1519
3165
ECR_Newswatch
113
3164
nooredge
3500
3164
stanlouw
3459
3158
ajaxcapetown
2381
3154
NeilManthorp
59
3148
Women24
1220
3129
NMandelaBay
2289
3123
ryansandes
154
3122
MeLuvLife
3027
3114
OneFMKe
2614
3084
onelocation
619
3079
Tech4Africa
2064
3074
itweb
665
3068
rafiq
1422
3063
johnperlman
304
3057
Motribe
64
3031
jasonvonberg
865
3024
innov8ive
1940
3023
vincenthofmann
2643
3023
wooze66
3261
3021
al_hargreaves
33
3016
andyhadfield
871
3014
samanthaperry
1068
3014
tertia
443
3006
jongambrellAP
547
3003
sznq
761
2975
marcforrest
806
2971
africacafe
3204
2957
CindyPoluta
393
2954
paultreu
17
2951
baldaufji
1712
2949
nicharry
270
2945
VisionAfrica
422
2938
Tweets
2065
15612
4972
14771
1140
9237
36776
4618
61021
2631
4093
1722
1441
1084
185
2893
1057
1346
3866
10647
668
1715
3276
27723
736
76
12197
23179
12000
3925
239
9077
29161
14598
2956
40419
15688
2661
5464
1614
15781
12857
8069
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1
2010/09/13 Pretoria
The official Wonderbra South Africa Twitter account. You're an original. Own
http://www.wonderbra.co.za/
it.
http://twitter.com/ilovewonderbra
1
2009/08/15 London
We bring Africa Businesses and Business opportunities to your office and http://madeinafrika.biz
home, Africa is the way forward
http://twitter.com/Africabiz
0
2009/06/16 Harare
Food writer, food designer, food entrepreneur. I love my wife, my bulldoghttp://www.aficionado.co.za/jamiewho
and...obviously...food. But never all at once. Thathttp://twitter.com/jamiewhosa
would be gross.
39
2010/02/19 Pretoria
Lifestyle Writer at City Press.For any info on health, travel, food, arts, culture,
http://likerofthings.tumblr.com/
entertainment, fashion, beauty, etc. email mokgadi.seabi@citypress.co.za.
http://twitter.com/Mokgads
1
2009/03/18 Greenland
Born and raised capetonian...otherwise known as Jarvie !!!!
http://twitter.com/Lyndall_Jarvis
2218
2007/03/18 Pretoria
A guy, some tattoos, and a big mouth.
http://richmulholland.com
http://twitter.com/RichMulholland
69
2010/06/14
Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife.Ok I'm lying|Information
http://www.blackbacon.tumblr.com
Sciences and PMG Honours Graduate|THIShttp://twitter.com/wasanga_mayhem
IS TWITTER!!*kicks u in the chest*
0
2010/02/01 Greenland
#1 source of Sandton news, nightlife, shopping, people, hotels & restaurants
http://bit.ly/blXO8o
in Africa’s richest square mile. Contact us: sandtontimes@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/sandtontimes
24
2009/03/16 Greenland
Im African by birth, Xhosa by culture and Cosmopolitan by choice.
http://twitter.com/nomatq
151
2009/03/16 Pretoria
CEO of Afrihost. My strict 'no promotion in my bio' policy means I can't say
http://www.afrihost.com
how ridiculously awesome Afrihost is. I love God,http://twitter.com/gianvisser
my family & entrepreneurship
0
2008/09/10 Pretoria
KZN-based news from Durban's No.1 radio station
http://blog.ecr.co.za/newswatch/
http://twitter.com/ECR_Newswatch
1
2008/11/24 London
DeeJay/Producer.Freaks Culture Records A&R. 'Mindfreak Show' Host on Proton
http://www.facebook.com/djnooredge
Radio
http://twitter.com/nooredge
5
2009/04/15 Pretoria
Social Media Strategist, Marketing Consultant & Trainer @VIRAConsultinghttp://www.facebook.com/viramarketing
| Pro Bono Mystery Shopper | Recovering Gourmet
http://twitter.com/stanlouw
| Land-locked Spearo |
10
2010/01/20 Pretoria
The latest news from Ajax Cape Town F.C. playing in the PSL League. Go Urban
http://ajaxct.com
Warriors!!!
http://twitter.com/ajaxcapetown
0
2009/05/13 Harare
http://twitter.com/NeilManthorp
2
2009/03/31 Pretoria
Where SA women chat.
http://www.women24.com
http://twitter.com/Women24
1
2009/05/19 Pretoria
Friendly people, great beaches, Big 7 game viewing, history, culture, sports,
http://www.nmbt.co.za
2010 and IRB Sevens host city and so much more.
http://twitter.com/NMandelaBay
The perfect destination.
0
2010/08/07 Pretoria
Trail Runner.. Outdoor lover.. Living my dreams..
http://www.ryansandes.com
http://twitter.com/ryansandes
285
2010/04/30 Cairo
I'm 24, EGYPTIAN & PROUD...Try'n not 2 give a fu*k about anything ♥ Shoes,
http://www.formspring.me/Shimaz
Soccer, Music, Winters, My Room, Pasta, Jasonhttp://twitter.com/MeLuvLife
Mraz & Hamza Namira
3
2010/09/13 Nairobi
hSp://www.facebook.com/onefmke97.1 fm.Nairobi’s Premier All Local And
http://www.1fm.co.ke
Urban Radio StaLon Now Streaming Live on
http://twitter.com/OneFMKe
0
2009/04/03 London
Updated by Steve Villiers :: onelocation.com :: Worldwide (in a few weekshttp://www.onelocation.com
;-) Holiday Rentals Direct from the Owner
http://twitter.com/onelocation
1
2010/01/15 Pretoria
Tech4Africa is a web and emerging technology conference, bringing globalhttp://tech4africa.com/
perspective to the African context.
http://twitter.com/Tech4Africa
1
2009/03/12 Pretoria
The Technology News Site
http://www.itweb.co.za
http://twitter.com/itweb
254
2007/03/13 Pretoria
Marketing Technologist @mihswat, founder@ Web AddiCT(s); & http://dev.idrive.co.za
http://www.webaddict.co.za
TED Fellow, dreamer
http://twitter.com/rafiq
0
2010/05/04 Pretoria
As the founder of The Dreamfields Project, I help spread the word of this http://www.dreamfieldsproject.org/
enriching initiative, share football news, events and
http://twitter.com/johnperlman
insights.
0
2010/07/09
http://www.motribe.com
http://twitter.com/Motribe
73
2009/02/08 Greenland
Online producer/host. I love anything music, entertainment and travel related.
http://jasonvonberg.wordpress.com
Exploring the online marketing industry too.http://twitter.com/jasonvonberg
Gots to think longevity here!
44
2009/02/10 Pretoria
=^..^= | honest to a fault. one of my greatest pleasures in life is adding value
http://www.mostlyharmless.co.za
to others through sharing, educating & humorhttp://twitter.com/innov8ive
1
2008/05/28 Pretoria
Strategy Director at Inquisition - Tweet about about Social Systems, Sociology,
http://inquisition.co.za
Metal Artists, what I'm reading, Qualitative Research
http://twitter.com/vincenthofmann
& Good Design.
1
2009/03/20 Greenland
work addict by day, when is night? typographic traveller by dream, flickrdicted,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiffanytp/
flow communications director
http://twitter.com/wooze66
1
2010/12/25 Greenland
Playing rugby for the Sharks, loving life, and proudly South African
http://twitter.com/al_hargreaves
132
2008/01/26 Pretoria
Digital Native. Sports Fan. Loud Mouth.
http://www.andyhadfield.com
http://twitter.com/andyhadfield
3
2008/03/17 Pretoria
ICT journalist. Curious person. Editor of Brainstorm magazine and generalhttp://www.brainstormmag.co.za
secretary of the Professional Journalists' Association
http://twitter.com/samanthaperry
@projourn
14
2007/02/25 Pretoria
Mother, author, blogger and baby-maker. The Queen of Everything.
http://about.me/tertia
http://twitter.com/tertia
115
2009/07/10 West Central Africa
I am the chief correspondent in Nigeria for The Associated Press.
http://bit.ly/aSLlbi
http://twitter.com/jongambrellAP
6429
2008/05/27 Pretoria
Business & Web focus. Search & Tech. Feisty. Often laughing...Even when I'm not. Eclectic tweeter.
http://twitter.com/sznq
705
2007/07/26 Pretoria
Dad to 3 gorgeous kids // Top Blogger in KZN // iPhone & iPad fundi and fanatic
http://MarcForrest.com
// Mobile Product Manager @ Private Property
http://twitter.com/marcforrest
// QR Code fan
0
2009/05/23 Pretoria
The best African Restaurant in Cape Town
http://www.africacafe.co.za
http://twitter.com/africacafe
0
2009/04/18 Greenland
Sports anchor on 702 and 94.7. Sport is my passion. Radio is my life. Mother of 2 girls. Views are my own and not my employers.
http://twitter.com/CindyPoluta
3
2009/11/05 Greenland
Paul Treu is currently coaching the Springbok Sevens team and has notched
http://www.paultreu7s.com
up numerous victories in the International Rugby
http://twitter.com/paultreu
Board’s World Sevens Series.
6
2009/03/05 Greenland
Africa Bureau Chief, Christian Science Monitor. Mandolin player, Africa optimist,
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa
dad. Music blogger at guitarsafari.posterous.com
http://twitter.com/baldaufji
3496
2007/04/07 Pretoria
Founder of Motribe.com, mobile enthusiast, passionate South African. http://motribe.com
http://twitter.com/nicharry
3
2009/07/09 Nairobi
Vision Africa is a UK based childrens charity working to give a brighter future
http://www.vision-africa.org
to orphaned and destitute children in Kenya. http://twitter.com/VisionAfrica
Page 17 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
rushay
2455
2918
henkneuhoff
3107
2914
sboshmafu
598
2912
gnuboss
3204
2909
simonebiz
1140
2903
oppikoppifest
102
2901
kenyaimagine
2202
2880
capetraffic
131
2879
ndumisongcobo
126
2868
MoEltaher
208
2861
cityofct
50
2851
Saturnan
2122
2839
naijatechguide
1162
2832
maxkaizen
2073
2831
jpnaude
656
2828
markhaze12
289
2825
phelob
619
2820
mediaclubsa
1018
2819
JennyMorrisChef
2084
2809
madayo
500
2787
Truevine
3549
2778
francoisvancoke
201
2776
karolinasky
832
2759
pauljacobson
1273
2749
charlysbakery
989
2748
rootsofafrica
1232
2735
amandasevasti
348
2719
bluebulls
1
2710
siliconcape
112
2698
royblumenthal
2534
2694
tembisa
280
2688
ghdsouthafrica
491
2662
AdriaanBasson
384
2659
AngieKhumalo
293
2644
mohammedyassin
231
2642
gabyrosario
1538
2639
synout
2762
2636
afairweather
541
2634
StdBankCricket
805
2626
craigbjacobs
722
2617
cokeyfalkow
448
2609
pauldesousa
2482
2603
onhismind
2791
2602
Tweets
40726
692
28058
7033
21113
532
3432
2509
2314
3252
1314
34181
1332
2556
3933
3667
7624
1351
3819
3659
56
390
6546
21117
3558
418
10364
39
1117
26908
27993
513
1053
7223
8322
9056
96
4387
10981
6789
5729
591
230
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
152
2008/06/22 Pretoria
▌│█│║▌║││█║▌│║MANUFACTURED AND ASSEMBLED IN SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.rushay.org
http://twitter.com/rushay
1
2009/07/21 Pretoria
Water Conservationist, Eco Entrepreneur, Registered Financial Advisor, addicted
http://www.waterfriendly.co.za
to Cycling and Proudly South African!
http://twitter.com/henkneuhoff
11
2009/04/19 Greenland
Don't assume anything about me, but if you must, assume I'm sexy.
http://twitter.com/sboshmafu
3228
2008/03/25 Central America
Founder of the Wudang School of Web Mastery, Creator of ZenProfits Blog
http://www.bronsonharrington.com
Marketing Blueprint, webmaster, SEO director, blogger,
http://twitter.com/gnuboss
boyfriend & social media nut.
9
2007/09/04 Pretoria
Simone Puterman aka Attila the Sub, managing editor at @bizcommunity,http://www.bizcommunity.com
@SciFiZA member, gym rat & *gasp* Woolies Nutties
http://twitter.com/simonebiz
addict (move over, Chuckles).
2
2011/05/09
Oppikoppi music festival just outside Northam, South Africa. Oppikoppi 17http://www.facebook.com/oppikoppifestival
Unknown Brother done and dusted. Now rest, Oppikoppi
http://twitter.com/oppikoppifest
18 is 9,10,11 Aug 2012
3
2008/06/11 Central Time (US & Canada) You can also find us on FB: http://ht.ly/58xFN largest Kenyan citizen journalist
http://www.kenyaimagine.com
site| Analysis| Opinion| Debate| Progressivehttp://twitter.com/kenyaimagine
. Email: editor@kenyaimagine.com
0
2009/12/01 Harare
#capetraffic tweets from the crowd to help you get around in Cape Town...from
http://www.facebook.com/capetraffic
01/03/2011 facilitated by @CapeTown withhttp://twitter.com/capetraffic
help from @marcel_perform
2
2010/02/15 Pretoria
Writer, columnist, blogger, radio presenter, screenplay writer, husband, father and general loiterer-about and imbiber of the
http://twitter.com/ndumisongcobo
amber nectar of the gods.
13
2007/08/25 Santiago
blogger
http://egymasr.com
http://twitter.com/MoEltaher
1
2010/04/13 Harare
Welcome to the City of Cape Town's Twitter page!
http://www.capetown.gov.za
http://twitter.com/cityofct
0
2009/08/18 Greenland
I like to help other people and give of myself. I am positive and enjoy internet
http://bit.ly/4RS7V
marketing.
http://twitter.com/Saturnan
4
2009/05/29 West Central Africa
Nigeria Technology Guide for reviews and arLcles on technology, gadgets,http://naijatechguide.blogspot.com
and online services.
http://twitter.com/naijatechguide
151
2007/02/24 Pretoria
Hunter of Genius. Public Lead CreaLve Commons SA: digital ciLzenship & http://maxkaizen.com
open access. Researcher|Educator|AcLvist. http://twitter.com/maxkaizen
5
2009/04/01 Pretoria
Presenter of Cape Rugby TV. Events MC. SA Blog Awards, Evox 4 Stormers.http://www.jpnaude.com
Loves golf, rugby & golf.
http://twitter.com/jpnaude
0
2009/05/25 Greenland
Idols SA top 6 finalist - hSp://markhaze.comAnd...Lead Singer and Guitarist
http://www.markhaze.com
for South African Rock band, 12th Avenue. hSp://www.12thavenueband.com
http://twitter.com/markhaze12
3
2010/01/10 Pretoria
Son, Brother, Uncle, Thinker, Friend, SANBS ambassador, Singer, Songwriter
http://balabrothers.com
and aspiring Actor... WARNING: I tweet like I speak!
http://twitter.com/phelob
Follow me to nowhere.. Haha!
0
2009/08/05 Paris
The official Brand South Africa media service. Up-to-date news, background
http://www.mediaclubsouthafrica.com/
resources, library of over 2 000 high-res photos,http://twitter.com/mediaclubsa
& advice for foreign journalists.
22
2009/04/22 Pretoria
South Africa's most loved Celebrity Chef
http://www.gigglinggourmet.com
http://twitter.com/JennyMorrisChef
0
2009/04/22 Quito
Journalist & fellow at the New America Foundation. Reporting a book on good
http://thebrightcontinent.tumblr.com/
ideas from #Africa. Tweets on global politics,http://twitter.com/madayo
development policy, that new hot jam.
1
2009/02/17 Pretoria
I am christian guy who loves repairing and modifying gadgets, and livin' life
http://lazarusphili.wordpress.com
to the max
http://twitter.com/Truevine
0
2011/02/07 Harare
Ek sing oor die einde van die wereld
http://www.vancokekartel.co.za
http://twitter.com/francoisvancoke
3
2009/05/03 Harare
Business Woman/Model/Actress/Marketing,Events&Promotions agency owner.
http://www.runwayprojects.com
Im a SHOE obsessed animal lover & I have ahttp://twitter.com/karolinasky
passion for the health & fitness industry!
290
2007/01/30 Pretoria
Dad, husband, lawyer and a frikkin' big social media and gadget nerd. Wayhttp://pauljacobson.info
big. And the legal stuff: http://bit.ly/ghwOSU http://twitter.com/pauljacobson
2
2009/05/16 Pretoria
Mucking Afazing Cakes
http://www.charlysbakery.co.za
http://twitter.com/charlysbakery
6
2008/08/03 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Passionate Evangelist for the causes of Africa.
http://www.rootsofafrica.org
http://twitter.com/rootsofafrica
2
2007/11/22 Pretoria
Social Media Director at Ogilvy PR and occasional writer. Likes blue eyes, http://amandasevasti.com
Philip K. Dick and The Simpsons. All opinions are my
http://twitter.com/amandasevasti
own.
0
2008/09/12 Pretoria
Super 14 and Currie Cup Champions (Unofficial account)
http://www.bluebulls.co.za
http://twitter.com/bluebulls
0
2009/09/01 Pretoria
Official Twitter account for the Silicon Cape Initiative
http://www.siliconcape.com
http://twitter.com/siliconcape
2706
2007/09/27 Pretoria
I'm a visual facilitator, making pictures of meetings. I paint the things youhttp://royblumenthal.com/portfolio
say. Work internationally. Ph +27 74 104 6386. http://twitter.com/royblumenthal
9
2009/06/15 Greenland
Thespian at heart. Practitioner of love. I'm living in your minds rent free. http://www.contractors.org.za
http://twitter.com/tembisa
0
2009/01/16 Greenland
The home of ghd in South Africa. Tweeted with love by Jenn (and the occasional
http://www.ghdhair.com/za
ghd guest).
http://twitter.com/ghdsouthafrica
1
2010/09/11 Pretoria
Assistant editor at City Press and author of Finish & Klaar: Selebi's fall from
http://www.citypress.co.za
Interpol to the Underworld (Tafelberg)
http://twitter.com/AdriaanBasson
33
2009/04/08 Greenland
5fm News Reader and Movie Reviewer. Honda Motorbike Riding Street-Warrior.
http://ramblingsmyblog.wordpress.com
Adores words and Lover of Film.
http://twitter.com/AngieKhumalo
14
2009/01/08 Cairo
Co-Founder and Marketing Executive at E-Life Network. Geek, tech addict,http://mohammedyassin.com
Apple fanatic, photography lover, coffee drinker.http://twitter.com/mohammedyassin
680
2008/09/18 Greenland
Strategist. native.co.za pinterest.com/infowhore
Ancora Imparo. http://www.gabriellerosario.com
http://twitter.com/gabyrosario
0
2009/01/27 Paris
Training & Development. Profiling & Assessments. Team Building. Speaking.
http://www.synout.co.za
E-learning. Developing your greatest asset: thehttp://twitter.com/synout
right people.
356
2007/08/17 Pretoria
Digital Platforms Manager @ M&G Online, columnist, movie lover, wannabe
http://alistairfairweather.com
absurdist
http://twitter.com/afairweather
0
2008/03/14 Pretoria
Welcome to the official Standard Bank Cricket channel on Twitter
http://www.standardbankcricket.com
http://twitter.com/StdBankCricket
262
2009/03/21 Pretoria
Fundudzi eco warrior, STY(LIST)A events consultant, trend forecaster, broadcaster
http://www.fundudzi.com
& Land Rover brand ambassador. See www.facebook.com/craig.jacobs
http://twitter.com/craigbjacobs
for more
10
2009/04/05 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I get paid to think & create things. Writer/actor/comic/Director of New Media
http://www.cokeyfalkow.com
@ MeritusMedia.com
http://twitter.com/cokeyfalkow
0
2008/07/17 London
Internet Geek, SEO, Poker, Family.
http://www.pauldesousa.co.za
http://twitter.com/pauldesousa
0
2009/03/20 Pretoria
On-his-mind is a blog with information on how computers work,guides onhttp://on-his-mind.blogspot.com/
how to do things,Gadgets,technology and the best
http://twitter.com/onhismind
sites on the internet.
Page 18 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
Twitter Name
MrMoneyOnline
ashrafgarda1
Khetha
omagazinesa
snowgoosesa
africanabc
exmi
djbarneysimon
f_van_dango
mlsigroup
longlostviking
GerardRaphael
izumou
oboxthemes
TylerReed
JudeVlad
ajventer_
shawnjooste
ashleymorazzo
elanlohmann
bigissuesa
340ml
nayes1982
blindcripple
redbullza
alexeliseev
deanoelsch
ChrisGibbonsSA
robbie13flair
shebeegee
thejolurie
gibs_sa
KaraboKgoleng
Guy
superbru
afrihost
princessnellyk
chrismoerdyk
travelstart
josecuervosa
staffordmasie
rockingthedaisy
beingbrazen
Followed Followers
2935
2600
883
2591
1111
2584
400
2571
509
2571
1459
2564
2194
2554
94
2532
215
2531
2073
2528
2868
2526
1952
2522
2426
2519
1150
2509
1786
2503
559
2479
75
2473
134
2466
107
2449
916
2442
374
2432
71
2429
1893
2426
1455
2424
254
2424
172
2422
1579
2419
102
2415
36
2415
652
2412
170
2409
1148
2408
630
2400
413
2375
91
2371
231
2365
387
2354
174
2353
1018
2346
185
2342
412
2340
670
2335
986
2333
Tweets
383
5816
30140
1933
11329
15616
44760
752
5
543
2456
18192
1429
2112
7666
20188
374
10221
4419
15318
4229
1067
26942
33163
1796
1751
16746
271
190
24947
18883
1068
9766
15673
1860
2834
61834
1813
2349
1485
6281
370
3918
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0
2009/10/05 Pretoria
Internet marketer and online business coach
http://www.georgefivaz.com
http://twitter.com/MrMoneyOnline
21
2009/03/31 Cairo
Host of Special Assignment SABC 3 wed-9.30pm. Media. @Safm sun 9-11am
http://ashrafgarda.com
,SAfm's Akernoon Talk Mon-Fri 2- 4pm ,MC, http://twitter.com/ashrafgarda1
Voice Over ArLst
548
2009/05/06 Greenland
Our experiences are different. But let's share & make this a magnanimoushttp://www.yeahbo.net
experience. Vices: Music | Film | TV | Writing | Photography
http://twitter.com/Khetha
| Blogging | Social Media
0
2010/09/29 Greenland
O is all about living your best life! An intimate conversation with an emphasis
http://www.oprahmag.co.za
on personal growth, our goal is to help you become
http://twitter.com/omagazinesa
more of who you really are.
53
2008/02/19 Pretoria
Business Director at Quirk Jozi. Passionate about digital markeLng, wine, rugby
http://snowgoose.co.za
& lizards. http://twitter.com/snowgoosesa
1
2008/10/25 Pretoria
Composer, Jingle writer, guitarist, kid's music producer, skeptic, hiker. http://africanabc.blogspot.com
http://www.africantreehouse.com
http://twitter.com/africanabc
409
2008/03/17 Greenland
Freelance writer, full-time fiancée and accidental mother to blue-eyed boymischief.
http://www.exmi.co.za/
Pottymouth, kitchen ninja. Likes cusswords
http://twitter.com/exmi
and cooking.
7
2011/04/21 Greenland
Alternative rock and pop DJ... Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem
http://www.jacarandafm.com
is they forget about the roll. Look everyone,
http://twitter.com/djbarneysimon
he's coming through the door...
0
2011/07/28 Greenland
I'm Freddie Van'Dango full time musician & Idols contestant. I from Jozi where
http://www.mnet.co.za/IdolsSA
I'm recording my debut album, Red Horizion.http://twitter.com/f_van_dango
I can play guitar upside down!
4
2010/01/18 Pretoria
iGroup caters to everything from e-commerce and e-mail marketing, management
http://www.igroup.co.za
to database development,copywriting, design
http://twitter.com/mlsigroup
and mobile integration solutions.
0
2008/12/08 Greenland
Specialist software developer, nerd of dimensions, and of course Long Lost
http://www.longlostviking.blogspot.com/
VIKING living in Africa
http://twitter.com/longlostviking
212
2009/03/30 Pretoria
Digital NeLzen with a voice for twiSer - “Audere Est Facere”
\(⊙▂⊙)/http://www.posterous.com/GerardRaphael
http://twitter.com/GerardRaphael
0
2008/11/10 West Central Africa
Enterprenure, Webmaster,Php Programmer
http://jobsngr.com
http://twitter.com/izumou
12
2009/06/13 Pretoria
Stay up to date with the latest news and links from Obox Themes
http://www.obox-design.com/
http://twitter.com/oboxthemes
62
2007/03/12 Harare
Entrepreneur & Speaker on all things web and mobile.
http://tylerreed.com
http://twitter.com/TylerReed
202
2009/05/20 Greenland
Un peu de rien, beaucoup de tout..Rédactrice (spécialité: presse féminine)http://judeatestepourvous.wordpress.com/
et CM en freelance. Apple addict.
http://twitter.com/JudeVlad
0
2011/07/02 Pretoria
I am living life hard and fast from 01h00 to 23h00.....................
http://www.surefiregroup.com
http://twitter.com/ajventer_
66
2007/12/24 Pretoria
The Mac Guy
http://about.me/shawnjooste
http://twitter.com/shawnjooste
77
2009/01/17 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Professional fun enthusiast
http://twitter.com/ashleymorazzo
121
2008/06/07 Pretoria
Ari Gold with a heart - MD Digital AVUSA Group -Corporate Ninja - Warning
http://www.linkedin.com/in/elanlohmann
– I tweet more about my life than work.
http://twitter.com/elanlohmann
2
2009/06/24 Greenland
A socially responsible non-profit organisation that enables unemployed/marginalised
http://www.bigissue.org.za
adults to make a living by selling a three-weekly
http://twitter.com/bigissuesa
general-interest magazine.
4
2009/02/24 London
aka Ricky, bass player for 340ml amongst other things...
http://www.340mlmusic.com
http://twitter.com/340ml
35
2009/04/06 Pretoria
Compulsive communicator living in Port Elizabeth South Africa. Author ofhttp://www.passingtheopenwindows.co.za/
Coffee at Little Angels and many more to come. Wife.
http://twitter.com/nayes1982
Mom. Sister. Daughter. Superwoman.
762
2007/07/28 Pretoria
Digital brand guy, photographer, sometime blogger, occasional web dev and
http://nealtosefsky.info
(cricket football mac gadget)fan
http://twitter.com/blindcripple
1
2010/07/03 Pretoria
Up-to-the-minute updates and action from Red Bull South Africa.
http://www.redbull.co.za/
http://twitter.com/redbullza
0
2009/06/19 Pretoria
Journalist. Writer. Adventurer.
http://twitter.com/alexeliseev
686
2009/05/13 Pretoria
It's just me. An advertising-creative, cool-searching, sport-obsessed, wine-sniffing,
http://brandhalo.wordpress.com
Apple-addicted, party-loving whore.
http://twitter.com/deanoelsch
3
2009/09/20 Pretoria
broadcaster, journo, writer, MC
http://www.chrisgibbons.co.za
http://twitter.com/ChrisGibbonsSA
0
2010/10/22
http://twitter.com/robbie13flair
32
2008/03/16 Cairo
Social media mafia boss for aqua online. Also is a mess. Not in the 'beauLful
http://about.me/sheenagates
mess' way, in the 'just stood in dog vomit' way.http://twitter.com/shebeegee
20
2009/03/19 Greenland
A rehabilitated Twitterphobe. TV Producer. Inventor of the word 'Cocktonsil'.
http://thejolurie.blogspot.com
In long term, monogamous relationship with Jose
http://twitter.com/thejolurie
Cuervo. Mom to @TheYokoLurie & Ono
4
2009/09/11 Pretoria
The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) is a leading business school
http://www.gibs.co.za
that was established in 2000.
http://twitter.com/gibs_sa
7
2009/03/25 Greenland
Early Breakfast Show host at Talk Radio 702; Books Editor at City Press Newspaper.
http://www.karabokgoleng.com
Vice President of Alliance Francaise. Thehttp://twitter.com/KaraboKgoleng
views expressed here are mine.
207
2007/04/26 Jerusalem
The Artist Formerly Known as Chief Geek. Now Co-founder at Props but still
http://www.getprops.com
a geek
http://twitter.com/Guy
2
2009/02/05 London
The Official Superbru Twitters
http://www.superbru.com
http://twitter.com/superbru
1
2009/07/10 Harare
We want to delight and astound our clients with incredible ADSL and Webhttp://www.afrihost.com
Hosting. Get your ADSL for only R9,50 per GB right
http://twitter.com/afrihost
now.
36
2009/03/09 Pretoria
♥♥ SPRINGBOKS 2011 ♥♥ #1 Female Promoter, Architecture, Bitchin, Blogging,
http://princessnellyk.tumblr.com/
Dancing & always Pouting!
http://twitter.com/princessnellyk
1
2010/06/18 Pretoria
Marketing analyst, chairman of www.bizcommunity.com. Fellow of the Institute
http://www.bizcommunity.com
of Marketing Management
http://twitter.com/chrismoerdyk
15
2008/08/01 Pretoria
We're South Africa's first and largest online travel agency! We'll be sharing
http://www.travelstart.co.za
the latest specials and interesting articles with you
http://twitter.com/travelstart
here.
0
2009/09/15 Pretoria
Jose Cuervo is the #1 Selling Tequila in the World!F ollowers of JoseCuervoSA
http://www.facebook.com/josecuervosa
must be 18 years or older.
http://twitter.com/josecuervosa
0
2008/10/01 Pretoria
Tech Startup Entrepreneur, prof speaker, geek, private pilot, ultralite pilot,
http://smasie.blogspot.com
scuba diver, snow skier, & luvs disruptive anything...while
http://twitter.com/staffordmasie
finishing his book...
1
2008/04/04 Pretoria
SA's permier eco-friendly music and lifestyle festival hosted in Darling, Western
http://www.rockingthedaisies.com
Cape from 7-9 October 2011.
http://twitter.com/rockingthedaisy
1
2009/02/11 Greenland
Blogger, rambler, daydreamer, book junkie, wine drinker, mall walker, word
http://www.beingbrazen.com
lover, tree hugger and cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs http://twitter.com/beingbrazen
Page 19 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
veejay23
1197
2324
justinstanford
310
2322
casspernyovest
253
2313
supastrikas
2523
2313
Fr3dd13
2338
2311
overtonesa
2043
2301
olsmithy
2349
2300
jozigoddess
597
2292
clivesimpkins
1026
2291
FoodWineGuru
298
2291
Brent007
1455
2289
MTVSAIgnite
1928
2280
mpieters
701
2259
siphiwempye
484
2256
christofouche
2465
2253
mvelasep
634
2251
kerimiller
506
2250
dchetty
869
2243
MandyRossouw
175
2234
marioOlckers
2193
2226
africahand
325
2225
stray__cat
2043
2225
Getmore_S
2447
2209
geekrebel
1088
2197
_enzo
2068
2178
foxyblogga
2463
2178
iamadilsa
280
2175
gfunkdj
943
2167
AntonRSA
1438
2163
Zimbandrew
2370
2161
TOMolefe
1210
2158
craigwfsmith
1878
2144
zk
1863
2143
pwruser
2485
2141
King_Mounir
455
2140
lisabreedt
1551
2140
mediamastatrend
2499
2140
eGichomo
378
2139
blacklooks
771
2133
marklives
1382
2124
marlonparker
687
2113
cmeintjes
93
2111
africagoodnews
93
2107
Tweets
399
5404
16599
2473
23989
2738
915
23565
30799
5884
24009
685
7823
2473
6962
56773
7691
13777
694
15516
6552
12689
11527
6183
3132
660
3674
11886
2832
2515
22013
20973
15097
12
74
3766
469
5630
9935
4285
16864
8584
1032
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
2
2009/01/02 Pretoria
I have been in Internet MarkeLng business for the past 6 years. My other http://www.ehomebiz4you.net/
markeLng business is here
http://twitter.com/veejay23
1
2008/05/25 Pretoria
Entrepreneur, venture investor, petrolhead. Founder of 4Di Group, 4Di Capital,
http://www.justinstanford.com
& others. I like business, VC, startups, food, http://twitter.com/justinstanford
music, wine, fast cars & tech.
72
2010/08/26
I grew up in a place called Maftown... lol.. you thought i would say in a fucked
http://www.myspace.com/casspernyovest
up society huh? lol.... Lets cut the long story short,
http://twitter.com/casspernyovest
I'MA BE GREAT SOON
1
2009/10/28 Pretoria
Supa Strikas is the comic and animated story of the world’s greatest soccer
http://www.facebook.com/SupaStrikasFC
team and the players’ adventures both on and off
http://twitter.com/supastrikas
the pitch. Welcome!
0
2009/05/02 Harare
Mmmm. Stubborn, Lovable, Loyal, Truthfull, Trusting, Devoted, Easily Frustrated.
http://www.SeatiWeb.com
http://twitter.com/Fr3dd13
4
2009/04/06 Pretoria
SA Music and Entertainment, Videos, Online News, Industry Network, Artist
http://overtone.co.za
Promotion, National Gig Guide,Direct Artist Bookings,
http://twitter.com/overtonesa
Events, Online Ticketing
1
2009/01/16 London
Just a real guy trapped between all the MLM bots, self proclaimed expertshttp://facebook.com/olsmithy
and GURU's here on twitter. To all of you get fucken
http://twitter.com/olsmithy
real!
111
2009/05/07 Pretoria
Social media obsessed. Vanguard of the #badblacks. Truth teller. Dissident.
http://zama-in-jozi.blogspot.com/
Writer. Columnist. Bloody happy. Tweeting in my
http://twitter.com/jozigoddess
personal and awesome capacity.
1
2009/06/28 Pretoria
Marketing and communications strategist, speaker, author, coach
http://www.clivesimpkins.com
http://twitter.com/clivesimpkins
5
2010/05/02 West Central Africa
South African Wine and Food Writer and broadcaster
http://www.michaelolivier.co.za
http://twitter.com/FoodWineGuru
137
2008/09/22 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Former drug addict (methamphetamine) free through the power of God. http://brentsjourney.co.za
Now a Christian Drug Counselor, helping others beat
http://twitter.com/Brent007
their drug habit.
2
2009/07/16 Alaska
Regional arm of MTV Staying Alive Campaign, operating in Kenya, Trinidadhttp://www.staying-alive.org/ignite
and Ukraine.
http://twitter.com/MTVSAIgnite
24
2008/08/04 Pretoria
Tech junkie, gadget lover. Technology analyst in Retail Sector. Editor of http://www.bandwidthblog.com
http://www.bandwidthblog.com
http://twitter.com/mpieters
2
2009/11/20 Harare
-Associate Editor: GQ South Africa-Consultant: Media | CommunicaLons |http://www.gq.co.za
Entertainment
http://twitter.com/siphiwempye
0
2010/03/03 Pretoria
Software Developer, Internet Entrepreneur and Born Again Christian
http://www.christofouche.net
http://twitter.com/christofouche
73
2009/04/03 Pretoria
High-Priest in Cult of Bacon, pop-culture subliminator, ill thought out political
http://www.mvelasep.blogspot.com/
stuff, #BadBlack, hack, & rolling through life adding
http://twitter.com/mvelasep
Oxford commas.
0
2009/04/11 Pretoria
Durbanite living in Cape Town, slightly afraid of Jozi. ex-isiZulu teacher. Now
http://www.facebook.com/kerimillersa
a radio presenter in CPT, weekdays 3-7pm & Sun
http://twitter.com/kerimiller
6-9pm.Genuine C List Celeb! Done
10
2008/08/08 Pretoria
Web & mobile junky. Car nut. G33k. Cape Town boy who just moved to Jozi!
http://dchetty.co.za
http://twitter.com/dchetty
4
2010/09/10 Pretoria
International correspondent - Media24/City Press/Rapport
http://www.mg.co.za/mandy
http://twitter.com/MandyRossouw
55
2007/11/22 Pretoria
Earthling | Activist | Social Change | Psychology | Philosophy | Ethics | Ex-Theravada
http://www.survivalinternational.org/
Bhikkhu | Genocide Awareness | Indigenous
http://twitter.com/marioOlckers
Peoples Justice |
6
2009/11/12 Central Time (US & Canada) Examining African issues from across the full range of human experience. #CrudeContinent #SahelWatch #PiracyWatch #GreatLakesWatch
http://twitter.com/africahand
#MaghrebWatch
15
2008/11/24 Rome
Founder of Straysoft Startup, 14+ years experience in Business Intelligence
http://www.straysoft.com
http://twitter.com/stray__cat
0
2009/08/11 Pretoria
Getmore ... Your Internet Superstore - sugar and spice and all things nicehttp://bit.ly/xTuvw
http://twitter.com/Getmore_S
34
2007/12/13 Pretoria
I'm a social entrepreneur bent on making the world a better place with the
http://www.geekrebel.com
use of technology!
http://twitter.com/geekrebel
1
2008/04/06 Pretoria
italian wine importer, espresso evangelist, social mediac, tech geek, luxury
http://www.melgab.co.za
seeker, gym goer, ecovation fan, comics enthusiast
http://twitter.com/_enzo
and die-hard heavy metal maniac.
0
2009/11/02 Harare
Fun, Fun Fun, Online marketing by profession, foxy by night! Eeek
http://wpdiscover.com
http://twitter.com/foxyblogga
223
2010/03/05 Greenland
I AM ... Radio presenter and DJ,Television Creative Director and Producer,Promoter,Voice over artist,soccer,tennis,squash loving
http://twitter.com/iamadilsa
mofo who paints n keeps fish.
5
2009/05/09 Greenland
19 year old club DJ, Puma ambassador, Producer, Hard worker. Trying to be
http://www.soundcloud.com/g-funk-sa
the best! Bookings : bookings@greenstarmanagement.co.za
http://twitter.com/gfunkdj
3
2009/04/01 Pretoria
Blogger, Developer, Social Media Strategist, Digital Marketing Consultant,http://www.antonkoekemoer.com
Web Entrepreneur, Web 2.0 Enthusiast
http://twitter.com/AntonRSA
1
2009/06/02 Harare
Andrew lives in Zimbabwe.
http://justandrewinzimbabwe.wordpress.com/ http://twitter.com/Zimbandrew
379
2009/09/05 Pretoria
#writerofthings for @dailymaverick and @zanews.
http://boosfromthepews.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/TOMolefe
141
2009/03/04 Pretoria
Writer, fantasy novelist, Auto48.co.za contributor, blogger, poker player, http://about.me/TheCraigSmith
& coffee addict. My novels: http://bit.ly/redstonebookdep
http://twitter.com/craigwfsmith
& http://bit.ly/zoodep
170
2007/07/05 Cairo
Head of Content & Community @Cerebra|| SM Ideator||Journalist||blogger||writer||social
http://www.zahira.co.za
media addict||questioner||go-to-person||daughter||sister||friend
http://twitter.com/zk
0
2009/01/07 Pretoria
http://blog.seo-edge.co.za/
http://twitter.com/pwruser
1
2010/10/11 Cairo
‫الدر‬-‫النوبه‬-‫اسوان‬-‫مصر‬10-10-54 ‫محمد منير محمد ابا يزيد جبريل متولى‬
http://twitter.com/King_Mounir
81
2009/01/04 Pretoria
Co-founder Social Media IQ | Consulting & Training | Graphic Designer. Teach/coach
http://socialmediaiq.co.za
Social Media in South Africa. Animal &http://twitter.com/lisabreedt
Nature lover!
0
2009/10/29 Harare
Blogging, web marketing, latest Youtube Trends.. a little shopping too http://wpdiscover.com
http://twitter.com/mediamastatrend
17
2009/09/14 Nairobi
Blogger | Loves Traveling, Sports, Tech & Photography | Social Media Enthusiast
http://egichomo.wordpress.com/
|| Be assured of interesting tweets.
http://twitter.com/eGichomo
198
2007/06/10 London
waiting for wild beasts to vote http://www.blacklooks.org
http://twitter.com/blacklooks
2
2008/08/29 Pretoria
Design, advertising, marketing and media blog Marklives.com on Twitter.http://www.marklives.com
From Cape Town by industry journo Herman Manson
http://twitter.com/marklives
42
2008/03/07 Pretoria
Social Entrepreneur (CEO- JamiiX), Web and mobile enthusiast, who use technology
http://marlonparker.co.za
to empower communities, Educator http://twitter.com/marlonparker
43
2008/10/24 Pretoria
Pour my love into: www.theprettyblog.com, www.kiki.co.za & www.christinemeintjes.co.za.
http://www.christinemeintjes.co.za
On a lighter note: photographer.business
http://twitter.com/cmeintjes
fanatic.blogger.jean addict
28
2009/05/13 Pretoria
Offering a fresh perspective on Africa, a continent of hope and opportunity
http://www.africagoodnews.com
http://twitter.com/africagoodnews
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
Twitter Name
Ettajdid_TN
ka33boura
flipsideza
hennokruger
ImTheMentalist
SezLeigh
bandwidthblog
cluckhoff
glaceau_sa
talyagoldberg
kagisho5fm
AntonHarber
Unodewaal
retiefdan
Go2Africa
johngore
bafana_bafana
eon01
mediamattersza
forex_wealth
robforbesdj
carienduplessis
ufahari
simonwillo
metaMeerkat
saulkza
TechLoy
etiennebeneke
paul_vestact
TerblancheProp
derek_hanekom
ItsCEOtime
psydragonfly
trulysafrican
travelwithdayo
Siimmaaa
alfonsothomas
AhmedMoneim
27dinner
tee_gal
irenenell
ivok
AspasiaKarras
Followed Followers
84
2105
876
2090
1639
2084
516
2068
302
2062
1504
2057
1679
2043
601
2043
809
2043
810
2039
226
2036
155
2032
702
2030
22
2028
641
2025
2195
2015
1014
2014
1811
1996
1444
1996
2058
1983
1187
1982
306
1976
75
1976
855
1973
2137
1970
736
1970
365
1968
1434
1967
660
1967
1776
1966
168
1961
4
1957
1772
1945
756
1941
1818
1935
567
1932
26
1931
321
1918
39
1906
176
1896
86
1882
1827
1871
514
1869
Tweets
1593
15761
24991
59638
876
16552
577
4783
2051
19172
6033
63
6670
595
3807
1125
1718
2572
4539
4736
8071
4187
439
24306
7893
8890
4031
24568
4354
1250
1392
172
5884
4446
3611
2782
330
22349
171
13454
3228
413
1195
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
7
2011/01/13 Greenland
Mouvement ESajdid luSe pour la démocraLe, le progrès et le modernisme.
http://ettajdid.org
http://twitter.com/Ettajdid_TN
1
2009/08/22 Vienna
I'm a liSle bit of everythingAll rolled into one . I am unwriSen, can't read http://abirturki.blogspot.com/
my mind, I'm undefined
http://twitter.com/ka33boura
437
2009/08/26 Pretoria
Stereographer, 3D Artist, Making Movies, Joburger stuck in Cape Town, Metal
http://about.me/chriscunnington
Freak, Total Pumpkins Fan, Avid Slacker!! http://twitter.com/flipsideza
17
2008/07/30 Pretoria
Blogger, Desktop Activist, Twitter / Facebook Addict, Music Festival Addict,
http://rwrant.co.za
Avid lover of South African music, Founder and owner
http://twitter.com/hennokruger
of Running Wolf's Rant
0
2010/07/24 Pretoria
I'm a Mentalist. I mess with people's heads with feats of the mind. See myhttp://www.gilangork.com
TV appearances at www.youtube.com/GilanGorkTV
http://twitter.com/ImTheMentalist
| www.facebook.com/ImTheMentalist
3
2009/04/01 Pretoria
Entrepreneur, Business Idea Generator, Business Consulting. Cold, calculating
http://www.sezleigh.com
and devastatingly efficient.(Tequila Queen) http://twitter.com/SezLeigh
3
2009/04/29 Pretoria
Breaking internet news. Gadget reviews. Tech Office photos. Video interviews.
http://www.bandwidthblog.com
Like us on Facebook: http://bwth.me/p35yuQ
http://twitter.com/bandwidthblog
Sister blogs @carblogcoza @sport_blog
8
2007/07/27 London
Is Head of Brand Strategy at Bozza.mobi.
http://cluckhoff.com
http://twitter.com/cluckhoff
125
2008/11/24 Pretoria
follow glaceau vitaminwater in south africa
http://www.glaceau.co.za/blog
http://twitter.com/glaceau_sa
1668
2008/09/21 Pretoria
I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so..
http://shadesofgold.co.za
http://twitter.com/talyagoldberg
82
2010/08/03
5fm finest, number 1 knox man of 5fm & hey bathong keep it tseezzz,I pray
http://www.5fm.co.za
for 5fm more than I pray for myself. Itching to work
http://twitter.com/kagisho5fm
at 5fm..For Bookings 0891100505
8
2009/02/23 Pretoria
Caxton Professor of Journalism, Wits U; Author of Diepsloot (Jonathan Ball,
http://www.theharbinger.co.za
2011)
http://twitter.com/AntonHarber
10
2007/04/04 Pretoria
Director: Social Networks at TRIGGER/ISOBAR. Linked by ISOBAR, the world's
http://www.unodewaal.com
largest digital network. Also publisher of http://10and5.com
http://twitter.com/Unodewaal
& whitewater kayaker.
0
2010/08/09
http://www.danretief.com
http://twitter.com/retiefdan
0
2009/02/19 Pretoria
Go2Africa is an independent, privately owned African Travel Company; this
http://www.go2africa.com
gives us the luxury of doing things a little differently.
http://twitter.com/Go2Africa
1
2009/08/20 Pretoria
Love to travel, & create 360° panoramic photo Virtual Tours of South Africa
http://JohnGore.co.za
(attractions, Hotels, etc.)
http://twitter.com/johngore
0
2009/07/11 Pretoria
All the news and views on Bafana Bafana
http://twitter.com/bafana_bafana
20
2008/08/18 Paris
From #Tunisia SoftwareEngineer Freelance Blogger MusicAddicted . #FreeSoftware
http://www.webzerone.com
Partisan , social networks addicted . #Hacktivist
http://twitter.com/eon01
. An open world architect
2
2010/09/07
Debating South Africa's media - An MMA initiative
http://www.facebook.com/mediamattersza
http://twitter.com/mediamattersza
1
2008/09/28 Pretoria
fulltime forex trader over 5 years.developed a revolutionary trading tool: http://www.myfxwealth.com
Forex Dashboard identifies strengths and weaknesses
http://twitter.com/forex_wealth
on all currencies and commodities
30
2009/07/15 Pretoria
Nominee: Best Breakfast Show Presenter (MTN Radio Awards 2011).
http://twitter.com/robforbesdj
0
2010/09/23
iMaverick politics reporter. Love the job. In fact married to it. Sometimes http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za
it cooks for me. Also have an affair with long-distance
http://twitter.com/carienduplessis
running
533
2010/03/12 Nairobi
stories of innovations, from the developing world. [curated by @asayf] http://ufahari.com
http://twitter.com/ufahari
1
2009/02/01 Hong Kong
Editor of @dailymaverick's First Thing, overnight correspondent for iMaverick
http://kingsimon.blogspot.com/
. Box-ticking private school accent like Mmusihttp://twitter.com/simonwillo
Maimane. Vice Jesus.
408
2007/08/02 Pretoria
Believe in Impact Investing & Indigenous Innovation. Co-lead @ Uthango http://www.metameerkat.com
Social Investments. Advocate: Virtual Worlds for Africa.
http://twitter.com/metaMeerkat
TweetPoet. TweetShrink.
11
2008/01/19 Pretoria
Gold award winning Podcaster. I have gadgetitis. Currently at @zapponHQ.
http://saulk.co.za
I once worked at a lesbian club
http://twitter.com/saulkza
2
2008/05/05 West Central Africa
West African tech + mobile news, views & analysis ~ Start-up reviews ~ Social
http://www.techloy.com
media trends + web culture. [Tip us @techloyhttp://twitter.com/TechLoy
or email: editor@techloy.com]
8
2009/03/31 Pretoria
Passionate SEO, SUP, surfer, diver, LOVE dogs, wine, cooking, birding, mountain
http://www.goodseo.co.za/about/
hiking, animal rights, rugby, football, braaishttp://twitter.com/etiennebeneke
and Islay Single Malt Whisky.
1
2009/03/03 Pretoria
CEO of Vestact (Asset Mngr. in Joburg, NYC). Host of Mad Markets (Tues, http://www.vestact.com
20h30, CNBCAfrica). South African, Dad, runner, orchid-grower.
http://twitter.com/paul_vestact
Interested in everything.
19
2008/08/16 Pretoria
Lawyer, real estate investor and owner of Terblanche Total Property Solutions,
http://www.ttps.co.za
a dynamic real estate group in South Africa http://twitter.com/TerblancheProp
27
2011/02/07
http://twitter.com/derek_hanekom
0
2010/08/12
http://twitter.com/ItsCEOtime
739
2009/03/25 International Date Line WestVisionary, seeker of inner peace & enlightenment, philosopher, Cordon Bleu
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Orange-Apple-Bakes-and-Cakes-LTD/113424538723920
Chef. I LOVE art, music, food, wine, friends, partying
http://twitter.com/psydragonfly
& nature
1
2009/05/17 London
TrulySAfrican promotes beautiful South Africa - holiday, adventure, relaxation,
http://www.trulysouthafrican.com
accommodation, unique wildlife, stunning scenery
http://twitter.com/trulysafrican
and everything in between.
38
2009/06/26 West Central Africa
tech entrepreneur, marketing,communications, product devt, social media,
http://linkedin.com/in/dayoadefila
love music, writer, scifi & loves irregular stuff that
http://twitter.com/travelwithdayo
works
18
2007/09/27 Greenland
((: ‫أنا ھافضل سيما‬...‫ أيوه‬http://tafassel.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/Siimmaaa
1
2010/05/07
Professional Cricketer for Somerset CCC. Pune Warriors India
http://twitter.com/alfonsothomas
90
2007/08/12 Cairo
I'm #Muslim, #EgypLan, #Father and #Husband. Love being #Leader, #Developer
http://ahmedamoneim.wordpress.com/
and Seed of #Entrepreneur.
http://twitter.com/AhmedMoneim
0
2009/02/23 Pretoria
We aim to bring together informed, networked individuals with a common
http://www.27dinner.com
passion for technology, media and business in anhttp://twitter.com/27dinner
informal but valuable real world space.
260
2009/05/27 Pretoria
My name is fun and games and I'm cute and I love u♥ ..maziwe ke!!
http://twitter.com/tee_gal
9
2009/04/12 Greenland
Love Rugby | Love Tigers | Love Snakes | Love Outdoors | Hate Animal Cruelty
http://www.irenenell.co.za
| Hate Avocado | Hate Bieber
http://twitter.com/irenenell
1
2009/01/03 Pretoria
IVOK STUDIO - Home Of Photo&PHOTO & FILM EXPO
http://www.ivok.co.za
http://twitter.com/ivok
5
2009/05/13 Greenland
Aspasia is the editor of Marie Claire South Africa. Lover of long swims, runs
http://www.marieclaire.co.za
and dancefloors
http://twitter.com/AspasiaKarras
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
adesojiadegbulu
1601
1867
UrbaneKenyan
837
1867
MarianneThamm
525
1859
leonvdl
1946
1858
jenty
899
1847
mohamed_hammad
1328
1842
malonebarry
408
1836
sahelblog
727
1836
mattduplessis
567
1834
GabiGoldberg
499
1832
mariettedth
1097
1829
zoopy
597
1821
Louise_Marsland
442
1815
Retnev
1728
1813
MarcPerel
233
1810
realjacobzuma
76
1799
RealRobMugabe
54
1794
kalkbaybooks
2003
1788
EveD
448
1787
farrylpurkiss
58
1783
vernonchalmers
2001
1780
ogbongeblog
1457
1760
movida_jhb
246
1756
justin_bonello
226
1754
dkobia
266
1751
chiefntshingila
832
1749
ludz_sa
1552
1746
allankent
429
1743
springboks_
2
1739
Vodacom4u
1041
1738
niyyie
880
1737
AMG133
191
1736
vincent_maher
666
1730
cathrynr
850
1725
mba_network
1989
1717
MariaPodesta
1104
1714
nihed
1603
1714
africanpenguin
2000
1711
alambchop
1059
1707
phillipgibb
1998
1701
iecsouthafrica
5
1695
NaderGuirat
2000
1688
annaling
272
1681
Tweets
6198
12007
1183
6002
24488
306
3905
3448
14917
17682
5537
2787
4767
2626
14989
918
1368
94
10916
1113
4235
1465
1111
805
1394
33562
32864
8134
6994
754
3237
76259
2135
21722
579
5877
10209
9039
41379
25988
549
299
3680
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1
2008/11/03 West Central Africa
Internet Entrepreneur, Consultant, Networker, Technology Evangelist, Social
http://www.makemoneyonlineng.com
Media Techie, I.T Engineer, Business Owner, Music
http://twitter.com/adesojiadegbulu
lover, Soccer lover, Patriot...
7
2010/01/13 Nairobi
I embody the eagle's character. | Business Analyst, Banker. | Interested inhttp://urbanekenyan.wordpress.com
Good Governance & passionate about Economics.
http://twitter.com/UrbaneKenyan
| I eat Chicken and I listen to Jazz!
4
2008/09/23 London
Columnist/Arts writer/Stand-up performer/Author/Mom/Dog owner
http://twitter.com/MarianneThamm
0
2009/01/12 Pretoria
Ex Consultant IT Specialist now Online Entrepreneur sharing an opportunity
http://www.leonvdlinde.com
to earn money immediately.
http://twitter.com/leonvdl
153
2008/03/07 Pretoria
Mom, photographer, blogger, Social Media strategist and UX newbie in financial
http://jeanetteverster.com
services, and shopaholic. My views are my http://twitter.com/jenty
own.
5
2008/07/17 Cairo
http://twitter.com/mohamed_hammad
3
2009/01/08 Santiago
Irish journalist working for Reuters in Uganda and the Great Lakes. Ethiophile.
http://blogs.reuters.com/barrymalone/
Probably drinking either coffee or gin so try not
http://twitter.com/malonebarry
to startle me.
203
2009/07/08 Central Time (US & Canada) I am a PhD candidate in Religion at Northwestern University. I study and blog
http://www.sahelblog.wordpress.com/
about Islam and politics in Africa.
http://twitter.com/sahelblog
6
2009/01/31 Pretoria
hack
http://twitter.com/mattduplessis
1433
2008/10/09 Greenland
I have a slight obsession with chocolate, happen to be a music addict, a web
http://itssimplyheaven.com
junkie and a royal Twit.
http://twitter.com/GabiGoldberg
10
2009/02/24 Pretoria
CEO of Cape Town Tourism, mom, wife, sister, friend, daughter of the Mother
http://www.capetown.travel
City and lover of life, wine and the Blues. In random
http://twitter.com/mariettedth
order.
1
2007/03/05 Pretoria
Tune in to bite-sized videos of the latest news, sports and entertainment.http://www.zoopy.com
All made for mobile, so your phone will love it. Zoopy
http://twitter.com/zoopy
- The World in 90 Seconds.
62
2009/05/03 Greenland
Journalist|editor|columnist|trainer|B2B specialist|media strategist in thehttp://www.bizcommunity.com/blog/louisemarsland
media, marketing, advertising industry in South Africa.
http://twitter.com/Louise_Marsland
Editor: AdVantage magazine
10
2009/03/21 Pretoria
Expert on Nothing - I am still learning!
http://original-retnev.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/Retnev
2
2008/07/22 Pretoria
WordPress, Coldfusion, php, jQuery Developer and co-owner of Obox Themes.
http://marcperel.me
Keen runner and cyclist.
http://twitter.com/MarcPerel
0
2010/02/02
Herdboy turned sex symbol, leader of men and meeter of the queen.
http://twitter.com/realjacobzuma
6
2009/03/24 Hawaii
African Dictator
http://twitter.com/RealRobMugabe
1
2010/08/18 Pretoria
The No 1 Book Shop in Cape Town for Book Launches and Book Reviews http://www.kalkbaybooks.co.za
http://twitter.com/kalkbaybooks
641
2007/05/11 Pretoria
Web strategist, Internet addict
http://www.about.me/eved
http://twitter.com/EveD
0
2009/05/25 Pretoria
I eat eggs like you for breakfast
http://www.farrylpurkiss.co.za
http://twitter.com/farrylpurkiss
3
2009/02/09 Pretoria
Internet Marketing / SEO / Social Media Training Cape Town, Durban andhttp://www.vernonchalmers.com
Johannesburg
http://twitter.com/vernonchalmers
8
2008/12/12 West Central Africa
Jide Ogunsanya. Tech blogger, IT consultant, Social media enthusiast,Infopreneur
http://www.ogbongeblog.com
( www.ogbongeblog.com)
http://twitter.com/ogbongeblog
1
2010/04/19 Pretoria
Movida, Johannesburg's most exciting and electric party experience! Classy,
http://www.movida.co.za
sophisticated and full of fun!
http://twitter.com/movida_jhb
1
2010/11/10 Greenland
I'm the guy messing about with the braai, burning the fingers on one handhttp://www.cookedinafrica.com
with a beer in the other. Cooking and travelling ishttp://twitter.com/justin_bonello
all in a day's work and I LOVE it!
9
2008/05/03 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Staking Africa's claim on the future
http://www.dkfactor.com/
http://twitter.com/dkobia
181
2010/04/10 Harare
The guy who started Amabele.aka(slacktivist)
http://www.amabelegroup.co.za
http://twitter.com/chiefntshingila
42
2009/04/30 Pretoria
DJ (House & Old Skool Kwaito). Xhosa chick from Mthatha. @StrictlyRhythm
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/LUDZ-Fan-Page/142432979115524
ambassador. Child of God. I
http://twitter.com/ludz_sa
31
2007/05/20 Pretoria
Head of AtPlay, interactive division for Saatchi & Saatchi SA
http://allankent.co.za
http://twitter.com/allankent
0
2009/08/26 Pretoria
Proud supporter of the South African Springboks - Current Rugby World Cup
http://www.rd8a.com
Champions.
http://twitter.com/springboks_
3
2011/03/04 Pretoria
Vodacom's Official Youth Space...We bring the best to twitter & even better
http://www.facebook.com/Vodacom4U
deals to u @Vodacom4u. WE ARE UNIQUE & INTEND
http://twitter.com/Vodacom4u
ON STAYING THAT WAY! JUST 4U:P
0
2009/02/25 Monrovia
An Internet Entrepreneur & Technology enthusiast based in West Africa. http://www.davidajao.com
http://twitter.com/niyyie
115
2009/03/09 Pretoria
Project Designer, CAD Master, Electronics freek, FHM Model whisperer, PS3
http://amg133.blogspot.com
owner, Die Hard Liverpool Supporter: My blood http://twitter.com/AMG133
is RED. 9
2008/04/10 Pretoria
Founder of Motribe, the mobile social networking platform
http://www.motribe.com
http://twitter.com/vincent_maher
8
2009/03/19 Pretoria
News24 guru
http://www.news24.com
http://twitter.com/cathrynr
48
2010/08/17 Pretoria
Network of business professionals, Prospective Students, MBA students and
http://www.mbanetwork.co
MBA graduates. Growing Entrepreneurship andhttp://twitter.com/mba_network
connecting business
6
2010/07/15
urban culture loving journalist and TV producer, vintage clothes seller... http://www.rage.co.za
http://twitter.com/MariaPodesta
32
2007/06/16 Paris
http://nihed.com
http://twitter.com/nihed
1
2009/04/11 Pretoria
Writer (Children's Books - Eco) - Nicole in the Surf is my Turf is out, SAVE http://www.africanpenguin.co.za
THE RHINO, GREAT WHITES, CHACMA BABOONS, http://twitter.com/africanpenguin
AFRICAN PENGUINS.....
357
2008/07/09 Pretoria
reader, writer, digital marketer, communicator, lame joke maker, coffee drinker.
http://alambchop.blogspot.com/
A work in progress
http://twitter.com/alambchop
14
2008/04/16 Pretoria
Fan of my God, my Wife, my Son and now my Daughter. Training for a Triathlon.
http://phillipgibb.com/
http://twitter.com/phillipgibb
1
2011/02/04 Pretoria
We manage free and fair elections at all levels of government in South Africa.
http://www.elections.org.za
http://twitter.com/iecsouthafrica
9
2009/09/06 Paris
YouTube : hSp://www.youtube.com/NaderGuiratFaceBook FanPage : hSps://www.facebook.com/NaderGuiratOfficial
http://www.myspace.com/naderguirat
http://twitter.com/NaderGuirat
762
2008/10/22 Pretoria
Marketing Manager @ DStv Online | Vertically Challenged | Blonde | Talks
http://annaling.posterous.com
a lot.
http://twitter.com/annaling
Page 22 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
Twitter Name
janetvaneeden
alunmcdonald
Picknpayonline
moniquetheron
thecapeargus
FlySAcoza
brentgraham
Newsafrika
wesleylynch
tash_tashb
hellpants
thescott
Amabacha
seifnechi
martinslabbert
melodymaker
jimsef
cazpi
takkie13
Tazkarty
gamingsa
JouAdel
lebza4sho
missmillib
sokwanele
saschoolsports
maggsonmedia
africaanalyst
donpackett
JannieMom
BwanaChris
princesioni
RichardWooding
idale
j_asonhartman
gosocialsa
charliebryant
turenchi
ethekwinigirl
thandyy
julianrademeyer
6000
the_gossip_guy
Followed Followers
1642
1681
660
1680
1917
1677
1246
1669
39
1661
1474
1660
1955
1659
2017
1657
1459
1656
140
1653
379
1649
589
1640
1140
1637
104
1636
1997
1635
460
1632
590
1630
824
1626
1855
1626
96
1621
1997
1620
256
1619
736
1615
642
1615
385
1609
171
1608
285
1605
1042
1597
115
1593
274
1590
2001
1585
1223
1585
1999
1579
280
1573
303
1572
2002
1567
1746
1566
370
1566
1925
1562
261
1556
723
1555
823
1551
248
1550
Tweets
10574
1549
49306
22976
837
3132
3788
23570
6497
2805
6553
4862
3720
1771
5202
5454
2732
53897
5348
851
3676
8989
35701
3861
744
1767
266
179
7079
5829
27961
87
19205
10883
180
5777
521
4123
1610
8912
3220
22373
2843
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
32
2008/11/18 Pretoria
Janet van Eeden: Screenwriter, producer. playwright and lecturer. Also, all round party animal. Not so much.
http://twitter.com/janetvaneeden
0
2009/04/14 Nairobi
Working for Oxfam, covering Sudan, Congo, Somalia and everywhere in between.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alunmcdonald/sets/
Views are mine though
http://twitter.com/alunmcdonald
0
2009/08/05 Greenland
on line shopping
http://www.picknpay.co.za/
http://twitter.com/Picknpayonline
81
2008/11/06 Pretoria
2010 SA Blog Awards Winner| PR Online Manager & Facilitator at @RLabshttp://shesthegeek.co.za
| Tech Gadget Reviewer | Mom |Blogger| Loves http://twitter.com/moniquetheron
all things digital |
0
2010/11/08
Cape Town's premier newspaper, bringing you the day's news since 1857.http://www.capeargus.co.za
http://twitter.com/thecapeargus
4
2008/12/29 Harare
Cheap Flight / Airfare Search Engine. Car rentals too! ***Auto DM with link(s)
http://www.flysa.co.za
= UNFOLLOW***
http://twitter.com/FlySAcoza
3
2009/03/17 Pretoria
Sports fan, betting blogger and punter – not necessarily in that order! http://goodforthegame.co.za
http://twitter.com/brentgraham
1
2009/06/20 London
We bring Africa News, World, Sports, Entertainment and Business news tohttp://madeinafrika.info
your PC
http://twitter.com/Newsafrika
630
2009/01/14 Harare
Founder and CEO of realmdigital. We build cool things online. I dig all software,
http://www.realmdigital.co.za
tech and business related stuff.
http://twitter.com/wesleylynch
0
2009/08/24 Pretoria
I`m a Proudly South African model who travels a lot. :)
http://www.natashabarnard.com
http://twitter.com/tash_tashb
5
2009/02/02 Pretoria
New improved, Award winning bullshit artist. Same old opinionated knob.http://www.martinevans.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/hellpants
27
2007/03/04 Pretoria
Head of Planning at Quirk //Internet geek, music geek, fishing geek, photohttp://bit.ly/thescott
geek, vespa geek, design geek.
http://twitter.com/thescott
13
2008/01/09 Pretoria
Mastering the lean mean meme machine - Mobile
http://www.news24.com
http://twitter.com/Amabacha
8
2009/06/18 Greenland
blogger, cartoonist
http://seifnechi.posterous.com
http://twitter.com/seifnechi
3
2008/11/27 Pretoria
Freelance media and communications practitioner, since 1995.
http://www.facebook.com/martinslabbert
http://twitter.com/martinslabbert
4
2008/10/01 Pretoria
Melody Maker is my real name. Work in social, mobile, digital spaces. Aspiring
http://melodymaker.posterous.com
photographer & muso. Saved by grace. Love http://twitter.com/melodymaker
things that make my heart smile
5
2009/05/09 West Central Africa
UK chap with South African wife :)
http://twitter.com/jimsef
59
2008/11/10 Pretoria
Boy Mom times 2, married to Paul (@paulscott56). Ardent photographer http://www.cazpix.co.za/
of love, life and people big and small.
http://twitter.com/cazpi
2
2009/01/16 Pretoria
Councillor of Ward 54 which extends from Green Point to Camps Bay. A love
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Councillor-Beverley-Schafer-Ward-54/211989518832210?sk=wall
of brand marketing, new media, politics and social
http://twitter.com/takkie13
change.
0
2010/01/10 Cairo
Egypt's leading online ticketing and reservations service. The hottest concerts,
http://www.tazkarty.net
events, parties, clubs, bars, restaurants & more!
http://twitter.com/Tazkarty
Part of the MO4 Network.
0
2011/04/10 Pretoria
All the latest Gaming News,release dates and other information from the best South African Gaming sites and writers all from
http://twitter.com/gamingsa
one place.
148
2010/08/06 Greenland
EgypLanٍ,Secular,Human rights defender,Agriculture engineer,♥ #Darwish , ♬ #Marcel #Emam #Fairouz #MouniR .
http://twitter.com/JouAdel
68
2009/06/01 Greenland
BONA! Ke re everyone is a blogger phela, bjale nna ke konyana ya Modimo
http://www.justcurious.co.za
wa ma Israele. Alo alo
http://twitter.com/lebza4sho
39
2009/04/22 Greenland
writer, fashion blogger, ari gold wannabe and freelance wheeler dealer. http://www.missmillib.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/missmillib
4
2007/11/10 Harare
Promoting democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe
http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe
http://twitter.com/sokwanele
0
2009/06/26 Pretoria
South Africa's biggest school sport site by far! Bringing you up-to-date news
http://www.saschoolsports.co.za
from SA's school sports fields.
http://twitter.com/saschoolsports
4
2009/05/06 Pretoria
Co-anchor NewsNight e news channel and presenter Maggs on Media.
http://twitter.com/maggsonmedia
9
2009/03/11
business, politics and Africa
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mikedavies2000
http://twitter.com/africaanalyst
1506
2008/05/20 Pretoria
|| MC || Comedian || Perspective Merchant || Comes with tattoos and ahttp://donpackett.com
dodgy haircut. Batteries not included.
http://twitter.com/donpackett
595
2008/08/25 Cairo
Editor of News24, a technopathy wannaby and a traveller of the progressive
http://www.news24.com
and new media universes…but I don’t travel enough.
http://twitter.com/JannieMom
Just personal views here.
989
2009/04/08 Harare
I'm just a boy tweeting in front of millions of Twitter girls asking a girl to love
http://bwanachris.wordpress.com/?pages-list
me and not be an ex. I really am a Tweet man http://twitter.com/BwanaChris
with a good endowment policy
0
2009/04/14 West Central Africa
An Internet Entrepreneur, Blogger, Business Leader, Career and Life Coach,
http://princesioni.com
Investor, Affiliate and Network Marketer. Visit my
http://twitter.com/princesioni
site for more.
145
2006/10/19 Pretoria
I develop software.
http://www.richardwooding.com
http://twitter.com/RichardWooding
17
2008/04/11 Pretoria
http://www.mojodojo.co.za
http://twitter.com/idale
0
2009/03/06 Greenland
SA Idols Winner 2009
http://www.jasonhartman.co.za
http://twitter.com/j_asonhartman
158
2011/03/11 Pretoria
Making Sense of Social Media in the South African Context...and having Fun
http://www.gosocialsa.co.za
with it! #usguys
http://twitter.com/gosocialsa
4
2008/05/27 Pretoria
Writer, photographer and ecopreneur. Interested in sustainability, creativity,
http://www.ecopreneur.co.za
photography, wordpress and SEO.
http://twitter.com/charliebryant
1
2009/04/16 Quito
Nigerian News
http://www.turenchi.com
http://twitter.com/turenchi
2
2009/03/04 Pretoria
Writer, photographer, workaholic info-junkie, Joomla & Wordpress fan, blogger,
http://www.ethekwiniweb.co.za
aging geek, toyi-toying optimist, social media
http://twitter.com/ethekwinigirl
trainer, web writer.
1
2009/06/19 Greenland
Actress, Dancer/Choreographer, Publicist, Lyrist, MoLvaLonal Speaker...I'm
http://www.facebook.com/thandymatlaila
the official TeeLady I'm here to serve my Lord thru
http://twitter.com/thandyy
u:-)
0
2009/06/10 Harare
Media24 Investigations
http://picasaweb.google.com/rademeyerj
http://twitter.com/julianrademeyer
25
2009/01/09 Pretoria
microbiologist by day, (in)famous blogger by night; broadcasLng live & direct
http://www.6000.co.za
from Cape Town, South Africa. http://twitter.com/6000
2
2010/01/01 Pretoria
Entertainment buff, esoterically minded, radio DJ, avid soapie lover, celebrity
http://gossipguy.co.za
follower, stalkerazzi, the most connected manhttp://twitter.com/the_gossip_guy
in Joburg, not Perez Hilton
Page 23 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
1014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031
1032
Twitter Name
ericedelstein
pedrie6
angelaquintal
brettski
SafariGuide
kingsleyholgate
wizzymi
andredebeer
edpomfret
andywandy
cathee_a
jobsfromantalsa
AymanElHattab
fred_roed
andrevr
willemvzyl
lefapike
nickjackson
shanak
soumow
simonback
BrendenNel
jhbcultureclub
mynameisjerm
cerebra
rossouwsrstrnts
marianna_b
simondav
AfricaMars
Thabo99
pamsykes
LeratoTJ
pinkhairgirl
tanyakovarsky
streetlife
aurelianxumalo
KevBloom
HailMaary
allaccessmzansi
peterdtoit
charlotte_niche
karynmaughan
alreadyinspired
Followed Followers
8
1547
16
1545
644
1544
373
1531
829
1530
88
1526
1960
1523
1430
1519
909
1519
490
1518
234
1517
2001
1515
189
1514
622
1509
795
1505
1657
1503
10
1495
476
1494
1988
1489
450
1489
683
1485
293
1484
1341
1484
770
1484
1523
1476
141
1476
367
1469
1026
1469
1988
1468
1805
1468
917
1467
224
1465
1091
1465
732
1465
440
1464
219
1463
103
1461
601
1460
43
1459
375
1459
1922
1451
322
1446
1579
1439
Tweets
3329
57
1115
3819
524
166
209
755
4672
13913
30596
113
10217
4766
30484
1676
241
10349
10627
7301
1789
8641
1468
5216
497
1127
8297
10530
2348
24683
4978
10042
21591
12939
14758
4643
575
12312
365
7084
1334
1712
236
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0
2007/05/10 Pretoria
evly.com CEO, Serial Internet entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Search & Social
http://www.EricEdelstein.com
Media obsessed
http://twitter.com/ericedelstein
0
2010/09/15
Official Twitter page for South African and Ulster rugby player Pedrie Wannenburg.
http://www.cornerflag.net/pedrie_wannenburg.htm
http://twitter.com/pedrie6
0
2009/06/22 Pretoria
Editor, The Mercury in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (Tweeting inhttp://www.themercury.co.za
my personal capacity)
http://twitter.com/angelaquintal
14
2008/02/07 Pretoria
Married to @kerryhaggard and dad to two little Haggards. Publisher of Connect
http://bretthaggard.com
and techie journo for @DestinyMan, @ZATechShow
http://twitter.com/brettski
& Point of View (KayaFM on Fridays)
1
2009/03/12 Stockholm
Filled with passion for travel and life in South Africa - Enjoy African affairshttp://safariguideafrica.com/
and insipring others about Africa and to come visithttp://twitter.com/SafariGuide
us.
0
2009/06/01 Greenland
Explorer
http://www.kingsleyholgate.co.za
http://twitter.com/kingsleyholgate
22
2009/03/20 Greenland
Graphics Designs, Online Typist, Networking Marketing, Php Scripts Installation
http://www.wealthropeclub.com
and website administration
http://twitter.com/wizzymi
359
2008/08/14 Pretoria
Working on some New Media things for corporates in a Basement...onlinehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Ince-New-Media/191292620892979
ordering systems, brand management systems, websites,
http://twitter.com/andredebeer
ezines, social media...
2
2008/04/12 London
I campaign on conflict & humanitarian issues & am a general environmental
http://www.ch16.org
and social agitator - these views are my own (why
http://twitter.com/edpomfret
would they be anyone else's?)
0
2008/12/17 Greenland
Midwife. Lover of sushi. Loud mouth. Stubborn. Comedienne. Believer in http://andywandy.wordpress.com
life, love and lost keys.
http://twitter.com/andywandy
169
2009/11/28 Greenland
Anything I can do, I can do better...*
http://twitter.com/cathee_a
0
2011/07/20 Pretoria
JOBS JOBS JOBS. This is a direct feed of all jobs we have on our website. http://johannesburg.antal.com
http://twitter.com/jobsfromantalsa
2
2009/03/25 Cairo
Egyptian,Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional [MVP],
http://www.aymanelhattab.com
SharePoint, ALM, Published Author,Speaker,Social
http://twitter.com/AymanElHattab
Media, Internet & more
70
2008/05/15 Greenland
CEO of World Wide Creative. Co-founder of The Heavy Chef Project. A marketing,
http://www.fredroed.com
evangelising, brand building, feeling-lucky-punk
http://twitter.com/fred_roed
kind of guy
19
2008/03/07 Pretoria
Photographer, geek, engineer. Less engineer than before. I'm just makinghttp://about.me/andrevr
this up as I go along...
http://twitter.com/andrevr
21
2008/03/11 Harare
Geek, sushi lover, bibliophile, and Linux / Apple evangelist.
http://www.geekology.co.za/blog/
http://twitter.com/willemvzyl
9
2011/07/18
Am 29 years,from kimberley,am in a band called GREEN ORANGE.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lefa-Pike-for-Idols-2011/203090226407447
http://twitter.com/lefapike
830
2007/04/01 Pretoria
iA, digital strategy and online project-management. Has a small interest inhttp://about.me/nickjackson
everything. Avant-garde. Liberal. Patriot. Is morehttp://twitter.com/nickjackson
than likely looking for his keys.
34
2008/08/21 Harare
business developer, technology and social media lover, strategist, entrepreneur,
http://www.shanakay.com
digital agent, web strategist, pet mom/aunt,
http://twitter.com/shanak
aspiring poet, writer, painter ..
22
2008/04/02 Paris
Tunisian Software Engineer based in Paris and San Francisco. @JulienDollon
http://about.me/soumow
is my Life's co-pilot
http://twitter.com/soumow
3
2008/03/12 Pretoria
Pounding the pavements and marketing my family's wines. Check out @backsberg
http://www.backsberg.co.za
and facebook.com/backsberg for more on
http://twitter.com/simonback
the farm. Based out of Sweden for 2011.
3
2009/04/11 Pretoria
Straight shooter, rugby scribe, beer consumer. bull about town.
http://www.followfriday.com/followfriday/brendennel
http://twitter.com/BrendenNel
2
2009/08/25 Pretoria
Tweeting about Joburg culture.
http://www.cultureclub.co.za
http://twitter.com/jhbcultureclub
0
2009/03/31 Pretoria
South Africa's 39th best cartoonist.
http://mynameisjerm.com
http://twitter.com/mynameisjerm
3
2009/01/06 Pretoria
Full service communications agency, specialising in social, mobile and traditional
http://www.cerebra.co.za
media.
http://twitter.com/cerebra
8
2009/02/13 Pretoria
Founder of the eponymous restaurant guide, wine author
http://www.rossouwsrestaurants.com
http://twitter.com/rossouwsrstrnts
248
2008/09/24 Pretoria
Online Marketing Consultant/Vampire Diaries Addict/Shopaholic/Chardonnay
http://www.mbconsultancy.co.za
Drinker/A Russian in Africa/Bridezilla in the making
http://twitter.com/marianna_b
0
2008/09/27 Pretoria
Travel, Photography, Adventure, Wildlife, Videography, Nature, Exploring,http://blog.getaway.co.za/author/simon-davidsonhttp://twitter.com/simondav
Music, Entrepreneurship, Hot Air Balloons, Africa...
7
2008/05/10 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Watch African TV content like TV shows, documentaries, music and morehttp://africamars.com
online. Think Hulu/Netflix for Africa! Giving African
http://twitter.com/AfricaMars
producers a voice!
7436
2009/07/01 Harare
Inciting Sensemaking
http://twitter.com/Thabo99
179
2008/03/03 Pretoria
Writer, digital storytelling facilitator, data geek, skeptic, intellectual omnivore,
http://www.pamsykes.com
feminist, mom, knitting addict.
http://twitter.com/pamsykes
12
2009/08/19 Pretoria
Warrior, writer, optimist, editor, columnist, Jazz on the @beat180show on @rhythm100radio: www.r100.mobi and big sis' to
http://twitter.com/LeratoTJ
@GuguMT
0
2009/06/20 Pretoria
I am pink from hair to DOCs & green where it counts. My passion & creativity
http://about.me/Sally-Jane
makes a difference as I journey thru life with The
http://twitter.com/pinkhairgirl
Geek and 3 Pinklets
26
2009/05/04 Greenland
Mag hag (ed Living and Loving magazine), mom of Max, Comrades runner,http://www.tanyakovarsky.wordpress.com
podophobe. Devotee of Glee, Apples, Hello Kittyhttp://twitter.com/tanyakovarsky
and Essie nail polish
32
2007/08/26 West Central Africa
My name is Oladipo Ademola Esq. How may I pleasure you?
http://9jasite.com
http://twitter.com/streetlife
9
2011/05/12
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up!!! Treat me the same way you would like me to treat you:-)
http://twitter.com/aurelianxumalo
1
2009/03/31 West Central Africa
A South African writer and journalist. First book, Ways of Staying, a narrative non-fiction journey through contemporary SA,http://twitter.com/KevBloom
publisher Picador Africa
22
2011/03/23 Quito
#FREEBOOSIE.$$$ UGLY HOES DONT GET THE TIME OF DAY. The shit im smokin
http://www.HailMaary.Tumblr.com
on is so anL-silent. #BadBitchesAndGoodWeed
http://twitter.com/HailMaary
2
2009/11/05 Greenland
South Africa's best magazine show, ALL ACCESS is back! We’re bigger, better, bolder and from now on channel 107, MZANSI
http://twitter.com/allaccessmzansi
MAGIC!
143
2008/10/27 Pretoria
Co-founder of Social Media IQ and passionate about keeping up with the http://socialmediaiq.co.za
evolving modern web and it's personal and business
http://twitter.com/peterdtoit
application.
1
2009/01/08 Pretoria
Speaker, Trainer, Writer, Entrepreneur, Social Media Strategist, Explorer, http://www.nichetraining.co.za
Author of I'm Not Afraid of the 'F' Word and an expert
http://twitter.com/charlotte_niche
in failure!
9
2010/11/20
Legal journalist at ENEWS in Johannesburg. I hang out at crime scenes and occasionally bowling alleys, in an effort to find out
http://twitter.com/karynmaughan
just what the hell is going on.
0
2009/04/30 Harare
I profile bloggers from across the world.
http://www.alreadyinspired.com
http://twitter.com/alreadyinspired
Page 24 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1033
1034
1035
1036
1037
1038
1039
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063
1064
1065
1066
1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074
1075
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
reneeeverett
1333
1439
warwickchapman
509
1435
djspeedsta
328
1433
ndesanjo
1437
1433
VIVACITY_PR
1847
1431
GCTC
269
1430
byronrode
796
1429
katlegosa
368
1428
blech_klem
513
1427
jontyfisher
291
1427
MBenLakhoua
857
1426
angelo2711
1888
1416
sikimgabadeli
486
1414
OoTheNigerian
147
1413
ZiadM
491
1411
craigrodney
189
1409
dinkydot
1998
1405
shahil
1835
1401
Kimilili
1907
1399
Rubyletters
525
1390
cpwaa
18
1389
cliveevertse
1112
1388
osmosisfutzing
1181
1388
hermanschutte
76
1384
andrewtrench
1139
1381
djellipses
492
1380
Christo_Online
1654
1379
crisppysa
344
1379
Marcel_Perform
885
1376
allhail
515
1374
andrewboraine
632
1374
chakersaaf
1980
1374
evnm
830
1368
nomoneyguy
1271
1368
emarketeur
950
1365
johan__
1471
1364
gregnietsky
1890
1361
vodacomrugga
325
1360
mabine_seabe
950
1359
kangoulya
984
1358
darrynvdwalt
1312
1357
lesterkk
651
1357
wezzo
1425
1356
Tweets
7711
7666
7747
1228
328
4659
20506
46527
10203
6487
9568
32860
898
5524
16920
4895
256
18158
290
71276
363
10651
23307
1262
940
23993
368
17298
16650
15179
499
149
1569
4854
1142
3047
22019
5038
18516
5617
6803
10280
5745
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
12
2009/01/13 Greenland
Event Management, Dreamer, Israel, Photography, Jazz, Immortal-JOHN 3:16.
http://about.me/reneeverett
I was born for such a Lme as this. (RT & Follows
http://twitter.com/reneeeverett
do not consLtute endorsement)
0
2008/03/03 Pretoria
DA Councillor in eThekwini, passionate Democrat and proud South African.
http://warwickchapman.com
http://twitter.com/warwickchapman
5
2009/11/23 Pretoria
19 year old/Club Dj/Running with the Reps 2nd cast member,Reps Dj/Student/5fm
http://www.thereps.co.za
Mixshow Dj/Head Honcho & Flud Watches
http://twitter.com/djspeedsta
Ambassador/Bookings: Djspeedsta@live.com
0
2006/11/23 Eastern Time (US & Canada) politics, technology, citizen media, e-governance, cyber-activism, local content
http://globalvoicesonline.org/author/ndesanjo-macha/
http://twitter.com/ndesanjo
1
2009/01/21
http://www.vivacitypr.com
http://twitter.com/VIVACITY_PR
4
2008/12/16 Pacific Time (US & Canada) GOLD COAST TRADING - live from the coast - BEFORE 1444
http://www.before1444.com
http://twitter.com/GCTC
182
2007/09/18 Pretoria
Father. Husband. Professional Photographer. Web & Mac Developer. TaSoo
http://www.byronrode.co.za
Canvas.
http://twitter.com/byronrode
96
2009/05/05 Greenland
Been there, done that.
http://twitter.com/katlegosa
109
2009/04/05 Amsterdam
http://twitter.com/blech_klem
118
2007/08/30 Pretoria
Managing Director of Bletchley Park, Dad of Murray, Husband of Caro, Collector
http://www.bletchleypark.co.za
of Malva Pudding, Lecturer in Racing Pigeon
http://twitter.com/jontyfisher
Helmet Design.
1
2009/02/14 Paris
http://www.sectechno.com
http://twitter.com/MBenLakhoua
7
2009/03/27 Pretoria
Tactical content, media & PR agency owner in JHB; ex financial journalist.http://www.channelmpr.co.za
http://twitter.com/angelo2711
3
2009/05/13 Pretoria
Freelance journalist, talkshow host on SAFM (104-107). Love reading, talking
http://www.safm.co.za
and am just naturally nosey!!
http://twitter.com/sikimgabadeli
22
2008/01/08 London
Nigerian | ♥'s Startups, Man U and Family| Ex Co founder, OnePage | Kingsman
http://myonepage.com/oo
| Warwick and UNIBEN Graduate | Quite Random!
http://twitter.com/OoTheNigerian
| CEO, Solution Y
22
2008/12/31 Cairo
Egyptian Geek, not an activist nor a Sports player, not a movie maker nor a writer, but i talk Politics Sports Movies and Books.
http://twitter.com/ZiadM
334
2007/12/18 Greenland
MD at Cerebra. Creator and defender of outlandish ideas. Thinks he can still
http://www.cerebra.co.za
skate & snowboard. Can't. Too old.
http://twitter.com/craigrodney
1
2008/10/06 Greenland
Hello I am a Publisher. I Married My Mother by Hilary Maraney. Japanesehttp://www.dinky-bloc.com
I-Novel.
http://twitter.com/dinkydot
26
2007/06/09 Pretoria
I like wind farms, technology, gadgets, science, engineering, history and politics.
http://strangestthings.wordpress.com
I also love Jozi: http://findingjozi.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/shahil
0
2008/12/31 Nairobi
Community Breakthrough Support Mission has clean water, school, women's
http://benando.weebly.com/
enterpise and other projects in Kimilili, Kenya.http://twitter.com/Kimilili
32
2009/02/04 Pretoria
Forensic investigator, optimist, writer, lover of arts, books, gadgets, numbers,
http://rubyletters.com
shoes&bags.OCD&foot-in-mouth sufferer. You'll
http://twitter.com/Rubyletters
learn to love me:)
1
2009/06/19
http://www.cpwaa.co.tz
http://twitter.com/cpwaa
76
2008/03/08 Pretoria
25 year old recovered drug addict\student\hero trying to make a difference
http://www.facebook.com/cliveevertse
in the world!
http://twitter.com/cliveevertse
1264
2007/08/24 Pretoria
Disruptivator - osmosis is a viral creative think tank - we are word of mouth social media guerrillas - spiritual not a believer in
http://twitter.com/osmosisfutzing
abusive christianity
0
2009/02/16 Harare
I like pretty code.
http://hermanschutte.com/
http://twitter.com/hermanschutte
26
2008/03/11 Harare
Media24 Investigations head, Ex-Daily Dispatch Editor, Byte Banshee, Pops
http://www.andrewtrench.com
to Gemma Bean, Kiefer and the Grubstreet Gal'shttp://twitter.com/andrewtrench
Guy. All tweets are my own views.
10
2009/05/31
Spoilt brat.#Teamreps house DJ. Survivor of Chuck Norris roundhouse kick. Bookings: tejeem@hotmail.com
http://twitter.com/djellipses
0
2010/03/05 Pretoria
Helping you promote your Internet and MLM Business. Generating qualityhttp://www.christofouche.net
leads with free traffic.
http://twitter.com/Christo_Online
0
2010/02/15 Alaska
•ELEGANCE Owner•Radio Personality•Broke Billionaire SA Brand Ambassador
http://www.brokebillionaire.co.za
http://twitter.com/crisppysa
67
2008/04/16 Pretoria
Corporate Magician, Promotions Presenter & Strategist, Entrepreneur, Author,
http://www.marceloudejans.info
Professional Speaker & Stand-Up Entertainer.
http://twitter.com/Marcel_Perform
Passion for captivating audiences!
22
2009/04/02 Pretoria
Known for talking a load of 'Bull ;)
http://allhailinjozi.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/allhail
0
2009/09/08 Pretoria
CEO Cape Town Partnership; Adjunct Prof UCT African Centre for Cities; currently
http://www.andrewboraine.com
designing new Cape Economic Development
http://twitter.com/andrewboraine
Agency
0
2008/07/30 Paris
Yoga, Health, Beauty, EnergyI love yoga, meditaLon and relaxaLon techniques
http://www.yoga-health-beauty-energy.com/yhbe/bloginstall/
:)
http://twitter.com/chakersaaf
1
2008/10/17 Pretoria
Strategy Director for Stonewall Digital Marketing (part of NATIVE) & South African music journalist & radio DJ.
http://twitter.com/evnm
1
2008/09/15 Pretoria
I am living without spending money for 5 yearshSp://www.adin.co.za/ http://www.adin.co.za
http://twitter.com/nomoneyguy
12
2008/03/14 Paris
Webmarketing Pro, fond of permission marketing, social media and reputation
http://cli.gs/8upzLs
management, mobile marketing. Otherwise,http://twitter.com/emarketeur
I am always watching for new trends.
79
2007/08/07 Pretoria
I develop with ruby (on rails), and have a keen interest in typography & photography.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qoolpix
http://twitter.com/johan__
37
2009/01/25 Harare
maintains linux distro with focus on voip.
https://plus.google.com/110581177398182709713
http://twitter.com/gregnietsky
3
2010/02/14 Greenland
The Official Vodacom Rugby Channel
http://www.vodacom.co.za/rugby
http://twitter.com/vodacomrugga
54
2009/05/20 Pretoria
Politics, current affairs. Not your regular, regular gent. Blogger. Freelancehttp://not-a-politician.blogspot.com/
writer. Razzmatazz ambassador. Not a member of
http://twitter.com/mabine_seabe
any political party
439
2008/10/16 Paris
Powered by YOU, The World is #Free & #OpenSource! #OpenData #OpenGov
http://kangoulya.com
#HumanRights #Hacktivist #Linux #XenMasterhttp://twitter.com/kangoulya
#WebMaster #Debian #AptoSID #eyeOS #XEN #GPLHost
5
2008/12/07 Pretoria
Photographer (Surf / Music / Fashion), software/web developer. That's right.
http://www.darrynvanderwalt.co.za
I'm a slashie. And proud of it!
http://twitter.com/darrynvdwalt
6
2009/06/14 Pretoria
Journalist and Reporter at eNews. Still trying hard to play nice with all the grown-ups. I tweet in my personal capacity.
http://twitter.com/lesterkk
859
2007/03/07 Harare
South African Product Manager at 24.com
http://www.blacknotes.co.za
http://twitter.com/wezzo
Page 25 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100
1101
1102
1103
1104
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
SAROVAWHITESAND 1992
1349
mylifescape
694
1346
jobsngr
863
1342
yellowllama
692
1333
carla_fourie
287
1331
Moh_Reda87
1000
1328
barryroodt
1154
1327
fam2010wc
2001
1326
mashada
258
1326
wahbi63
1928
1320
SaFootballFans
886
1317
norwin
1996
1314
rose_cohen
485
1311
tomtom_sa
1419
1309
derekabdinor
898
1306
jeanbarker
512
1305
digimates
29
1302
SanaOue
509
1300
craign
1087
1293
aelsadek
349
1290
shauntrennery
763
1288
barrybateman
416
1280
Compume
0
1280
alastairotter
1096
1279
grubstreetSA
224
1279
stevematthewson
1686
1278
stevesmithza
188
1277
Zoddies
670
1277
waylonmurray
213
1271
afrovision
1925
1266
BienneHuisman
586
1266
johannschwella
342
1263
bronyw
1050
1261
beaconza
881
1258
haroonmeer
659
1258
rambowine
1105
1254
BrendanDD
85
1252
QUTIEFACE
468
1252
justinmccall
819
1248
lazygamers
494
1245
parrav
733
1245
MotshidisiM
262
1244
iamclaro
556
1243
Tweets
893
7288
1289
13940
5564
14439
13987
3914
97
643
565
23509
4999
641
7742
7338
1570
2702
6794
13664
12080
1203
141
4935
1058
2429
3785
11098
596
94
4020
7241
25205
12100
380
5422
524
29462
9361
13756
8186
4792
60183
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
112
2009/12/11 Nairobi
Sarova Whitesands Mombasa Kenya's best Resort, Fun for all. Your twiSerer
http://www.sarovahotels.com/whitesands
is Mercy
http://twitter.com/SAROVAWHITESAND
370
2008/11/25 Pretoria
Digital Strategist at MediaCom. Eternal Optimist. Explorer. iPhotographer.http://definitivelife.blogspot.com
Social Creature. Blogger. Art enthusiast. Scuba Diver.
http://twitter.com/mylifescape
Believer in love.
0
2009/04/25 West Central Africa
Nigerian Jobs Posting And updates.Jobs In Nigeria!
http://jobsngr.com
http://twitter.com/jobsngr
7
2007/04/25 Pretoria
DJ, WordPress Guru, Web Designer & Developer, Adobe Community Professional,
http://mark.bloomfield.co.za
Mac Slut
http://twitter.com/yellowllama
10
2008/04/03 Greenland
Owner of Twenty3Media, a marketing agency. I tweet mostly about marketing,
http://twenty3media.co.za/
business, interesting advertising campaigns http://twitter.com/carla_fourie
and my experiences in Cape Town.
351
2011/01/10 Greenland
Political Activist, Philanthropist, Psychonaut ,Writer, Researcher, Blogger,http://vini-vidi-vici-a7rar.blogspot.com
Internet Addict and Serious Joker
http://twitter.com/Moh_Reda87
4
2008/09/05 Pretoria
Co-founder of Jumptag Web Development, award winning mobile developer,
http://jumptag.co.za
provider of interesting links
http://twitter.com/barryroodt
1
2009/09/17 Pretoria
South African Football Fan. Affiliate Marketer. Travel Packages South Africa.
http://bit.ly/come2rsa
Tourism. Insurance.
http://twitter.com/fam2010wc
0
2008/09/12 Central Time (US & Canada) Africa's Online Community
http://www.mashada.com
http://twitter.com/mashada
0
2009/09/05 Cairo
SIMPLE MAN WITH HIS BIG FAMILY FIGHTING IN THIS LIFE
http://twittereffects.com/?rid=102
http://twitter.com/wahbi63
0
2009/03/14 Alaska
SA Football Fans.co.za Official twitter stream. Follow us to get latest football
http://www.safootballfans.co.za/
news, results, fixtures and MORE!!
http://twitter.com/SaFootballFans
30
2008/06/14 Pretoria
Blogger mentor to Jarrod (3 years old); Dad. In love with @ledlet. Have fun
http://norw.in/jb
with photography. Ride a touring bike. Enterprise
http://twitter.com/norwin
architect at a bank.
4
2008/10/14 Pretoria
Writer, columnist and editor of customer magazines. An otherwise indie girl
http://blogs.Parent24.com/rosiecheer
that's a good enough mother and suburban satirist.
http://twitter.com/rose_cohen
2
2009/08/20 Harare
European Leader in Portable Car Navigation
http://www.tomtom.com
http://twitter.com/tomtom_sa
74
2007/08/05 Harare
media; management; metaphysix
http://derek.abdinor.co.za
http://twitter.com/derekabdinor
25
2008/10/02 West Central Africa
If you can't say something nice... say something funny. I'm a South Africanhttp://jeanbarker.wordpress.com
writer, studying screenwriting/directing (dualMFA)
http://twitter.com/jeanbarker
at Chapman University, CA, USA.
3
2009/08/17 Pretoria
Digicape Apple Premium Reseller's online community.
http://www.digicape.co.za
http://twitter.com/digimates
15
2009/01/31
International lawyer, interested in social trends and technology, musician
http://twitter.com/SanaOue
5
2007/05/15 Pretoria
An active .NET and Xbox evangelist from South Africa. Microsoft Xbox MVP
http://craign.net/
2008, 2009.
http://twitter.com/craign
235
2009/04/04 Cairo
A Computer Science graduate, a Social Media and SEO enthusiast, a blogger,
http://aelsadek.tumblr.com/
and a thinker. Also a music addict. Always learning
http://twitter.com/aelsadek
something new. Feel free to @ me!
2376
2007/03/10 Pretoria
Web Developer / Creator / Founder safindit.co.za, locl.co.za and Izimvo.com
http://about.me/shaun
with interests in family, development, news, location,
http://twitter.com/shauntrennery
fitness and all things web.
6
2010/06/14
Eyewitness News Pretoria correspondent.
http://twitter.com/barrybateman
28
2010/10/10 Cairo
Welcome to CompuMe Egypt’s official account. We're a network of Mega http://www.compume.com
stores dedicated to the Digital & InformaLon Tech.http://twitter.com/Compume
products & services.
4
2008/05/22 Pretoria
Part hack, part hacker. A writer, activist and geek with a passion for new media.
http://www.mediahack.co.za
Works as a consultant and trainer in the news
http://twitter.com/alastairotter
and media sector.
22
2009/03/08 Harare
SA media chewed and digested by a gal who feasted on ink and paper who
http://grubstreet.co.za
now eats digital doodads
http://twitter.com/grubstreetSA
32
2008/03/23 Pretoria
Editor, BusinessLIVE
http://www.businesslive.co.za
http://twitter.com/stevematthewson
4
2010/04/06 Pretoria
Writer & editor. Wrote the Herschelle Gibbs book, To The Point. Busy writing
http://stevesmithza.blogspot.com
Sarel v/d Merwe's autobio. Editor of the Red Bull
http://twitter.com/stevesmithza
mag, The Red Bulletin.
8
2009/03/17 Pretoria
marie claire sa assistant editor ms maya's mom gadget web reality tv addict
http://zodwakumalo.wordpress.com/
traveller reader fashion lover online shopper writer
http://twitter.com/Zoddies
disclaimer: I tweet what I like
10
2011/05/28
professional rugby player
http://twitter.com/waylonmurray
1
2008/10/16 Quito
Free African Movies in English and French - Social Networking Site for Africans
http://www.afrovision.tv
worldwide.
http://twitter.com/afrovision
13
2009/05/19 Pretoria
Sunday Times journalist, music lover & unspectacular cook.
http://www.thetimes.co.za
http://twitter.com/BienneHuisman
393
2008/09/04 Pretoria
Digital guy at 140 BBDO, Founder @10and5.Opinions stated here are purely
http://www.10and5.com
my own.
http://twitter.com/johannschwella
4
2009/02/03 Pretoria
Dog lover. Blogger. Twitter fan. TV watcher. Oh, and chip 'n dip addict *grins*
http://keepingupwiththewalkers.wordpress.com/http://twitter.com/bronyw
... Runner. Training to run faster than 8mins/km. (I'm not kidding!)
75
2008/08/11 Pretoria
Husband and father MD of 1:1 Relationship Marketing, F1 fan, Mobile Junkie,
http://therunningcommentary.co.za
Twitter Exponent, passionately South African,http://twitter.com/beaconza
I love to debate
0
2008/07/26 Harare
Security Geek..
http://thinkst.com/blog
http://twitter.com/haroonmeer
71
2009/05/01 Harare
I am the custodian of a little piece of heaven in Franschhoek. And I adore http://www.hautespoir.com
Buchu Brandy
http://twitter.com/rambowine
11
2009/01/23 Pretoria
I am the editor of the Daily Dispatch in East London, South Africa
http://www.dispatch.co.za/
http://twitter.com/BrendanDD
69
2009/06/01 Hawaii
Degree-chaser: Academia excites me. My beauty is owed to knowledge,I there4
http://www.facebook/sinenhlanhlaqutiefacemkhize
refuse to stop learning by making a successhttp://twitter.com/QUTIEFACE
of d impeccable aesthetics of my mind.
61
2008/01/31 Pretoria
Product Manager at Avusa Media LIVE, managing TimesLIVE.co.za | SowetanLIVE.co.za
http://about.me/justinmccall
| General internet loving geek... http://twitter.com/justinmccall
4
2009/02/03 Pretoria
Owner of Lazygamer.net, father of 2, husband, creator of virtual beauty and
http://www.lazygamer.net
lover of beer... Life is good.
http://twitter.com/lazygamers
2
2008/12/01 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Communications Manager @ Humanity United, a philanthropic org. Foreign policy nerd and pop culture geek. My views arehttp://twitter.com/parrav
not necessarily those of my employer.
16
2009/03/12 Pretoria
Young, fun-loving, hard-working and ambitious!!
http://twitter.com/MotshidisiM
1013
2009/04/26 Greenland
Apparently I live Here...still tryina figure out where Here is. . .I have a great
http://031hottest.wordpress.com
fear of women who drink whiskey, and those who
http://twitter.com/iamclaro
run in heels. Honcho La Familia
Page 26 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140
1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
1146
1147
1148
1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
E4PR
1271
1242
southafricadude
1992
1241
trishdonmall
1567
1239
rayjoe
821
1235
zamarcashton
481
1232
angelagillham
584
1230
eatcapetown
499
1229
monk9
1909
1226
west_cape_news
962
1226
atane
391
1225
CPAnetwork
1906
1224
africanrelish
1556
1220
ryanagibson
1672
1220
vCricketKE
28
1216
AlmasiHealth
1468
1210
dstgovza
1381
1201
jackyah333
1009
1201
fredfelton
1982
1194
altersage
1052
1193
minem
1758
1192
toniice
412
1192
lebo_t
217
1191
deonf
34
1188
mossaab
510
1180
shotbeak
1268
1180
jenodjidja
701
1179
tyronevh
698
1178
cookedinafrica
375
1177
simmiareff
97
1175
iAlen
629
1172
kambabe
589
1169
taluta
865
1169
Baby_Birdie
1228
1166
cryskal
252
1162
CapeJason
616
1161
pigspotterkzn
3
1161
solidgame
449
1160
ilovelove215
14
1159
supercopygurl
1015
1158
mark_immelman
382
1157
1NairaPennyBid
1872
1153
staceface248
311
1153
Ushakamarine
1353
1145
Tweets
274
264
631
4278
8584
4853
3665
31
562
24692
650
3047
3140
649
1765
130
4116
5783
2646
4339
44368
44716
27
3043
5825
6147
5369
1085
7075
28166
43120
10324
2894
13151
1237
319
12773
11
6108
3779
23083
30610
1291
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
12
2010/10/24 London
E4 PR / E4PR: Public RelaLons Management. ArLste Management. Publicist.
http://www.e4pr.com/
CreaLve #PR Campaigns. #PressRelease #Publicity
http://twitter.com/E4PR
24
2007/10/24 Pretoria
I am a web developer / hoster / designer / entrepreneur / marketer / SEOhttp://blog.sa-nethost.com
Consultant etc etc etc in Cape Town, South Africahttp://twitter.com/southafricadude
http://blog.sa-nethost.com
115
2009/02/09 Pretoria
Virtual Assistant/Support Services business owner, medical/general/legalhttp://conorsadmin.co.za
transcriptionist, wife and mother to three lively lovely
http://twitter.com/trishdonmall
young girls.
34
2009/03/18 Pretoria
Freelance journalist, journalism trainer and media consultant. News junkie
http://tiny.cc/lz4gi
and media addict, old and new. I live in Cape Town,
http://twitter.com/rayjoe
work wherever the job takes me.
5
2009/05/03 Greenland
Editor of Finweek magazine, entrepreneur and trader
http://badentrepreneur.bundublog.com
http://twitter.com/zamarcashton
21
2008/09/11 Greenland
News editor with a passion for whiskey, wine, words and sexy men
http://twitter.com/angelagillham
17
2010/08/16 Greenland
biting restaurant reviews - Cape Town independent restaurant reviews http://www.eatcapetown.co.za/
http://twitter.com/eatcapetown
0
2009/03/17 Greenland
I am an eternal scholar of the amzing thing we call the Universe, looking on
http://shados-quotes.co.cc
from my front row seat on a space station calledhttp://twitter.com/monk9
Earth!
0
2008/11/03 Greenland
Independent news agency, Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.westcapenews.com
http://twitter.com/west_cape_news
108
2008/04/15 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Audiophile. Minimalist. Hard Bop Disciple. Hepcat.
http://atane.net
http://twitter.com/atane
0
2009/11/09 London
Hi I am Tony My hobby is making money with Forex trading I also love to make
http://www.affiliatesecretscpa.com
money interent marketing especially with affiliate
http://twitter.com/CPAnetwork
and CPA marketing
13
2009/06/19 Greenland
fan of my family, South Africa, delicious food,culinary tourism, good cooking,
http://www.africanrelish.com
African Relish & music!
http://twitter.com/africanrelish
4
2009/02/15 Alaska
Ryan Gibson- Entrepreneur and Idea Man!
http://www.ryangibson.net
http://twitter.com/ryanagibson
0
2009/06/01 Nairobi
A strong contender in the game, Kenya has all the glory of the sun to make
http://www.vcricket.com
it shine in the cricket domain. To catch live cricket
http://twitter.com/vCricketKE
score, stay put.
10
2010/07/06 Nairobi
Dr Miriam Kinai is a medical doctor and author of many books such as How
http://www.christianstressmanagement.com/
to Fight Addiction available at http://christianstressmanagement.shoply.com/
http://twitter.com/AlmasiHealth
0
2009/05/27 Pretoria
The Department of Science and Technology
http://www.dst.gov.za
http://twitter.com/dstgovza
16
2009/01/20 Pretoria
Mother x 4 who believes chocolate can fix everything. Obsessive compulsive, open-minded, wicked sense of humour. Curious
http://twitter.com/jackyah333
about Life the Universe & Everything
46
2008/12/03 Pretoria
Speaker, Author, Blogger, CEO @FalconsCove a digital media agency. Social
http://mrmotivatorfredfelton.blogspot.com/
Media is our Biz. Zany producer of @mondaystclement
http://twitter.com/fredfelton
Owner of @FCoveGiftShop
0
2007/05/12 Pretoria
Online Marketing Strategists passionate about SEO, PPC & Social Media; pedantic
http://www.altersage.com
about Conversion & Design Usability
http://twitter.com/altersage
3
2008/11/03 Pretoria
Xbox 360 Ambassador, Community Xpert & Community Leader
http://wefollow.com/MiNeM
http://twitter.com/minem
18
2009/09/18 Greenland
Download Moneoa -Life http://t.co/M4jmnof
http://www.justcurious.co.za
http://twitter.com/toniice
125
2009/07/28 Greenland
Big smile ☀ Big mouth ☀ Big personality ☀ Big dreams ☀ Young womanhttp://www.facebook.com/LeboTsatsimpe
!! :)
http://twitter.com/lebo_t
0
2009/04/07
http://twitter.com/deonf
0
2008/04/29 Paris
aTunisian, aGeek, aBlogger, anAmateur Photographer and aGood music listener
http://bit.ly/mossaab
http://twitter.com/mossaab
25
2008/12/04 Pretoria
Graduate in Marketing + Socio-Informatics. Studying some more. When I'm
http://simon.delarouviere.com
not making sites, I make music and go to gigs. Creator
http://twitter.com/shotbeak
of Tweekly.fm and TwimeMachine.
1
2009/03/22 Pretoria
Not a singer/model/songwriter/producer. I'm into management/PR/DTF marketing
http://www.loyisomusic.com
in Entertainment.
http://twitter.com/jenodjidja
44
2008/10/24 Pretoria
PR & communications aficionado
http://tyrone.posterous.com/
http://twitter.com/tyronevh
2
2009/06/19 Pretoria
Subscribe before our new site goes live and stand a chance to WIN a Cooked
http://www.cookedinafrica.co.za
in Africa hamper to the value of a R1000!
http://twitter.com/cookedinafrica
515
2009/07/02 Pretoria
There is no I in Comedy but there is a ME in Mediocre... And that is what you are getting from me.
http://twitter.com/simmiareff
8
2008/06/26 Nairobi
CEO Wex Communication. Fifi Addict
http://twitter.com/iAlen
102
2009/04/11 Pretoria
Terrific Teacher, mom of 3, addicted to life, lover of all things fun, adoreshttp://kambabe.blogspot.com/?spref=tw
meeting new people, Fabulous Friend and girlfriend
http://twitter.com/kambabe
of @squidsquirt that's me
437
2008/10/10 Pretoria
ArLst, Writer, DreamerPhD in ProcrasLnaLon. Tea drinking hippy wannabehttp://taluta.blogspot.com/
... family embarrassment & happy to be :D
http://twitter.com/taluta
3
2009/04/20 Pretoria
Sub editor & columnist (@MH_girlnextdoor) on Men's Health magazine. Passionate
http://baby-birdie.blogspot.com/
about Cape Town, food, books, travel &http://twitter.com/Baby_Birdie
engaging with interesting people.
1764
2008/06/04 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Crystal. 17. Once a YouTuber. Now just a normal teenager.
http://youtube.com/crystalkay14
http://twitter.com/cryskal
210
2008/11/26 Harare
Editor of @menshealthza & Editorial Director, longboarder, food & wine lover
http://www.mh.co.za
& media maven
http://twitter.com/CapeJason
0
2010/08/11
See also @pigspotkzn. Automated retweet service for traffic and traffic related
http://j-j.co.za/pigspotkzn
information in Kzn. View website for code ofhttp://twitter.com/pigspotterkzn
conduct.
165
2008/07/25 Cairo
A man of many faces: Developer, Comedian, ConversaLonalist, Decider:Mhttp://www.iamcomic.co.za
y thought stream - www.iamcomic.co.za
http://twitter.com/solidgame
0
2009/06/06
http://twitter.com/ilovelove215
0
2007/11/26 Pretoria
Conceptual copywriter &social media ideas girl Jozi.Console game evangelist.Geek
http://925rebellion.com/
from birth. Live life like playing Xbox- with
http://twitter.com/supercopygurl
achievements.
121
2009/11/06 Central Time (US & Canada) Golf Instructor and College Golf Coach. South African living in the USA. Myhttp://www.markimmelman.com
purpose is to help golfers cultivate their talent and
http://twitter.com/mark_immelman
ability.
0
2010/09/11 Hawaii
1st Nigeria AucLon Site.Sign up today and get free bids!Refer more people and get more free bids!!
http://twitter.com/1NairaPennyBid
22
2009/05/18 Pretoria
Love Cape Town. Love South Africa. Love sports, friends, food and partying. Twitter addict!
http://twitter.com/staceface248
1
2009/07/07 Pretoria
Africa's No.1 Marine Theme Park. Follow us and you could win a Platinumhttp://www.ushakamarineworld.co.za
Pass, that's 365 days of FREE adventure!
http://twitter.com/Ushakamarine
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1162
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169
1170
1171
1172
1173
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183
1184
1185
1186
1187
1188
1189
1190
1191
1192
1193
1194
1195
1196
1197
1198
1199
1200
1201
1202
1203
1204
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
brendahnyakudya
832
1144
sustokes
272
1142
vanclark
799
1140
dasijoe
1040
1139
baasdebeer
1231
1137
benedictkelly
659
1137
ackershd
37
1135
shazster
761
1134
MSMKOKELI
416
1131
xbox360za
647
1130
choome_g
363
1129
MBCFX
1043
1126
thedrumsmith
1321
1124
JacquesR
558
1123
sablogawards
146
1122
sueannejoe
1592
1115
MyPE
0
1108
laurakim123
1147
1107
glugster
1262
1104
jamonwhite
18
1102
nafisa1
115
1099
TahaBattash
2076
1098
GasantAbarder
419
1097
carlspies
509
1095
paigen
815
1094
alanknottcraig
39
1093
bb_aisha
410
1090
aquilasafaris
531
1088
rafiiik
610
1088
BigDaddy_ZA
267
1084
katle_sa
543
1079
zidan_hosam
1761
1079
kiffegrave
232
1078
lonehillestate
57
1078
jvbtrafficguy
1
1072
thendor
527
1070
choc_milk
287
1069
marianpike
1993
1067
hayleym_
884
1066
southcoastlive
1997
1063
406
856
1062
Selim_Halioui
239
1062
hshimmi
263
1060
Tweets
6042
2175
992
1300
16008
3613
814
2229
1730
1029
44049
1728
2444
5712
259
13491
8423
24110
1421
1610
7247
3926
4579
2841
7320
1560
2801
625
2129
43903
8897
520
4612
1545
565
39025
4660
5954
11634
10291
4468
1679
1065
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
44
2008/11/13 Greenland
Editor - The Afropolitan (www.afropolitan.co.za) Zimbabwean born inter-national who loves to write. Mother of many and partner
http://twitter.com/brendahnyakudya
to one.
59
2008/07/09 Pretoria
SocialCRM Presenter/Speaker; Social media & SocialCRM Strategist/Brand Manager at MWEB. Whisky&Brandy Spirits Master.
http://twitter.com/sustokes
Rocking The Daisies music festival fanatic
1
2007/03/29 Pretoria
Head up marketing at Mobiflock | PR peep & freelance journo at Twokatshttp://www.mobiflock.com
| Try to stand on a surf board & quaff my way through
http://twitter.com/vanclark
SA wines (not simultaneously)
490
2007/05/11 Pretoria
Online Business, New Marketing, Web and Mobile Technology Consultant.http://www.formfunction.co.za
Founder of @FormFunction. A constant learner, http://twitter.com/dasijoe
fishing maniac, vet raver & ethics advocate.
5
2009/06/23 Pretoria
Music-loving opinionist. Slightly proud member of the human race. Loveshttp://baasdebeer.wordpress.com
to RT. Occasionally funny. #iAmAwesomeLikeThathttp://twitter.com/baasdebeer
2
2007/03/27 Pretoria
Editor. Journalist and dad
http://www.benkelly.co.za
http://twitter.com/benedictkelly
0
2011/03/14
former cricket player,works for supersport.
http://twitter.com/ackershd
2
2009/02/13 Wellington
Tired of psuedo-virtual posturing | Regular person trying to live a better, http://www.sharondavis.co.za
more enlightened, life
http://twitter.com/shazster
9
2011/01/27
Business Day Political Editor most of the time. Conspiracy theorist. Good sense of rumour.
http://twitter.com/MSMKOKELI
0
2010/09/14 Pretoria
Welcome to the official Xbox 360 South Africa account. Jump in! hSp://www.xbox.com/en-ZA
http://www.facebook.com/Xbox360SouthAfrica http://twitter.com/xbox360za
61
2009/03/31 Greenland
Born a writer, evolved into a moron... Working my way back to amazing. Singer
http://vintage-lotus.tumblr.com
of silent songs. Abstraction is me. A Jedi http://twitter.com/choome_g
8
2010/12/23 London
Our clients enjoy No Dealing Desk to trade Forex,Spot Oil,Spot Gold & Silver,Futures
http://www.mbcfx.com/SM/web_en.php
& Commodities, Equities and Energy from
http://twitter.com/MBCFX
just one account.
0
2009/07/23 Pretoria
I play drums!
http://www.thedrumsmith.com
http://twitter.com/thedrumsmith
3
2008/12/11 Pretoria
Atheist troublemaker. Columnist for the @dailymaverick, lecturer at the University
http://synapses.co.za
of Cape Town. Contact details: http://about.me/jacquesrousseau
http://twitter.com/JacquesR
0
2008/01/18 Pretoria
The SA blog awards showcase the very best of South African independenthttp://www.sablogawards.com
web publishing in various categories.
http://twitter.com/sablogawards
0
2009/05/23 Pretoria
Human Resources Geek; Gym bunny; Part-time PDM BA student; Perfect Type A personality; Blackberry Addict
http://twitter.com/sueannejoe
4
2008/06/17 Pretoria
Port Elizabeth, South Africa News. But wait, there is more. See http://MyPE.co.za/new/2011/06/twitter/
http://MyPE.co.za/
for reasons why I don't
http://twitter.com/MyPE
follow you.
37
2008/07/12 Greenland
Mom to 3 amazing little people, fiancee to my knight, blogger over here harassedmom.co.za
http://about.me/laurakima
and Tranquil Body Treats shophttp://twitter.com/laurakim123
owner (www.tranquilbodytreats.co.za)
0
2008/08/05 Pretoria
http://www.glugster.co.za
http://twitter.com/glugster
25
2009/06/11 Pretoria
♫ Singer/Songwriter - Auditions for Band in Cape Town . ♫
http://www.myspace.com/jamonmyspace
http://twitter.com/jamonwhite
28
2008/05/15 Pretoria
@MyDigitalLifeSA editor. ITWebber. Netjunkie. I like gadgets, technology,http://nafisa.co.za
(fast) cars, traveling & trying new restaurants. http://twitter.com/nafisa1
1
2010/01/02 Cairo
My Name Is Taha Hussein, From Egypt, Mansoura, Battash
http://www.battash.com
http://twitter.com/TahaBattash
2
2010/11/04
Cape Argus executive editor. Sanef Western Cape convenor.
http://www.capeargus.co.za
http://twitter.com/GasantAbarder
1702
2007/11/24 Pretoria
Social Business Technologist, Intrapreneur, Cognitive-Edge Practitioner, CTO
http://carlspies.com
@Genotribe, Agile Systems Thinker, ScrumMaster,
http://twitter.com/carlspies
Neuro-semantics Trainer, JazzMonkey
3
2008/05/15 London
Hi. Nice to tweet you. I'm an advertising copywriter, Sunday Times Columnist,
http://www.amillionmilesfromnormal.com
blogger and author of two novels - This Way Up,
http://twitter.com/paigen
and A Million Miles from Normal.
6
2011/02/02 Greenland
Founder - World of Avatar. Keen on mobile, Africa, media, political changehttp://www.worldofavatar.com
and coffee...
http://twitter.com/alanknottcraig
0
2008/04/23 Cairo
South African,journalist,procrastinator
http://bibiaishawadvalla.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/bb_aisha
1
2010/06/09 Pretoria
Experience the Big 5 less than 2 hours from Cape Town
http://www.aquilasafari.com
http://twitter.com/aquilasafaris
2
2007/11/21 Budapest
Tunisian blogger (since 2004), @Ubuntu member, @MozillaTunisia founder.
http://rafik.tn/
All views are my own, not of my employer : @UNOCHA.
http://twitter.com/rafiiik
83
2009/12/19 Greenland
One size fits all, a body for hire, a passionate lover to the loverless AND loverful!
http://thegwaifm.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/BigDaddy_ZA
69
2009/06/09 Cairo
Struggling hand and ankle model...KAPOW!
http://donthaveasite.com
http://twitter.com/katle_sa
0
2010/04/05 Cairo
blog of Marketing of goods and commercial products and profit from the http://zidanbusiness.blogspot.com/
Internet
http://twitter.com/zidan_hosam
134
2008/09/07 Paris
Blogueur tunisien qui l'ouvre bien grande,... pour son plus grand plaisir! Ethttp://www.kiffegrave.com
je n'offre pas de boules Quies!
http://twitter.com/kiffegrave
0
2009/08/26 Greenland
One day, I'll have a Techno Band and you're gonna, be, in it' but in the mean
http://www.facebook.com/lonehillestate
time, join our twitter page! :)
http://twitter.com/lonehillestate
0
2010/02/09 Pretoria
Johann von Bargen, 'The Traffic Guy' has been on the forefront of Durbanhttp://www.trafficguy.co.za/
Traffic reports. With his seminars on anti-hijacking
http://twitter.com/jvbtrafficguy
techniques & defensive driving
165
2009/05/23 Pretoria
I tell it like it is, Love me or hate me, I won't change 4 YOU!!!!!
http://www.031hottest.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/thendor
17
2008/08/04 Pretoria
Fantasist. Egoist. Machiavellianist. Bloggist. Narcissist. Exhibitionist. Greatest.
http://about.me/chocmilkza
http://twitter.com/choc_milk
9
2008/10/01 Athens
Curious about everything. Why is my favourite word. I am an acLvist.I tweet
http://marianpike.wordpress.com/
in my personal capacity
http://twitter.com/marianpike
44
2009/02/14 Pretoria
Just an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life in an extra-ordinary country...and
http://www.hayleymal.blogspot.com
loving every single second of it.
http://twitter.com/hayleym_
7
2009/09/12 Pretoria
Pubs, Clubs, restaurant & entertainment. Promo's and specials all for the http://www.southcoastlive.co.za
KZN SCoast! Invite ur friends to follow us too!
http://twitter.com/southcoastlive
0
2008/10/12 Pretoria
Cheers Lets drink to that!
http://winetimes.co.za
http://twitter.com/406
2
2008/06/27 Paris
Consultant en marketing et en communication.
http://www.madwatch.net
http://twitter.com/Selim_Halioui
2
2009/03/18 Greenland
http://twitter.com/hshimmi
Page 28 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1205
1206
1207
1208
1209
1210
1211
1212
1213
1214
1215
1216
1217
1218
1219
1220
1221
1222
1223
1224
1225
1226
1227
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237
1238
1239
1240
1241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
1247
Twitter Name
squashed_tom
GGRage
wkvoetbal2010
onelargeprawn
dcuthbert
nigeria_news
norri
d7live
garymeyerza
hansmol
ebucks
echaras
bobmabena
hiltontarrant
dippies13
ceciliavdm
SiyaKHULA
LaurenCHolmes
Possicon
JacquieMyburgh
saaleha
ncallegari
andreas_spath
AlanAlston
nswza
chrishartZA
derickhewetson
steri_stumpie
nevinsp
weetnie
jail4bail
RMulligan
africareporter
rudimentals
zacarshow
lisaraleighsa
LeonMare
missgods
SheldonMorais
WendyRobb
becausei
BlueBuzz
camgreen
Followed Followers
850
1058
587
1057
345
1057
682
1056
361
1053
115
1051
888
1051
2000
1049
397
1048
1164
1048
604
1047
708
1046
764
1037
485
1036
26
1032
690
1027
1030
1025
334
1022
1177
1014
252
1012
873
1006
476
1005
375
1001
918
993
76
993
392
989
1475
988
464
987
559
986
447
985
986
983
894
981
800
977
499
976
141
975
142
974
1121
972
457
965
377
965
804
965
781
963
320
962
762
962
Tweets
5949
929
796
8689
6753
2318
2647
3121
6955
3085
1126
4271
9452
5965
30
14546
3053
2490
7481
769
3644
9871
2756
2459
853
2506
2291
749
10786
9165
12256
620
514
691
1431
2151
1079
3427
2109
7348
10859
279
7637
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0
2010/06/24 Pretoria
Providing quality social media management services to the South African http://www.thesquashedtomato.co.za
food and wine industry
http://twitter.com/squashed_tom
9
2010/06/09 Greenland
SA's biggest party... Matric Rage.. The end!
http://www.ragefestival.co.za
http://twitter.com/GGRage
1
2009/04/09 Pretoria
Het beste en laatste nieuws over de kaartverkoop, kwalificatie en wedstrijden voor het WK voetbal 2010 direct uit Zuid-Afrika
http://twitter.com/wkvoetbal2010
gebracht door KaapstadMagazine.nl
0
2009/01/06 Pretoria
Evil curator of the Onelargeprawn blog.
http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za
http://twitter.com/onelargeprawn
21
2008/04/21 London
Documentary photographer, international man of security, lover, and pack
http://danielcuthbert.com
rat of fine Italian cycles.
http://twitter.com/dcuthbert
3
2009/04/23 West Central Africa
Nigeria online News Agency
http://assemblyonline.info
http://twitter.com/nigeria_news
5
2008/01/09 Pretoria
South African Entrepreneur, Systems Geek, Automation Fundi, Guitarist, Marketer,
http://www.just1.co.za
Web Programmer and More ;)
http://twitter.com/norri
2
2009/02/18 Greenland
All male a'capella group, these boys have redefined a'capella as we knowhttp://www.d7live.com
it. Good looks, great tunes, and great guys, they have
http://twitter.com/d7live
performed with the best... "They
109
2008/11/18 Pretoria
Apple aficionado. Aspirant job creator.
http://about.me/garymeyer
http://twitter.com/garymeyerza
0
2008/05/12 Pretoria
MD - Buongiorno SA [PTY] Ltd. Founder/Shareholder of CMD aka Be-Mobile,
http://www.buongiorno.co.za
http://twitter.com/hansmol
2
2009/07/09 Pretoria
eBucks The Reward of Choice
http://www.ebucks.com
http://twitter.com/ebucks
4
2009/01/04 Pretoria
Social entrepreneur from Mozambique. Works in Media, Real estate, BOPhttp://t.co/OUlXHGt
finance, Transport, telecoms... A dreamer & an anti
http://twitter.com/echaras
poverty activist !!
4
2009/03/02 Pretoria
I'm not a DJ, I'm not famous, I'm just a developer in charge of News24.I like
http://twitter.com/BobMabena
my coffee, beer, sport, gadgets and running.
http://twitter.com/bobmabena
673
2008/01/23 Harare
Product Guy.
http://about.me/hiltontarrant
http://twitter.com/hiltontarrant
1
2010/10/03
I'm the songbird of my generation
http://twitter.com/dippies13
5
2009/06/18 Pretoria
Engineer @SKA_Africa. Host @LTAfrikaans. General science & tech lover. http://ceciliavdm.wordpress.com
Tweets a lot of rubbish. Proudly South African. http://twitter.com/ceciliavdm
1
2009/06/05 Pretoria
Siyakhula = growing financial ctrl! Pastel InCheck FREE-MyBusiness even OnLine!
http://www.yorkaccounting.co.za
http://twitter.com/SiyaKHULA
1
2009/03/13 Greenland
I am the Multimedia Editor of the Mail & Guardian Online and in love withhttp://www.mg.co.za/multimedia
life behind the lens. A follower of all things news,http://twitter.com/LaurenCHolmes
photo, video, innovative and fun.
462
2008/12/12 West Central Africa
A Web Strategist, Entrepreneur, industry analyst, Tech community Organizer,
http://possicon.com
author and software engineer based in Lagos http://twitter.com/Possicon
Nigeria. CEO at http://webtrendsng.com
13
2009/03/13 Chihuahua
editor of VISI magazine, SA's decor, design and architecture bible
http://www.visi.co.za
http://twitter.com/JacquieMyburgh
46
2008/02/20 Pretoria
I'm a writer (most times), print designer (some times) and a papyrophile (all
http://about.me/saaleha
time).
http://twitter.com/saaleha
6
2008/06/20 Harare
Messaging architect, writer, blogger, gamer, sci-fi geek, comic book nut. http://about.me/ncallegari
http://twitter.com/ncallegari
3
2009/02/06 Greenland
I manage Lobby Books in Idasa's Cape Town Democracy Centre
http://theantidote.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/andreas_spath
69
2008/08/27 Pretoria
I'm the co-creator of Tank; a clean, simple and fun way to build a website.http://withtank.com/
http://twitter.com/AlanAlston
2
2010/02/03 Pretoria
Nike Sportswear South Africa.
http://twitter.com/nswza
67
2009/05/29
Strategist at Investment Solutions & renowned Gold bull.
http://www.chrishart.co.za
http://twitter.com/chrishartZA
14
2008/11/25 Pretoria
An IT professional, cyclist, photographer, Sagittarian, animal lover and vegetarian,
http://www.derickhewetson.com
I love meeting people with open minds. http://twitter.com/derickhewetson
0
2009/05/20 Greenland
Because flavoured milk drinks don't know how to tweet we're doing it forhttp://www.steristumpie.com/
them.
http://twitter.com/steri_stumpie
7
2009/04/06 Pretoria
Right handed life student who has an opinion about stupidity. Director at http://about.me/nevinpillay
a DNA tesLng company. http://twitter.com/nevinsp
24
2009/05/06 Pretoria
What can I tell you? I am happily married & have 2 great boys. Business owner & rugby fan. Loves movies, wine, food & life!http://twitter.com/weetnie
5
2008/08/01 London
Changing the wwworld with tech, web addict, mac lover, care about Autism
http://www.stmworld.co.uk/
& proud owner of a Twitter tie! Creating safer play
http://twitter.com/jail4bail
areas for children in schools.
2
2009/03/09 Pretoria
Online Marketing Strategist, Entrepeneur. Live Large! Yesterday is history,tomorrow
http://www.ibizmarketing.co.za
is a mystery,today is a gift that's why it's
http://twitter.com/RMulligan
called PRESENT!
1
2007/03/09 Nairobi
Journalist in Africa
http://blog.africareporter.net
http://twitter.com/africareporter
2
2008/10/19 Mid-Atlantic
Eight-piece ska/reggae band from Cape Town, South Africa. Duane-Drums;
http://rudimentals.co.za
Mike-Guitar; Clem-Keys; Simon-Sax;Ross-Trombone;Jody-Trumpet;
http://twitter.com/rudimentals
Teboes-Vox;Bong- bass.
21
2008/09/04 Pretoria
ZA Car Show is a weekly motoring podcast hosted by leading South African
http://zacarshow.co.za
motoring journalists.
http://twitter.com/zacarshow
1
2010/11/23 Pretoria
TV/ Radio personality. Author. Franchisor of The Lisa Raleigh Wellness centres.
http://www.lisaraleigh.co.za
Reason for Darren Scott's weightloss. part ofhttp://twitter.com/lisaraleighsa
the Hello Doctor make over team!
8
2008/06/17 Pretoria
Love Classical Music.Commission Overload is the most controversial Internet
http://su.pr/2c6Ebg
MarkeLng training ever and I use it every day! http://twitter.com/LeonMare
~ hSp://su.pr/2c6Ebg
192
2009/03/09 Greenland
Dreaming wide awake * Digital Content Chick * I write poetry & prose * I http://www.wellsaid.co.za
effect change through youth digital literacy workshops.
http://twitter.com/missgods
135
2009/09/07 Paris
Eyewitness News Online Editor, Journalist & Broadcaster. I exist on earth http://www.ewn.co.za
but live in my head. Deep House touches my soul,http://twitter.com/SheldonMorais
friends & family keeping me young.
189
2008/03/15 Pretoria
Something in me evidently resists, or wants to resist, joining any good-behavior club that will have me as a member - Christopher
http://twitter.com/WendyRobb
Hitchens
1
2008/03/17 Pretoria
..causing Kak since 1974
http://becauseican.co.za
http://twitter.com/becausei
3
2008/03/05 Brasilia
Se o BlueBus é a Revista Caras da propaganda, nós somos o Notícias Populares:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism
escândalo, fofoca e pornografia.
http://twitter.com/BlueBuzz
11
2008/02/26 Pretoria
##Father ##Husband ##Livestrong Leader ##ZA Explorer ##Wine Lover http://www.facebook.com/CamGreenZA
http://twitter.com/camgreen
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254
1255
1256
1257
1258
1259
1260
1261
1262
1263
1264
1265
1266
1267
1268
1269
1270
1271
1272
1273
1274
1275
1276
1277
1278
1279
1280
1281
1282
1283
1284
1285
1286
1287
1288
1289
1290
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
Chykere
809
961
tuism
891
960
hughmccabe
185
959
bridgeboytlee
336
957
dyof
44
956
bevmerriman
348
955
palesa08
569
953
simonbotes
892
953
iloveappleshop
1640
952
deem01
1273
946
by_mercia
791
942
jackiejvr
303
940
za5
563
940
ChrisOnderstall
481
939
bidules
300
938
youngblood
726
938
EmperorsPalace
960
936
afromedia
976
931
toritatham
572
931
MyNkosi
273
927
justinarenstein
453
922
xsyn
432
921
djandasa
278
920
BiggestMullet
658
918
acidicice
432
916
wipou
1012
914
Buhlebonga
334
912
miriammannak
1034
910
mauricecarpede
255
908
anib
516
907
gig_tv
1113
906
Evan_Rothman
626
905
jarredcinman
292
905
mishsolomon
652
905
pfangirl
666
905
kadudu
1065
903
osize
504
903
LynneOConnorEWN
107
899
themercurysa
1998
895
blackdelilah
547
892
tim_cohen
628
891
notomodungwa
869
889
krobertr
2000
888
Tweets
8514
8008
319
16549
771
2127
2332
14707
563
68
9727
18716
20320
2468
5369
1681
1401
2877
3829
1
862
6608
16642
2184
41512
590
51889
3934
222
34056
3863
10222
1012
6711
11884
715
3826
782
11551
10005
239
4204
455
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
19
2009/03/27
Technologist, avid 80's funk fan, manchester born, aba brought up, mbaise
http://igbopeople.blogspot.com
for life!
http://twitter.com/Chykere
19
2009/01/12 Pretoria
Illustrator, designer, creatings t-shirts. Lead Creative at Omni Science. Digital
http://www.tuism.com
Solutions. Polymath wannabe, hopefully funny.http://twitter.com/tuism
2
2008/08/29 Athens
Internet Marketing Entrepreneur, Consultant, Trainer. Lifelong Learner, Adventure
http://www.hughmccabe.co.za
Sports, Fitness Conscious, World Traveller,
http://twitter.com/hughmccabe
Networker, Always Smiling!
4
2009/04/21 Greenland
Bridge Ent. partner & HipHop DJ. Next show beSer than the previous
http://twitter.com/bridgeboytlee
0
2009/05/23 Pretoria
Rock / Radicore.
http://www.danceyoureonfire.co.za
http://twitter.com/dyof
109
2007/07/23 Pretoria
Re-imagining commerce. Co-Founder of @wixelhq & @mooblr. Also loverhttp://www.wixel.net
of chaos, cats and funny people.
http://twitter.com/bevmerriman
10
2008/09/19 Pretoria
mobile tech enthusiast | love music | casual gamer | community managerhttps://plus.google.com/108893898776804692609
http://twitter.com/palesa08
2
2007/08/06 Pretoria
Founder of AppCRAFT. I work on all things mobile.
http://store.ovi.com/publisher/AppCRAFT
http://twitter.com/simonbotes
1
2010/10/01 Pretoria
iloveapple.co.za | Slick & Exclusive Apple Accessories delivered throughout
http://www.iloveapple.co.za
South Africa. iPhone & iPad cases so HOT, they're
http://twitter.com/iloveappleshop
sure to get you laid!
44
2009/02/18 Athens
: Journeys unveiled and deconstructed. Photo: Dee Muller. Cape Town Waterfront
http://mindbodywisdom.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/deem01
305
2009/06/15 Pretoria
Proudly #SA. Wife, mom. Work in travel - financial side. Enjoy reading, crocheting,
http://wwwsoaploversmarket.co.za
sewing, writing...making lip balms, glycerine
http://twitter.com/by_mercia
soaps, body butters etc
29
2008/07/17 Pretoria
{I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. Albert Einstein}my
http://scrappintimes.typepad.com/
life is based on a true story.
http://twitter.com/jackiejvr
243
2008/09/26 Pretoria
web, mobile, photography, ___________
http://twitter.com/za5
1
2008/08/26 Pretoria
South African PR peep in digital comms @FleishmanZA. My tweets are myhttp://www.chrisonderstall.com
own opinion and not that of my employer or clients
http://twitter.com/ChrisOnderstall
23
2008/05/01 Paris
Engineer, Tunisian, intrested in web, blogs, computer vision, software, programming
http://bidules8.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/bidules
5
2008/03/05 Pretoria
Media junkie | MBA student | Tech entrepreneur
http://za.linkedin.com/in/colindaniels
http://twitter.com/youngblood
1
2009/09/29 Pretoria
Official page: Emperors Palace Hotel Casino Convention Resort combines http://www.EmperorsPalace.com
timeless classical elegance and sheer excitement. http://twitter.com/EmperorsPalace
1
2008/03/14 Pretoria
Family guy, loves the online world, loves the challenge oh and I love fishing
http://www.afromedia.co.za
http://twitter.com/afromedia
0
2009/04/05 London
Natal girl living in Cape Town. Work at @OgilvyCT. I blog. I love all things vaguely
http://www.kissblushandtell.com
nice including pugs, fashion, food, travel, stationary
http://twitter.com/toritatham
and cosmetics
2
2010/09/23 Greenland
http://www.mynkosi.co.za
http://twitter.com/MyNkosi
32
2008/08/24 Harare
African-based media strategist & start-up junky, consulLng for Google & ICFJ
http://linkd.in/g6L7iN
on invesLgaLve journalism, mobile, & media sustainability.
http://twitter.com/justinarenstein
19
2008/03/19 Greenland
Some guy, interested in how you process reality.
http://guy.cognasium.com
http://twitter.com/xsyn
3
2009/10/19 Greenland
Radio peronality~tru fm:dj:club owner.Bookings@djandasa.co.za
http://twitter.com/djandasa
49
2008/06/05 Pretoria
Web designer, photography enthusiast.
http://www.mulletized.com/
http://twitter.com/BiggestMullet
51
2009/03/12 Pretoria
Senior Consultant, internet addict, mother to an angel in heaven, proud mommy
http://www.acidicice.co.za
to #Babyice and wife to @rudicowboy
http://twitter.com/acidicice
3
2009/07/13 Paris
Web Developer, Joomla Expert, Create Social network website
http://www.wipou.com
http://twitter.com/wipou
53
2009/03/23 Pretoria
Journalist by day... Honours student by night! Blogger and serial power dresser!
http://www.buhlebonga.tumblr.com
*This is my pvt space & these tweets are MY
http://twitter.com/Buhlebonga
views and MY views alone*
3
2009/07/09 Pretoria
Born in The Netherlands, residing in Cape Town, South Africa. Foreign correspondent
http://www.miriammannak.com
(Financieele Dagblad) + freelance journalist.
http://twitter.com/miriammannak
Meeste tweets in het Engels
2
2009/04/25 Pretoria
http://www.jacarandafm.com
http://twitter.com/mauricecarpede
422
2007/05/30 Mid-Atlantic
i stumble through life & teh internetz (anitab.stumbleupon.com). i'm a little
http://anilikes.wordpress.com/
funny, a lot opinionated and interested in everything...
http://twitter.com/anib
except crocs.
10
2009/08/03 Pretoria
Your Microwave channel.It's all about Independent people, events and the
http://gigtv.co.za
music that brings them together...
http://twitter.com/gig_tv
0
2009/03/16 Pretoria
WRC nut, MotoGP fan, mountain biker, book lover & hobby photographer.
http://handbrakeshairpins.wordpress.com
Editor of Handbrakes & Hairpins rally eMagazinehttp://twitter.com/Evan_Rothman
and CAR Magazine South Africa columnist.
0
2008/02/29 Pretoria
Chief Inventor at Native
http://www.jarredcinman.com
http://twitter.com/jarredcinman
2
2009/04/03 Pretoria
Journalism MA student and media researcher at Rhodes University; freelance
http://mishsolomon.com
photographer and journalist. Lover of all things
http://twitter.com/mishsolomon
'journalism'.
5
2009/02/03 Greenland
Twentysomething writer and web cartoonist with a serious pop culture obsession
http://pfangirl.blogspot.com/
(movies, comics, cartoons, gaming and general
http://twitter.com/pfangirl
fantasy).
0
2009/02/23 Greenland
I have outgrown bullshit
http://www.yummie.co.za
http://twitter.com/kadudu
31
2006/12/15 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Christian, Economist, BI, BA. Interested in Giving and Social Businesses. http://osize.co
http://twitter.com/osize
0
2009/10/09 Amsterdam
Morning News Anchor on Talk Radio 702 ... mid morning's on Cape Talk too ... Freelance writer on parenting, wife, mother and
http://twitter.com/LynneOConnorEWN
Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
0
2010/01/05 Pretoria
The Mercury is KwaZulu-Natal’s leading morning newspaper.
http://www.themercury.co.za
http://twitter.com/themercurysa
26
2008/12/27 Pretoria
Tax saver by day, sports fan and protector of good food & wine at night...and
http://batonage.com
day...and weekends...
http://twitter.com/blackdelilah
0
2009/07/22 Pretoria
South African journalist
http://www.timcohen.co.za
http://twitter.com/tim_cohen
190
2008/04/19 Pretoria
eCommerce worker & enthusiast, online strategist, developer, opensource
http://worthanote.com/worthanote
& technology enthusiast...
http://twitter.com/notomodungwa
3
2009/01/30 Pretoria
CELLARY - InternaLonal Online Business - hSp://www.cellary.co.za/karlrohrbeck;
http://www.cellary.co.za/karlrohrbeck
LinkedIn: hSp://za.linkedin.com/pub/karl-rohrbeck/10/219/363
http://twitter.com/krobertr
Page 30 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1291
1292
1293
1294
1295
1296
1297
1298
1299
1300
1301
1302
1303
1304
1305
1306
1307
1308
1309
1310
1311
1312
1313
1314
1315
1316
1317
1318
1319
1320
1321
1322
1323
1324
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
Twitter Name
brownarran
leezl
HOHOH
ekjokenet
AfricaFiles
bsbrandon5
nieldlr
squidsquirt
aslam_levy
khosiblog
skabenga
g_masta
Chedly
nicholas_duncan
dulcecafe
ianollis
kwvwines
Theballito
nonimbongo
uctradio
nickvdl
iwanp
preneil
ianduvenage
GlendaN
durbanjobs
danbaileyza
NastasyaTay
strandloper
PhyliciaO
kirstenpearson
pokenafrica
EngNewsZA
baldy_za
andrew_louw
mlearningafrica
hwasser
socialcompass
KERWIN3
hondasa
shaunoakes
roxyalexdallas
danpinch
Followed Followers
70
887
1056
886
1134
885
862
882
272
879
103
879
597
879
509
877
566
875
257
873
614
870
1109
869
169
865
349
862
649
861
424
860
385
857
688
854
277
853
157
853
924
851
606
849
507
847
1313
846
1197
845
1129
842
612
840
135
840
771
840
348
834
1081
833
731
832
44
830
717
828
542
826
392
826
273
824
736
824
203
823
20
822
337
819
763
815
404
811
Tweets
1392
2241
2784
313
2061
2725
6075
21458
3811
6247
1114
10439
2129
4577
446
6469
265
2947
30743
2269
15836
4693
17719
4927
2686
3710
2923
1152
6757
645
86
570
3988
8430
3183
62
1587
1137
353
608
1462
5505
1553
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0
2009/07/30 Greenland
Professional Cyclist riding for Team MTN Qhubeka. Website: www.qhubeka.org
http://www.cyclefit.co.za
http://twitter.com/brownarran
18
2008/04/14 Pretoria
city lover | ocean lover | inquisitive | particular | likes to listen to bands in sweaty nightclubs
http://twitter.com/leezl
767
2008/10/05 Pretoria
Peace/Culture/Education-Trust through Friendship Peace through Trust– http://worldcupstadium.wordpress.com
Dialogue Respect Tolerance Compassion – Listening/Learning/Abundance
http://twitter.com/HOHOH
/Fun! http://oz1o3.tk
0
2011/07/14 Pretoria
Ek vertel afrikaanse grappe dat jy jouself kan nat lag!!!
http://twitter.com/ekjokenet
21
2009/09/27 Eastern Time (US & Canada) AfricaFiles: Alternative News, Action, and Information - For Justice and Solidarity
http://www.africafiles.org
http://twitter.com/AfricaFiles
1
2009/04/04 Pretoria
Team Itec Connect-Kathea
http://www.brandonstewart.co.za
http://twitter.com/bsbrandon5
1383
2008/08/21 Pretoria
Geek, linguaphile & aspiring web entrepreneur, interested in Chinese, linguistics
http://niel.delarouviere.com
and music. A @mihmedialab student at present.
http://twitter.com/nieldlr
Also makes 8-bit music.
20
2009/03/07 Pretoria
The swollen node at the end of the appendix of publishing; dad of three/writer
http://squidsquirts.blogspot.com
of things/friend of many and happy partner http://twitter.com/squidsquirt
to @kambabe
13
2009/02/18 London
Digital platform evangelist. WCape Provincial Gov - Website Manager. Husband.
http://aslamlevy.co.za
Expecting Father. Mind reader… Oh really?…yeah,
http://twitter.com/aslam_levy
I thought that too at first..
0
2010/06/04 Pretoria
Kaizer Chiefs 1st team couch coach, Kaizer Chiefs blogger, staunch Amakhosi
http://www.khosiblog.co.za
4 Life. Views are my own.
http://twitter.com/khosiblog
40
2008/08/17 Mountain Time (US & Canada)
I am a husband, father, web producer, drupal evangelist, surfer, longskater,
http://www.iaminawe.com
animator and general creative computer stuff guy.
http://twitter.com/skabenga
161
2007/03/27 Pretoria
Just a normal guy with an extraordinary vision of what the world could be.http://za.linkedin.com/in/gioghignone
Oh and I played in a band or 3 in my time
http://twitter.com/g_masta
87
2009/01/28 Paris
Web software engineer @ Havas Tunisia, Co-founder of @Pharmabolix, like
http://www.pharmabolix.com
history, reading, documentary movies & ads, hate
http://twitter.com/Chedly
facebook, total fun geek, aikidoka...
5
2009/07/30 Pretoria
Online marketing go-to guy. Also, creator of @my_Scoop
http://nickduncan.co.za
http://twitter.com/nicholas_duncan
0
2009/03/25 Pretoria
International coffee shop franchise
http://www.dulce.co.za
http://twitter.com/dulcecafe
12
2009/08/10 Pretoria
South African, innovative leader and DA Member of Parliament. DA Vice Chairman
http://www.ianollis.com
of Gauteng and Shadow Labour minister.http://twitter.com/ianollis
Daily Maverick Opinionista
0
2009/12/08 Greenland
Words of wisdom from the KWV Wines bloggers in Paarl, South Africa. http://life.kwv-wines.com/
http://twitter.com/kwvwines
3
2009/06/29 Greenland
sharing info about Ballito, the north coast and everything great about living
http://www.theballito.co.za
on the east coast of Africa!
http://twitter.com/Theballito
353
2010/02/03 Mountain Time (US & Canada)
Family/Cupcakes/Turquoise/Sagittarius/Fashion/Tea/Lover/Princess/Intellects/Lucky/Extrovert/Jewls/Orchids/Lilies/Dark tones/Chocolate/Tinkies/Travel/Memories
http://twitter.com/nonimbongo
0
2010/01/18 Pretoria
Broadcasting from the beautiful Mother City, UCT Radio 104.5fm is Cape Town's
http://www.uctradio.co.za
number one campus radio station. Hip, happening
http://twitter.com/uctradio
& in tune with the youth of today!
4
2008/03/01 Greenland
Photojournalist, Energy Specialist, Economist, barefoot runner, currently overweight
http://www.nickvanderleek.com
Ironman triathlete - the guy behind SHOOT.
http://twitter.com/nickvdl
DM me for Portfolio rates.
116
2008/02/13 Pretoria
Ex-ICT journalist/editor, one-time business unit director and communications
http://www.iwantpienaar.com
consultant, now turned freelance writer, speaker,
http://twitter.com/iwanp
social media/digital consultant
198
2009/04/30 Pretoria
YFMusic Compiler. Former UJFM rebel. EuroTrashMusic Blogger. Long livehttp://www.eurotrashmusic.co
Rock 'n Roll! In search of my Zooey Deschanel.. http://twitter.com/preneil
0
2009/02/17 Pretoria
Financial Services Consultant, Culture enthusiast, Adrenaline Freak, who http://za.linkedin.com/in/ianduvenage
more than anything loves a good argument...
http://twitter.com/ianduvenage
34
2008/11/12 Pretoria
Editor of TheMediaOnline. Freelance writer, editor, media strategist. Mother, wife, champagne drinker, reader, dog walker,http://twitter.com/GlendaN
worshipper of Burmese cats, atheist.
0
2010/04/27 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/durbanjobs
4
2008/09/02 Pretoria
I am busy working at GetSmarter heading up new product development and
http://www.danbaileyuk.com
working on some cool educational products! http://twitter.com/danbaileyza
0
2009/05/21 Harare
Journalist - EyeWitness News radio reporter, writer, producer, correspondent, photographer - trotting around Southern Africa
http://twitter.com/NastasyaTay
and beyond.
16
2007/03/22 Pretoria
Father, husband, programmer, photographer
http://craniac.net
http://twitter.com/strandloper
0
2011/05/28
Editor of The Times, SA.
http://www.timeslive.co.za
http://twitter.com/PhyliciaO
0
2008/10/07 Greenland
Co-creating conscious change, collaboration, Events Manager, storyteller, healer, Intuition
http://twitter.com/kirstenpearson
15
2009/03/18 Pretoria
Poken let you quickly and easily connect where it matters, in the real world!
http://www.poken.co.za
Just touch them to exchange contact details with
http://twitter.com/pokenafrica
social networks. Get one now!
1
2009/11/04 Greenland
Engineering News provides up to the minute news on real economy developments
http://www.engineerignews.co.za
in South Africa.
http://twitter.com/EngNewsZA
593
2008/03/28 Pretoria
Cyclist, Problem solver, Troubleshooter, Technologist and Software developer
http://baldy.co.za
http://twitter.com/baldy_za
1
2008/06/06 Pretoria
Still to be written.
http://andrewlouw.posterous.com/
http://twitter.com/andrew_louw
1
2009/05/21 Pretoria
News, projects and research about mobile learning in Africa
http://mlearningafrica.net
http://twitter.com/mlearningafrica
0
2009/01/17
Professor of Journalism and Media/Cultural Studies, Rhodes University, South
http://www.ru.ac.za/jms/staff/mediastudies/hermanwasserman
Africa. Editor: Ecquid Novi: African Journalismhttp://twitter.com/hwasser
Studies.
37
2009/04/27 Pretoria
MBA candidate at the Warwick Business School. Currently writing my dissertation on #SRI. Looking for a position in the CSRhttp://twitter.com/socialcompass
/ SRI field.
4
2009/10/22 Greenland
Reject Your Reality, and Substitute My Own...
http://twitter.com/KERWIN3
2
2010/05/19 Pretoria
The official Honda Motor Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd Twitter page | Join thehttp://www.honda.co.za
Honda Life: Dream, Love, Share
http://twitter.com/hondasa
0
2008/01/03 Greenland
Quirk's digital powerhouse. Cape Town's Favourite Son. This is Shaun Oakes.
http://www.shaunoakes.com
http://twitter.com/shaunoakes
175
2008/09/17 Greenland
Recruitment Specialist. Life Changer. Natalian Eastern Cape-ian Capetonian.
http://twitter.com/roxyalexdallas
1
2008/12/14 Greenland
Dan is Creative Director of Atmosphere Communications and also a member
http://www.atmosphere.co.za
of +one (collaborative King James social mediahttp://twitter.com/danpinch
team).
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1334
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
1351
1352
1353
1354
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361
1362
1363
1364
1365
1366
1367
1368
1369
1370
1371
1372
1373
1374
1375
1376
Twitter Name
KingBiyela
RailwaysAfrica
gilbertsa
Nikkimoff
ch16org
AC_Peters
lavidanota
vhata
cybersass
gotpetrolza
philly_girl
grawatproject
GetrudeM
greymacpherson
genrestories
uberfiend
c_schwartzel
masteringsap
CapeAudio
leeanneolfsen
andyjamesneale
rhcerff
antonyadelaar
moniquelb
LanceTheWitten
globelister
chiefjester
just_rugby
ltdn
stevenmcd
mattsuttner
anneleem
salewine_co_za
simongear
slicktiger
braaibroer
feedmymedia
megtheron
ilovecoffeeblog
pinky_smalest
Busi_N
jonathanancer
merylpixelmagic
Followed Followers
2000
811
146
811
78
810
1254
808
750
806
1967
801
441
798
594
796
410
794
1433
793
221
792
125
790
1698
789
792
789
1050
785
173
784
15
782
899
782
757
780
404
780
214
778
963
776
582
774
374
774
459
771
943
769
1214
764
78
763
364
763
361
762
392
761
62
759
1515
759
14
757
326
757
8
756
357
753
348
752
164
751
469
750
673
749
922
748
659
744
Tweets
15037
1411
1811
10214
1137
22
15570
2246
5707
19
8738
425
8759
879
293
9418
5
346
72
3971
1374
6249
5958
4669
5378
89
271
1609
24360
11135
3908
380
1072
287
1295
5
501
10229
341
11117
21397
896
1971
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
27
2009/04/21 Pretoria
Journalist. Tweeter of controversial tweets. Follower of Manchester United,
http://www.news24.com/
Mamelodi Sundowns, and The Sharks. Anti-Aussie
http://twitter.com/KingBiyela
and Liverpool.
2
2008/11/19 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/RailwaysAfrica
0
2010/10/28
Distributor of Gilbert products, proud sponsor of Bulls and Lions. Our range
http://www.gilbertsa.co.za
of teamwear, clothing and equipment caters forhttp://twitter.com/gilbertsa
all levels of rugby and netball
191
2009/02/18 Pretoria
Apparently the only Aussie expat in Durban (via HK) husband & 2 TCK's - http://nikkimoffitt.wordpress.com
pls bring Vegemite!
http://twitter.com/Nikkimoff
1
2010/04/20 Hawaii
Channel 16 is a new frontline for responding to humanitarian emergencies
http://Ch16.org
& conflicts. Find out what’s happening, see where
http://twitter.com/ch16org
your help is needed & take action.
3
2009/08/10 Pretoria
http://www.bemotivatedtoday.com/41581
http://twitter.com/AC_Peters
13
2009/04/03 Pretoria
Son of a Cattle Herdsman, African Supremist, Living lavidaNOTA with No http://www.twitter.com/lavidanota
Apologies.
http://twitter.com/lavidanota
2164
2007/10/19 Pretoria
A bounder and a cad. Eats poppadoms without breaking them. Not to be http://vhata.net/
trusted. jonathan.hitchcock@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/vhata
6
2008/06/24 Pretoria
cyber sass. actress. creatrix, designer. ambiguous, ambivalent, almost, buthttp://www.sassdesigns.co.za
not quite ambidextrous. activist. survivor. founder
http://twitter.com/cybersass
of slutwalk johannesburg.
0
2011/07/14 Pretoria
Tweet locations where there are Petrol Garages that have fuel using the hashtag
http://www.gotpetrol.co.za
#gotpetrol
http://twitter.com/gotpetrolza
0
2008/03/28 Pretoria
Sift through my insanity and revel in my genius!
http://www.gladtobeagirl.co.za/
http://twitter.com/philly_girl
1
2011/02/12
Ryno Zeelie, MaShew Marinus, Rudo Pieterse&Graeme Watkins Make up http://www.graemewatkins.com
The Graeme Watkins Project
http://twitter.com/grawatproject
14
2009/06/09 Greenland
Journalist.Professional Dreamer.Crazy about RSA.Love social media.I suffocate
http://www.facebook.com
when I dont hear music.Crazy about gadgets.Tweets
http://twitter.com/GetrudeM
are my opinion & no one else's.
2
2009/01/13 Pretoria
Bespoke digital content creation
http://greymacpherson.net
http://twitter.com/greymacpherson
0
2009/07/12 Pretoria
Daily short stories in every conceivable genre. Created by @WombatSam.http://samwilson.book.co.za/blog
http://twitter.com/genrestories
4
2009/03/25 Pretoria
Smart arsed ad guy, benevolent dictator, single malt fiend,proud member of HedonistsRus.
http://twitter.com/uberfiend
0
2011/04/11 Quito
PGA Tour Golfer
http://twitter.com/c_schwartzel
0
2009/10/28 Sydney
Passionate about connecting SAP users, partners and employees to breakhttp://www.masteringsap.com
through barriers, engage in brave conversations and
http://twitter.com/masteringsap
form lasting relationships.
0
2009/03/11 Pretoria
The Institute of sound technology
http://www.capeaudiocollege.co.za
http://twitter.com/CapeAudio
7
2009/03/13 Pretoria
An annoyingly happy Blondie with a lifelong feud with Murphy & his pettyhttp://mebelee.wordpress.com/
Laws. Lover of corny Jokes,cream cheese & high heels.Digital
http://twitter.com/leeanneolfsen
Consultant at Deloitte,SA.
19
2008/05/19 Harare
Webdesigner & Developer with a passion for everything web. Co-founderhttp://www.andyjamesneale.com
& owner of @joomlajunkies & @prothemer CMS http://twitter.com/andyjamesneale
template clubs
8
2008/04/15 Pretoria
An online marketer just trying to make his way in the world/cyberspace http://www.propdata.net/
http://twitter.com/rhcerff
199
2008/09/20 Pretoria
Digital Research guy at @YellowwoodFA, but tweets are my own. @Hope_Station
http://dailytransaction.blogspot.com/
frontman. Dad, believer, peripheral visionary.
http://twitter.com/antonyadelaar
Distracted by tech, tunes & lenses.
145
2008/08/29 Pretoria
nature-loving, picture-taking, collector-of-pretty-things & full-time dreamer.
http://ohjustamo.blogspot.com
Sometimes I write about social media {http://monique-boucher.blogspot.com}
http://twitter.com/moniquelb
2
2010/05/31
Sports Anchor on the eNews Channel, Father to Hannah-Bean Spawn of Witten, writer, musician, Table Mountain Ambassador,
http://twitter.com/LanceTheWitten
owner of Zorro the Boxer
0
2009/05/17 Pretoria
Promoting South African Blogs!
http://sablogs.tel
http://twitter.com/globelister
5
2009/03/19 Pretoria
chief jester at play@work, passionate about getting adults to make work http://www.playatwork.mobi
fun through play!
http://twitter.com/chiefjester
0
2010/01/17 Pretoria
Just what it says on the can: JustRugby. South Africa's alternative rugby voice.
http://www.justrugby.co.za
http://twitter.com/just_rugby
94
2006/10/18 Pretoria
an Alter Native.
http://sinah.org
http://twitter.com/ltdn
11
2007/08/22 Pretoria
Father, Husband, Football lover, Geek, Metal Head
http://www.stevenmcd.me
http://twitter.com/stevenmcd
23
2009/04/01 Greenland
Can't skate, can't dance, can't photoshop. No ugly stalkers please.
http://www.mattsuttner.com
http://twitter.com/mattsuttner
73
2010/05/04
Sports Industry
http://twitter.com/anneleem
0
2010/06/22 Pretoria
We tweet deals - follow & save +70%on great SA wine!Delivery free. Premier
http://salewine.co.za
online wine retailer in S.A http://twitter.com/salewine_co_za
0
2009/02/02 Pretoria
Primedia's weather guy, environmental consultant, writer and presenter of
http://www.simongear.co.za
50/50.
http://twitter.com/simongear
0
2009/01/28 Pretoria
Doctor of Spin, Amateur Scriptwriter, Irony Enthusiast, Anti-Christ Of SA Bloggers,
http://www.slicktiger.co.za
Die-Hard QOTSA Fan, All-Round-Swell-Guy
http://twitter.com/slicktiger
(Huge in Japan)
0
2009/03/26 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/braaibroer
2
2007/08/13 Pretoria
Wiki Guru | BuddyPress Social Engineer | WordPress Fanatic
http://www.lsdev.biz
http://twitter.com/feedmymedia
3
2009/06/23 West Central Africa
Project Manager | Social Media | Marketing | Dancing Teacher | Beautician
http://megantheron.wordpress.com
| Lecturer | Entrepreneur #FIG.JAM
http://twitter.com/megtheron
0
2010/02/25
We're about coffee culture. The beans, the people, the experience, the roasters,
http://ilovecoffee.co.za
baristas, coffee lovers, heck, we might even
http://twitter.com/ilovecoffeeblog
speak to people who drink tea.
610
2010/07/28 Alaska
I believe in God...
http://twitter.com/pinky_smalest
68
2009/08/31 Greenland
What u c is what u get! I have no clue what it means but I love how it sounds. Shoot me!
http://twitter.com/Busi_N
331
2010/02/04 Greenland
Journalist, cryptic crossword junkie, Billy Bunter book collector, Billy Bragghttp://jancerjancer.wordpress.com
stalker, er, fan and cyclist.
http://twitter.com/jonathanancer
9
2008/07/28 Pretoria
owner of http://www.pixelmagic.co.za; designer, pixel alchemist and equine
http://www.pixelmagic.co.za
lover.
http://twitter.com/merylpixelmagic
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1377
1378
1379
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384
1385
1386
1387
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393
1394
1395
1396
1397
1398
1399
1400
1401
1402
1403
1404
1405
1406
1407
1408
1409
1410
1411
1412
1413
1414
1415
1416
1417
1418
1419
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
gnat_j
356
739
webcentric_sa
1449
737
bergenlarsen
466
735
sandwichbaron
1659
735
welove
1397
735
Zamajobe
2
734
lize_e
1196
733
jasonadriaan
77
732
mbalimcdust
425
727
Jorieanne
436
726
shanslk
668
725
jessicamcd
296
724
joyanne
545
723
littlemisslee86
585
723
nigelbrown1
2001
721
paulafray
704
721
tianatweets
320
721
abongilem
407
719
jacquesnel
654
719
TremendousNet
1172
719
npcsa
2
716
lilphly
270
712
marcashwell
310
709
rc1140
1314
709
michellecound
438
700
AhmedZairi
576
699
DesrieG
233
690
anne_brand
635
688
nnaniquism
564
688
jon_cardinelli
69
687
jacquelineswart
858
685
barrymccallum
512
684
timlunn
563
683
medwassim
753
680
rebeccalweber
601
680
blobby15
88
679
citybowlmarket
313
679
Naboufall
908
679
beachbabe1
957
678
bradseatonsmith
743
678
janvZA
194
677
andrewcrawford
354
675
jhbprincess
310
675
Tweets
21937
645
11666
2423
340
20
1231
12249
4955
12701
7107
15229
14227
6747
248
314
3381
18192
362
1123
75
21362
3161
10249
4802
1317
4425
2343
2138
666
4549
7058
1021
1638
1186
459
386
1540
1227
1631
1456
4218
16045
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1
2009/01/18 Pretoria
Wife to @pauljacobson. Mom of two! Welcome to my crazy!
http://gnatj.com/
http://twitter.com/gnat_j
0
2009/04/01 Pretoria
Strategy, Design, Development, Social Media.. and whole lot more!
http://www.webcentric.co.za
http://twitter.com/webcentric_sa
77
2007/11/19 Pretoria
Mysterious with intent. Honest, without boundary. Lovely, sans saccharine.
http://www.beyondyournose.com
Safe, without suffocation
http://twitter.com/bergenlarsen
0
2009/07/13 Pretoria
South Africa's Largest Sandwich Group
http://www.sandwichbaron.co.za
http://twitter.com/sandwichbaron
1
2010/11/18 Pretoria
Be inspired to go somewhere you've never been before.
http://welove.net
http://twitter.com/welove
0
2009/06/26 Greenland
Afro-funk Singer, Songwriter & Performing artist...
http://www.zamajobe.co.za
http://twitter.com/Zamajobe
1
2008/03/29 Pretoria
Head of e-media @stellenboschuni, passion for the great outdoors and wildlife
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lizeesterhuizen
photography, unfortunate sweet tooth
http://twitter.com/lize_e
5
2008/12/11 Greenland
Owner at builtneat.com. Computer Science student, aspiring entrepreneur
http://www.builtneat.com
and owner of online properties like locallist.co.zahttp://twitter.com/jasonadriaan
which is powered by ISLabs.
29
2009/11/23 Pretoria
DA Youth Chair.Cllr in eThekwini.Brought up by TV.Former Ninja.Lover of http://www.dayouth.org.za
comics,video games,pop culture & cute stuff.Robot
http://twitter.com/mbalimcdust
from the year 2050.Twisted.
32
2007/10/20 Central Time (US & Canada) God first. Praise him.“The mission is to bring Christ to the culture,” -Kirk Franklin
http://www.facebook.com/jorieanne.morris
http://twitter.com/Jorieanne
4
2010/01/05 Pretoria
jozi girl_beach bum_audi baby_speed demon_outdoor adventurer_curious!_totally
http://thebouquet.co.za
think in pictures_ up for laughs_ witty_very
http://twitter.com/shanslk
much cheeky_misplaced princess*
23
2008/11/20 Pretoria
An Event Manager with an OCD for organisation, planning and being meticulous.
http://about.me/jessicam
Serious lover of desserts and #SexyShoes. http://twitter.com/jessicamcd
And reviewer for @GirlGuidesZA
4
2008/11/17 Pretoria
woman, mother, friend, lover, copywriter, blogger, photographer, mermaid.
http://joyannefaith.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/joyanne
9
2009/04/08 Pretoria
Joburg chick wanting to know ppl from our beautiful country&world!Proudly
http://about.me/LittleMissLee86
SA'n!Founder of #jozicaringtweeps.Jazz lover.Postcard
http://twitter.com/littlemisslee86
collector I
0
2008/09/26 Pretoria
Event Organiser, assisting bringing new technology to market
http://www.classicevents.co.za
http://twitter.com/nigelbrown1
0
2009/09/10 Pretoria
Passionate about quality journalism focusing on development in Africa … http://www.ipsnews.net/africa
mom, student and fan of Red Hand guitarist
http://twitter.com/paulafray
12
2009/02/11 Pretoria
Connect magazine and GirlGuides.co.za editor. Videogame lobbyist. Crazyhttp://www.girlguides.co.za/
cat lady.
http://twitter.com/tianatweets
5
2009/03/12 Greenland
Grocott's Mail News Editor - South Africa's oldest independent newspaper since 1870...follow me, I'll tweet you to nowhere.http://twitter.com/abongilem
Tweeting in my personal capacity.
1
2007/11/20 Harare
Lover of technology, marketing & business. Cape Town COO @ Africa's leading
http://www.native.co.za
digital marketing agency, NATIVE.
http://twitter.com/jacquesnel
1
2007/12/30 Paris
Entrepreneur Web 2.0, Gérant de l'Agence Web Intrepidev®, Spécialiste en
http://www.intrepidev.com
développement Web, Hébergement et Web Marketing...
http://twitter.com/TremendousNet
0
2011/06/08
http://www.npconline.co.za
http://twitter.com/npcsa
42
2010/03/08
The one to have around so that you are never bored but always entertained...lol
http://www.lilphly.tumblr.com
http://twitter.com/lilphly
113
2008/04/01 Pretoria
I like to ask why. Addicted to information. Love design. Need music.
http://www.ashwell.co.za
http://twitter.com/marcashwell
53
2007/10/22 Harare
Delta Squad , Bring it on
http://republiccommandos.co.za
http://twitter.com/rc1140
4
2008/06/14 Pretoria
♥ it consultant ♥ cycling photographer ♥ social media junkie ♥ http://michellecound.tumblr.com
http://www.procycling.co.za
http://twitter.com/michellecound
6
2008/09/02 Paris
Geek amoureux du Web 2.0, de la musique, de l'économie et la finance
http://twitter.com/AhmedZairi
15
2009/04/14 Pretoria
Marketing | Photography | Pseudo-Geekdom
http://about.me/desriegovender
http://twitter.com/DesrieG
5
2008/03/26 Greenland
Online addict, mother, words worker.
http://annetaylor.posterous.com/
http://twitter.com/anne_brand
636
2010/06/18
Womapreneur: MarkeLng Strategist/Glokal Consumer Insights' Lover/Deliverer
http://www.mmutsi.co.za
of ROI Branding SoluLons...daughter!
http://twitter.com/nnaniquism
0
2010/05/04
Senior sports writer for keo.co.za, SA Rugby, SA Cricket, Road To London and
http://keo.co.za
Sports Club magazines
http://twitter.com/jon_cardinelli
39
2009/03/03 Pretoria
Instigator, stoker of fires, catalyst for change, rocker of boats, engineer of itch, mind bullet trigger hippy.
http://twitter.com/jacquelineswart
10
2009/06/11
Edit stuff, write stuff, ride stuff.
http://twitter.com/barrymccallum
32
2009/02/10 Pretoria
IT | S/W | Startup | BizDev | Sales | Marketing | Channel | Internet | (Social)Networks
http://www.poken.co.za
| Poken | 7 countries (so far) | 4th Passport
http://twitter.com/timlunn
| 3 Children (so far) |...
47
2009/01/28 Paris
Computer sciences engineer, Web project manager, Internet technologies and web 2.0 addicted ...
http://twitter.com/medwassim
1
2009/02/17 Pretoria
Journalist who covers social justice, the environment, arts, and health http://www.rebeccalweber.com
http://twitter.com/rebeccalweber
0
2010/11/06
http://twitter.com/blobby15
0
2011/03/23 Greenland
City Bowl Market on Hope brings together a variety of fine foods, drinks and
http://www.citybowlmarket.co.za
people. You will experience an ancient way of shopping
http://twitter.com/citybowlmarket
in a modern context.
2
2008/04/21 West Central Africa
A blog & more about African relationship issue, Sexy secrets, culture & more..
http://www.naboulove.com
http://twitter.com/Naboufall
871
2009/02/14 Pretoria
Visual Artist | Design Student | MediaJunkie | Typophile | Social Butterfly | Future Trendsetter | Tea Sipper | Chocoholic | http://twitter.com/beachbabe1
Addicted to shoes and poetry
13
2008/08/15 Harare
Project Manager for Joe Public. Rock Star in the making, always learning advertising
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleyseatonsmith
and E-marketing addict, Scuba Dive Master
http://twitter.com/bradseatonsmith
and adventurer
2
2008/05/29 Pretoria
Tech journo at MyBroadband. Gamer, reader, rocker and total computer http://about.me/janvermeulen
geek.
http://twitter.com/janvZA
16
2008/07/22 Pretoria
I'm the creative dude at Native, South Africa's raddest digital agency
http://www.facebook.com/4ndrew
http://twitter.com/andrewcrawford
9
2008/12/19 Greenland
Quite understandably i can't reply to ALL DM's individually. Naturally i read
http://www.jhbprincess.co.za
them all, so - take the time to masturbate over my
http://twitter.com/jhbprincess
Blog. xxx
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1420
1421
1422
1423
1424
1425
1426
1427
1428
1429
1430
1431
1432
1433
1434
1435
1436
1437
1438
1439
1440
1441
1442
1443
1444
1445
1446
1447
1448
1449
1450
1451
1452
1453
1454
1455
1456
1457
1458
1459
1460
1461
1462
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
chrisdawson
430
673
davidmaynier
117
671
photocomment
346
671
BoemRoker
1045
670
privatesale
544
668
bradhabana212
235
667
zanimbongo
215
667
PennyHaw
801
664
nicki_dadic
546
661
africancourtesy
586
659
tcmallinson
1019
658
juanitaw
808
656
seagyn
654
655
matthewsavides
471
653
stateofsa
1969
651
funnypurp
332
646
tim_duplessis
118
646
pamgoldinggroup
17
645
slowfalling
185
635
lizellevrhyn
753
634
Aneshree28
408
630
neo_maditla
334
630
PaulBedford
879
626
mjxone
1946
624
guymclaren
290
622
k_blazze
194
622
safe_place
1886
620
georginaguedes
398
618
LouHildebrand
211
617
AndyvanWyk
159
616
espacemanager
2
616
marclewis2011
161
616
jono1980
591
611
Bensaleeh
1041
610
shauncusters
388
610
rmaclean
195
605
brucecarlstein
526
604
jexx
261
603
Tay_Dlamini
147
600
wobblyonion
343
600
cocktailfrusion
1501
598
ashmatty
509
597
bradykelly
320
597
Tweets
4273
24
2550
2414
417
1299
25092
3452
10296
39
4400
6656
6005
11382
1580
2097
55
154
2825
1494
7490
18721
903
13
6474
28699
122
4250
1437
1326
2373
10305
2493
197
3803
7921
3643
3056
32886
7365
1396
4067
18539
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
224
2007/03/13 Pretoria
I'm a bit weird. Not like completely. just the right amount :)
http://chrisda.wson.co.za
http://twitter.com/chrisdawson
1
2010/12/25 Greenland
DA Shadow Minister on Defence and Military Veterans
http://twitter.com/davidmaynier
3
2009/02/25 Pretoria
A South African based photographic magazine available in print locally at http://www.photocomment.net
leading photographic stores, or online for international
http://twitter.com/photocomment
readers. Its free too.
8184
2009/07/01 Pretoria
A true South African seen through foreign eyes. Fighting lions, living in bush,
http://favstar.fm/users/BoemRoker
mercenary for hire and working on my mating http://twitter.com/BoemRoker
call with trustworthy vuvuzela.
60
2008/08/14 Harare
Digital Ninja @ Aqua Online
http://twitter.com/privatesale
13
2009/05/10 Greenland
Abiding. Sports driven. Making supporters get closer to their heros. Giving back to those who never have. Self sustainable. Trust
http://twitter.com/bradhabana212
and integrity, primary.
60
2009/10/05 Greenland
I'm a happy, pleasant soul ! I ♡ GOD. I ♡ Laughing. I ♡ my family. Most importantly...
http://twitter.com/ZaniMbongo
I
http://twitter.com/zanimbongo
2
2010/08/24 Pretoria
Writer of words. Wife of engineer. Mother of teenager. Walker of dogs. Pragmatic,
http://pennyhaw.wordpress.com/
optimistic and inclined to flee when reality
http://twitter.com/PennyHaw
becomes too harsh to bear.
6
2010/08/24 Harare
Tattooed wife to @DavidDadic, mum to Luca Jack & #themole, marketinghttp://www.waitingforluca.wordpress.com
& digital consultant & social media girl @Werksmans,
http://twitter.com/nicki_dadic
full-time #Gleek, part-time blogger.
0
2011/03/19 Harare
Specialised African & Indian Oceans Tour Operator, Corporate travel logistics
http://www.africancourtesytours.co.za
organizers & Destination Management - http://www.facebook.com/AfricanCourtesyTours
http://twitter.com/africancourtesy
1
2008/06/02 Harare
I'm frivolous, flighty, flakey, fickle, flirty and fashionable! But mostly, I'm just
http://trinklebean.wordpress.com
facetious...
http://twitter.com/tcmallinson
7
2008/11/13 Pretoria
Always on. Decidedly unhip. Lover of language and taal. A's fave wife. Mama.
http://www.twitter.com/juanitaw
Reader. @allafrica team member. Shoe-lover.http://twitter.com/juanitaw
@SAEditorsForum member.
3
2008/11/02 Pretoria
Love Jesus. Love the internet. Love sport. Love the web. Love WordPress.http://seags.co.za
Co-founder of @GettingFitSA and @touchies. Alsohttp://twitter.com/seagyn
got the @LiverpoolFever!
2
2010/02/27
Sunday Tribune journalist. DUT politics and newswriting lecturer. Sports fanatic.
http://www.matthewsavides.wordpress.com
Warped mind.
http://twitter.com/matthewsavides
0
2011/05/14 Pretoria
Tracking the state of South Africa is a full Lme job...hSp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFDfYJdRZfM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO-XKyUUoOo
http://twitter.com/stateofsa
1
2009/01/07 Paris
Just me, in another way
http://www.wordwing.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/funnypurp
0
2011/05/22
Tim du Plessis is head: Media 24 Afrikaans titles
http://twitter.com/tim_duplessis
1
2009/06/23 Greenland
Welcome to the Pam Golding Property Group, the largest independent property
http://www.pamgolding.co.za
services company in Southern Africa
http://twitter.com/pamgoldinggroup
0
2009/08/03 Eastern Time (US & Canada) aid worker in the Horn of Africa.
http://twitter.com/slowfalling
1
2009/06/09 Edinburgh
A Capetonian with a Scottish disposition - love life - love people - love coffee
http://www.lvr-uk.com
- hate loud crunchy eating noises in bed!
http://twitter.com/lizellevrhyn
16
2009/09/15 Greenland
South African woman of words, thoughts and feelings and Content manager
http://aneshreenaidoo.wordpress.com
at @Nativespeak.
http://twitter.com/Aneshree28
40
2009/10/27 Greenland
minimalist, journalist.
http://www.capeargus.co.za
http://twitter.com/neo_maditla
0
2009/02/05 Pretoria
Sports Photographer, Writer, Web Developer based in Pretoria, South Africa
http://www.actionimages.co.za
http://twitter.com/PaulBedford
1
2009/09/11 Paris
If you're looking for some brilliant ideas! you've just come to the right place ;)
http://twitter.com/mjxone
4
2007/09/24 Pretoria
I tweet occassionally, but am no longer a twitter regular, following me may
http://guymclaren.com
get you some interesting tit bits. That is all
http://twitter.com/guymclaren
53
2009/06/23 Greenland
http://twitter.com/k_blazze
0
2010/05/28 Pretoria
The safety of all children - that’s our top priority for the Soccer World Cup.
http://safeplace.co.za/
If lost, all your child needs to find is a Mr Price store.
http://twitter.com/safe_place
We’ll keep you safe!
205
2009/06/16 Harare
Freelance writer. Wife. Mother of two. Work-life balance - I can haz it! There will be food tweets.
http://twitter.com/georginaguedes
1
2009/03/09 Pretoria
creative director, publisher, editor, reader of books, design and fashion lover,
http://www.louisemore.com
music listener, student of english. previously known
http://twitter.com/LouHildebrand
as louise gamble.
1
2010/03/31 Pretoria
Eyewitness News reporter and freelance arts reviewer ranting on anything from politics and popular culture to battling the http://twitter.com/AndyvanWyk
3 Cs: chocolate, carbs & cigarettes.
1
2009/06/22 Paris
http://www.espacemanager.com
http://twitter.com/espacemanager
0
2009/12/21 Greenland
Your favourite sports guy on @947Highveld and @Radio702. World Cups http://www.702.co.za
cannot come soon enough. A newly married fast talker.
http://twitter.com/marclewis2011
1
2008/07/21 Pretoria
I'm also called Cash Money. I bring the awesome.
http://twitter.com/jono1980
14
2009/07/04
http://saharatourtun.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/Bensaleeh
3
2008/09/03 Pretoria
The tallest ginger you'll meet, the sexiest ginger you'll touch and the smartest
http://sacricketblog.com
ginger you'll chat to.
http://twitter.com/shauncusters
5
2007/08/25 Pretoria
Take 1 part geek, pinch of Scottish accent,mix 2 cups of South African pride,chop
http://www.sadev.co.za
& add many intrests & finally cook til cyclist
http://twitter.com/rmaclean
tan appears.Serve with whiskey
18
2008/10/14 Pretoria
E-Marketer / Founder 6AM Media | Car Fanatic & IPhone Freak! living in the
http://www.brucester.com
SiliconCape & loving it!
http://twitter.com/brucecarlstein
0
2008/02/17 Pretoria
Writer, creative mind, female jack of all trades, major gadget and technology
http://www.modelbase.co.za/16795
junkie, rocker chick at heart. I aspire to one day
http://twitter.com/jexx
be an oracle.
120
2010/04/16 Greenland
Fashion| Wine| Hip-Hop| Sushi| Shoes| Nail polish| Lipstick| Southern Comfort|
http://berry-things.tumblr.com
Thick bitches| Skinny bitches| ME
http://twitter.com/Tay_Dlamini
2
2009/02/27 Pretoria
LiSle. Yellow. Different.Managing editor and official breast inspector for Lazygamer.net
http://www.lazygamer.net
http://twitter.com/wobblyonion
1
2008/11/22 Pretoria
the mother of all fashion parties !
http://www.cocktailfrusion.com
http://twitter.com/cocktailfrusion
9
2008/08/05 Pacific Time (US & Canada) PR guy for Porter Novelli and music nerd for NadaMucho.com. Husband. Daddy.
http://www.nadamucho.com/
http://twitter.com/ashmatty
87
2009/05/21 Pretoria
Rocket surgeon,C# developer, and general dude, with side interests in music,
http://rocketsurgery.co.za/
movies, books, food, and life in general.
http://twitter.com/bradykelly
Page 34 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1463
1464
1465
1466
1467
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472
1473
1474
1475
1476
1477
1478
1479
1480
1481
1482
1483
1484
1485
1486
1487
1488
1489
1490
1491
1492
1493
1494
1495
1496
1497
1498
1499
1500
1501
1502
1503
1504
1505
Twitter Name
quinton_o
rudolphmuller
Peet_van_Aardt
sa_poptart
mattyza
xhosafundis
degrumpysmurf
idigdesign
safreestuff
hubreality
barbach
barryirwin
davegreenway
w_ann
lonehydrangea
grumh
aaronmg
sethhulley
aubreykilian
pinkerjen
StevieGodson
thealexparker
boastboy
panmacmillansa
patrickconroysa
mahoota11
waldimar
Evergleamy
biztown_sa
minormatters
LindoXulu
tara_lawson
joepietersen
StartUpAfrica
andrewisiomah
kishyr
regardt
richsch
stefjkoekemoer
dbntraffic
jjcornish
labetenoir
mamasiwe
Followed Followers
605
597
6
595
715
593
191
593
254
592
77
591
355
588
571
585
59
582
632
579
563
577
746
577
272
575
536
575
1063
574
472
570
420
567
89
566
368
565
304
561
617
561
391
561
179
560
150
559
95
557
217
556
414
552
606
551
1983
549
403
547
386
546
413
544
41
543
264
541
519
540
582
540
315
537
513
537
1988
536
690
532
27
531
549
531
303
530
Tweets
1714
54
2467
2592
6068
409
1269
2845
88
333
286
4831
13367
54275
1072
4237
1119
1385
4573
4259
4142
2103
5348
1841
192
5954
381
2583
70
920
3222
6576
198
511
420
6445
915
4281
336
19
75
14304
17061
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
13
2009/06/03 Pretoria
Green Freak, Solar Energy Consultant for Tasol Solar Energy Solutions, General
http://quintongreenfreak.wordpress.com/
tree Hugger - Supa Positive Guy - Passionatehttp://twitter.com/quinton_o
about good healthy drinking water.
0
2009/08/24
Rudolph is the editor of MyBroadband, South Africa’s largest IT website http://mybroadband.co.za/news
http://twitter.com/rudolphmuller
3
2010/02/05 Greenland
Community Editor: News24.com Part-time lecturer: Stellenbosch University.
http://www.news24.com
No fan of winter.
http://twitter.com/Peet_van_Aardt
24
2010/09/25 Greenland
Writer, journalist, pop culture critic.
http://twitter.com/sa_poptart
7284
2008/02/15 Harare
Web developer, WordPress enthusiast, musician and blogger
http://matty.co.za/
http://twitter.com/mattyza
0
2009/08/07 Pretoria
Xhosa Fundis - Innovative Language Courses and Learning Materials
http://www.xhosafundis.co.za
http://twitter.com/xhosafundis
32
2007/07/27 Pretoria
Co-Founder at Vottle.com (Online Classifieds) and ISLabs.co.za, Voice Engineering
http://www.vottle.com
Manager at Internet Solutions, Technologist,
http://twitter.com/degrumpysmurf
Father of two, Chilli Addict.
33
2008/08/09 Pretoria
South African / Developer. Artist. Motion Graphics Designer. Creative Director.
http://www.andrewgill.co.za
SuperSport / M-Net.
http://twitter.com/idigdesign
1
2009/04/21 Pretoria
http://www.safreestuff.com
http://twitter.com/safreestuff
11
2008/02/14 West Central Africa
Welcome to Hubreality Twitter Channel. Glad to share effective strategieshttp://www.andrewisiomah.org
on the cutting edge of Technology, Internet Marketing,
http://twitter.com/hubreality
Life Issues, and Business News.
1
2008/10/22 Paris
some personal narratives
http://tbarbich.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/barbach
312
2009/07/15 Pretoria
Academic,Infosec Person,BSDphile & herder of graduate cats^W students
http://twitter.com/barryirwin
1
2009/04/18 Harare
Geek, Techie, Blogger, SarcasLc, Awesome. Currently answering all stupidity
http://thetechduel.wordpress.com/
with the number 7.
http://twitter.com/davegreenway
7
2009/05/10 Pretoria
Trying to keep it simple, living each day to the fullest, love travelling, taking
http://annmoments.blogspot.com
photos, my dogs and all things fun.
http://twitter.com/w_ann
0
2009/04/01 Casablanca
Science, photos, outdoors, conservation. I'm there.
http://www.vanessastephen.com
http://twitter.com/lonehydrangea
4
2008/11/13 Pretoria
Construction Professional (PrQS), Cricket Fan, Cyclist, DJ and Gadget Nutt
http://twitter.com/grumh
0
2009/04/16 Moscow
Reuters journalist in Ethiopia
http://af.reuters.com
http://twitter.com/aaronmg
2
2009/11/24 Greenland
Chantal, Livia, Georden. Use to surf for a living. Massive Bok & Sharks fan! Current occupation-Oakley Sports Marketing
http://twitter.com/sethhulley
9
2007/01/16 Pretoria
OperaLons Manager at Grapevine InteracLve (www.vine.co.za)Tech enthusiast,
http://www.dociletree.co.za/
soluLons architect, PHP and Wordpress developer.
http://twitter.com/aubreykilian
Dad to 3 awesome boys.
10
2009/01/08 Pretoria
Manchester girl living in Africa. Web company geek, musical theatre dork,http://pinkerjen.wordpress.com
blogging trollop, and all round advocate for pink.http://twitter.com/pinkerjen
Footlight fanny for @RocknRougeSA
0
2010/06/24 Pretoria
Founder of the annual Soggies (Stamp Out Gobbledygook awards), newspaper
http://www.wordnerds.co.za
columnist, journalist, book reviewer, word nerd
http://twitter.com/StevieGodson
3
2009/04/07 Harare
Dad, author of 50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa, journalist at Business Day. Cricket nut. Proper five-day cricket, if youhttp://twitter.com/thealexparker
please.
9
2008/06/12 Pretoria
Determined entrepreneur, part-time blogger, addicted to tech and web 2.0,
http://www.boastboy.com
oh, and a Mac Fanboy!
http://twitter.com/boastboy
0
2009/04/10 Pretoria
http://panmacmillan.book.co.za
http://twitter.com/panmacmillansa
3
2009/10/22 Pretoria
Group Head of eNews. TV news is my thing. Strategy, editorial, marketing, branding, operations and training.
http://twitter.com/patrickconroysa
96
2009/12/01 Pretoria
I'm not DJ Mahoota, Soccer fanatic, Hip Hop head, Sports freak, Co-host of
http://www.LNT.com
Late Night Tweets (LNT) with Bernard(@Soafo21)
http://twitter.com/mahoota11
and goes by the rap alias J Storm
9
2009/06/10
Editor of NewsNow (nn.co.za), SA's new weekly news aggregator. Lover of cities, thunder storms and whichever wine goes with
http://twitter.com/waldimar
the food.
0
2008/03/10 Pretoria
Writer, editor, photographer, drummer, chicken hypnotist.
http://kevinogrady.co.za
http://twitter.com/Evergleamy
0
2011/03/31 Harare
Biztown is where businesses and people meet. Get in touch and build your
http://www.biztown.co.za/
business or search for that supplier.
http://twitter.com/biztown_sa
9
2009/02/12 Greenland
Jackie May, features editor of The Times, needs to watch her step and eathttp://blogs.thetimes.co.za/minor
more sweets.
http://twitter.com/minormatters
54
2010/09/21 Greenland
@FinancialMail, Investigative Financial Journalist.
http://www.fm.co.za
http://twitter.com/LindoXulu
4
2009/01/12 Pretoria
I write erotic literature about midget cowboys,make glitter leggings for my
http://about.me/taralawson
hamster and take almost nothing seriously.
http://twitter.com/tara_lawson
1
2011/06/27
http://twitter.com/joepietersen
0
2008/05/04 Pretoria
Turning the Key of African tech & entrepreneurship. Making a difference,http://www.startupafrica.com/
one day at a time.
http://twitter.com/StartUpAfrica
5
2009/11/20 West Central Africa
Writer, Internet Entrepreneur who writes about the realities of Blogging, http://www.andrewisiomah.org
Internet marketing, Advertising and Youth empowerment
http://twitter.com/andrewisiomah
in Africa.
5254
2006/08/07 Pretoria
iOS & Web SuperCoder (I ♥ Ruby, Rails, Objective-C, Cocoa, jQuery); Sharks
http://kishyr.ramdi.al
and Liverpool FC supporter; Avid Mac OS X fan and
http://twitter.com/kishyr
proudly South African!
165
2009/01/27 Pretoria
I do PR, Communications, and Social Media for HTC and I'm a lazy photographer.
http://www.htcblog.co.za
http://twitter.com/regardt
440
2009/03/18 Pretoria
Non-blogging developer and outdoor sport nut with a desire to be at the http://www.flickr.com/photos/richsch
front of the line.
http://twitter.com/richsch
8
2010/04/17 Pretoria
South Africa, Do Not dream small Dreams. Time to Dream BIG again. If you
http://www.findworkforyou.com
are 1 of the Serious sms FIND to 34008 .
http://twitter.com/stefjkoekemoer
R2/ sms
0
2010/01/17 Pretoria
Traffic reports online for Durban. Please report traffic using #dbntraffichSp://www.dbntraffic.co.za
http://www.dbntraffic.co.za
http://twitter.com/dbntraffic
0
2009/07/26 Pretoria
Journalist / Speaker.
http://twitter.com/jjcornish
12
2008/04/14 Pretoria
I'm a Timecop. In my mind.hSp://agonybeSe.tumblr.com/
http://amandacooper.co.za
http://twitter.com/labetenoir
25
2009/11/12
I'm Siwe's mom who believes that : Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble. - Ralph Waldo
http://twitter.com/mamasiwe
Emerson Page 35 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1506
1507
1508
1509
1510
1511
1512
1513
1514
1515
1516
1517
1518
1519
1520
1521
1522
1523
1524
1525
1526
1527
1528
1529
1530
1531
1532
1533
1534
1535
1536
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542
1543
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
wicusblaauw
27
530
ojg007
1625
528
tedxcapetown
344
527
asteffens
1724
526
joneighgalaxy
1548
525
fakonig
1583
523
Ryk_van_Niekerk
639
522
bryony_w
876
520
imsmith
432
520
unusualdest
473
517
busisiwe_n
52
515
pengelana
294
515
bernarddeclerk
344
514
NizarGhribi
358
514
Tebbbie
274
514
greghurvitz
1999
511
Nickgrubb
325
511
nickyjamo
575
508
mthombothi
233
506
riaanbth
1078
505
ukintunisia
304
504
adele_kruger
355
502
robertoalfonso
463
501
mattgeri
304
498
alanhammond
599
497
crowhurstspa
2001
494
mdcore
702
492
simontzu
451
490
blablablog
899
489
eloiseboezak
1907
485
tarrynharbour
552
483
Dazzler_
107
480
riaanw
523
480
shaaadz
292
480
wikidknickers
243
473
jjza
1148
472
compl33t
495
471
rosiebrooks
397
468
wandahennig
277
468
wheatlands
790
468
ernieelspga
13
467
brandondee
337
466
looseimpediment
155
464
Tweets
19
407
298
1236
997
188
2155
1132
2218
313
647
10191
5210
2374
35236
2375
1348
1804
483
9104
425
1921
100
3441
426
396
2306
857
1841
472
10203
8785
2296
9602
2030
2977
4229
4142
2964
3329
11
2229
1858
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0
2010/06/28
http://twitter.com/wicusblaauw
38
2009/06/23 Pretoria
Looking at systems and processes, analyzing the way business are done.
http://twitter.com/ojg007
0
2011/01/20 Pretoria
TEDxCapeTown 2012 is in the early planning stages. Contact us if you want
http://www.tedxcapetown.org
to be involved. It's all about playing and life.
http://twitter.com/tedxcapetown
6
2009/04/20 Pretoria
I am happily married to a stunning woman, with two beautiful kids, that love God. I like socializing with others and meetinghttp://twitter.com/asteffens
interesting people.
19
2010/11/07 Pretoria
I Am Who I Am||YHWH Image||Chosen||Dream Weaver||No Limits Soldier||Observer||Giver||Lover||Free
http://www.facebook.com/joneighglobal.ljm
Spirit||Socialhttp://twitter.com/joneighgalaxy
Activist||Fine Artist||Centrist||Global Citizen
0
2008/02/23 Pretoria
Baby Boomers Natural Cure Survival Guide For Optimum Health...
http://www.libidoandhealth.com/blog
http://twitter.com/fakonig
4
2009/09/18 Rome
Editor of Moneyweb
http://www.moneyweb.co.za
http://twitter.com/Ryk_van_Niekerk
2
2008/11/06 Greenland
Lifestyle, Food, Health Editor for iafrica.com. Addicted to hedonisLc pleasures.
http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/
http://twitter.com/bryony_w
126
2008/07/15 Harare
Online Marketing Manager for The Unlimted, Winston the Pigeon and well thats it..
http://twitter.com/imsmith
3
2009/04/27 Pretoria
A dynamic tour operator with 12 countries to offer you. We have superb product
http://www.unusualdestinations.com
knowledge, fabulous website and we lovehttp://twitter.com/unusualdest
what we do!
0
2011/08/03
Love my Life(and all the ppl in it),Love God and I love Adele
http://twitter.com/busisiwe_n
43 39484.57545 Jakarta
http://langitmalam.tumblr.com/
http://langitmalam.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/pengelana
151 39546.31076 Pretoria
Online Marketing enthusiast/Designer & beer connoisseur. I love fresh airhttp://www.berncreative.com
and the sound of the ocean. I do my own stunts. http://twitter.com/bernarddeclerk
0 39832.45722 Paris
Computer Engineer, Geek, Gamer, Gourmet, Open Source Advocate, Big anime
http://nizar.posterous.com/
fan, And before all... Proud Tunisian !!
http://twitter.com/NizarGhribi
406 39939.48438 Pretoria
I Am Who I Am, U Dnt Hv To Like/Follow *ME* Ơ.€ ̮Ơ€
http://twitter.com/Tebbbie
1 40156.77931 Greenland
I rock the radiowaves every morning on 101.9 ChaiFM breakfast radio. Enjoy
http://www.gregsrealword.blgspot.com
having a lag,talking politics and more!!! join me
http://twitter.com/greghurvitz
0 39832.46828 Harare
Trying, in a mature way, not to be old.
http://twitter.com/Nickgrubb
0 39947.55375 Pretoria
Co-owner of Tribeca PR.Love: @spencerjamo; my baby girl; my fam & friends;
http://www.tribecapr.co.za
holidays, coffee and summer. Champers, cupcakes
http://twitter.com/nickyjamo
and people who make me laugh
51 39912.37054
http://twitter.com/mthombothi
13 39949.47409 Harare
I am a free thinker, beer drinker, trance and down tempo/ lo-fi music fan. Dad of 4. Husband of none!
http://twitter.com/riaanbth
1 40225.58398 Dhaka
Tweeting about the work of the British Embassy in Tunis.
http://ukintunisia.fco.gov.uk/en/
http://twitter.com/ukintunisia
2 40043.34623 Greenland
Lover of cats, magazines and sauvignon blanc. Hopeless cook. Work at @OgilvyCT
http://www.ogilvy.co.za
although feed is personal.
http://twitter.com/adele_kruger
0 39884.83625 Quito
hSp://www.my-linker.com/hop/twiSerGDI
http://twitter.com/robertoalfonso
0 39194.87846 Pretoria
Adventurous web and mobile developer. Chief geek at WordPress Geeks among
http://mattgeri.com
other things.
http://twitter.com/mattgeri
3 39524.38949 Pretoria
Owner of Portal Publishing, Dad to two daughters, husband to one wife http://www.skillsportal.co.za
http://twitter.com/alanhammond
0 40224.49436 Harare
We are a Health & Beauty Day spa.
http://www.crowhurstspa.com
http://twitter.com/crowhurstspa
52 39188.58706 Pretoria
Husband, Freelance WebDev, Drummer and amateur Christian philosopher.
http://pedantic.co.za
I make Let's Play's. I need dark, strong coffee, preferably
http://twitter.com/mdcore
now. Married to @etakstoes.
20 39366.37995 Pretoria
Entrepreneur, strategist, meditatior, lover, thinker. I'm interested in strategies
http://www.videoagent.net
of personal/collective evolution through mind/body/spirituality/relationship.
http://twitter.com/simontzu
0
39979.7489 Pretoria
The World We Live In & Life In General
http://www.blabla.co.za
http://twitter.com/blablablog
253 40067.66049 Harare
Head of Employee Engagement at FNB. Mother to my amazing Mia. Married to a sports journalist so media is ingrained in our
http://twitter.com/eloiseboezak
lives.
16 40103.28839 Pretoria
Reader, writer, thinker, dreamer, introvert. Love books, family, South Africa,
http://tarrynharbour.wordpress.com
clean energy, cats&cricket. Currently teaching http://twitter.com/tarrynharbour
English to kids in Korea.
13 39882.81461 Pretoria
Voice-over Artist, Model, Londoner at Heart, Pescatarian by choice, Long http://www.Darrenstruwig.com
term goal is to become a resident of the UK.
http://twitter.com/Dazzler_
0 39946.61593 London
Living in London, playing the media game, loving the online ride. Day job: production chief, Financial Times special reports. http://twitter.com/riaanw
13 39960.68659 Pretoria
You are now in the world I'm ruling• I'm the Boss of the WORLD!
http://twitter.com/shaaadz
0 39365.35368 Harare
rebel without a clue
http://wikidknickers.co.za/
http://twitter.com/wikidknickers
792 39597.78707 Pretoria
living, studying, working in Durban . . . great place to be
http://j-j.co.za
http://twitter.com/jjza
0 39897.01872 Pretoria
Knowledge and technology addict from South Africa. Product Manager & http://compl33t.com
Developer at GivenGain. Editor & Writer at ZADroid.com.
http://twitter.com/compl33t
Tinkerer. Nice guy.
1
39591.4533 Pretoria
Ultimate Lolcat fan (fluent in Lolcat). Brit living in Cape Town. Loves all animals
http://www.facebook.com/RosieGraceBrooks
and hates most people. Online Content Manager.
http://twitter.com/rosiebrooks
Can bend fingers wrong way.
27 39896.68369 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Communication, facilitation, social media solutions. USA-South Africa connect.
http://www.wandahennig.com
Leverage, Ubuntu, Sustainability, Transitions.
http://twitter.com/wandahennig
1 39898.33286 Pretoria
I am Lynne Smit (previously Wilson) an insatiably curious journalist with a passionate interest in science and technology andhttp://twitter.com/wheatlands
development
0 40621.91012
I'm grateful for all my achievements to date..!!! Golf is my life!!!
http://www.ernieels.com
http://twitter.com/ernieelspga
158 39798.85336 Pretoria
Apple Convert, iPhone Activist, Social Media Evangelist.
http://about.me/brandondienar
http://twitter.com/brandondee
0 39973.83466 Pretoria
Golf writer / United fan / Consumer Affairs vigilante / Caddyshack fanatichttp://golfdigest.co.za
/ Visited six continents / Hero: Eric Theodore Cartman.
http://twitter.com/looseimpediment
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565
1566
1567
1568
1569
1570
1571
1572
1573
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578
1579
1580
1581
1582
1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
1588
1589
1590
1591
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
richardcoote
346
462
bigdavesee
605
460
suhaifa
455
460
dreamfoundry
504
459
admoss
487
458
calasite
228
458
jonathanw
62
458
randomthoughtso
786
456
lukehardiman
460
454
angelsmind
180
453
olgijean
845
452
pearlsbowsNhoes
190
450
rylandfisher
756
450
james_e_s
72
449
AccuWxDurban
566
445
metrobenmore
583
445
kirstenhopwood
597
444
mxc4
407
444
lazytraveller
885
443
roxbradnick
415
443
moodyatlarge
514
440
lindseyyok
169
439
percyzvomuya
202
439
autotradersa
137
438
cobusvw
243
437
janetheard
379
437
JacquesS_Beeld
931
435
ALSITRADER
9
431
photocrest
1752
431
ingridsinclair
301
429
eleanormuller
813
428
cianm
406
427
michelledasilva
523
422
zimscoop
18
421
virtualafrica
228
419
keithcoats
247
417
jeansmyth
405
416
flaubscher
404
415
BruceRelates
307
414
fikilemuhles20
415
414
claire191
473
413
iMonsterHero
59
412
pheroza8084
352
412
Tweets
12816
2926
2315
4521
1947
10532
5075
28154
1566
17140
807
24784
148
198
1332
909
867
6064
1945
14217
1402
7232
3415
157
4506
544
1980
5623
487
3234
139
2540
806
8054
221
779
2012
560
4822
15371
15742
55
13004
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
48 39698.70572 Harare
Nerd, (ex)gamer, tree, giant, big feet, big hands. Nuff said.
http://www.richardcoote.co.za
http://twitter.com/richardcoote
49 39914.46716 Pretoria
What this South African sees (& hears ;-) I also manage & book entertainers
http://www.aboutentertainment.co.za
(incl. musicians, comedians, MC's, DJ’s), Speakers,
http://twitter.com/bigdavesee
AV Equip, Crew etc
3 39983.45013
Marketing Manager @ Realmdigital. Postgrad in religion & politics. Geek girl.
http://www.suhaifa.co.za
Loves social media & anything digital. In love with
http://twitter.com/suhaifa
my best friend @jacquesmillard
60 39471.74778 Pretoria
Stream of consciousness. You probably shouldn't take what you read herehttp://www.dreamfoundry.co.za
very seriously.
http://twitter.com/dreamfoundry
61 39183.51394 Pretoria
Yea, well my info goes here...
http://twitter.com/admoss
36
39951.8565 Pretoria
Wit, Intelligence & Passion! Specialist in Data & Converged Solutions for Vodacom.
http://mbamg.wordpress.com
Oenophile and #CARMag blogger #Aspergers
http://twitter.com/calasite
Syndrome #Atheist #Gay
4 39506.34763 Pretoria
I am the lead developer @amoebasys, I drink tea, take photographs, growhttp://www.cowandsheep.co.za
plants, draw sheep and develop with php, drupalhttp://twitter.com/jonathanw
and other stuff...
60 39242.52742 Harare
i started at the c-prompt. Writer/IT Manager/Mama/Lover/Yes, really, I am this short. http://twitter.com/randomthoughtso
4 39434.22314 Harare
Cubicle Escape Artist
http://newrelease.co.za/
http://twitter.com/lukehardiman
13 39900.81706 Pretoria
Wife, mom, baker, ADHD champion, wedding planner, blogger, and taSoed
http://www.angelsmind.co.za/
cat slave. http://twitter.com/angelsmind
2 39864.58831 Pretoria
Head of Social Media and PR @JMClassifieds.Comms poppie✎by day☼ and
http://za.linkedin.com/pub/olga-jean-queen/b/a00/828
film fanatic by night
http://twitter.com/olgijean
43 39968.15154 Quito
I'm Chanda, & I say all the shit you'll never have the balls to .#teamasshole
http://pandadroppings.tumblr.com
#teamPanda #freegates #teamprettybrowngirls http://twitter.com/pearlsbowsNhoes
#teamXULA
0 40029.35839 West Central Africa
I'm a journalist and author of the book, Race, among others.
http://www.thenewage.co.za/
http://twitter.com/rylandfisher
0 40674.53166 Harare
James Etherington-Smith works for MyBroadband and MyGaming as sub-editor
http://www.mygaming.co.za
and journalist. He holds a degree in Journalism
http://twitter.com/james_e_s
from the University of Johannesburg.
0 39616.50954 Quito
http://twitter.com/AccuWxDurban
0 40071.54932 Greenland
glamorous bistro, bar and ultra lounge
http://www.metrorestaurant.co.za
http://twitter.com/metrobenmore
0 39993.34413 Greenland
PR, MarkeLng, Brand PosiLoning & Event OrganisaLon. Interests: Wine, Food, Fashion, Shopping, Travelling
http://twitter.com/kirstenhopwood
0 39733.31829 Pretoria
Open source, Java, PHP developer, Linux solution and community builder http://www.jumpingbean.co.za/blogs/mark
works in Johannesburg but lives in Durban. Migrant
http://twitter.com/mxc4
labourer.
0 39945.70296 Greenland
I love to travel and see places and would like to guide people as a mate http://www.cheapgetawayafrica.com
http://twitter.com/lazytraveller
0
39775.7141 Pretoria
Cape Town based web copywriter on a quest for zen, fostering an avid appreciation
http://www.roxbradnick.com/
for cocktails, otters and oysters.
http://twitter.com/roxbradnick
193 39601.40363 Pretoria
Untethered lightning rod for trouble and calamity. Rocker. Roller. Drink-and-lose controller.
http://twitter.com/moodyatlarge
222 39723.95843 Eastern Time (US & Canada) peace, love, and football. and everything in between. 
http://twitter.com/lindseyyok
1 40009.31089 Greenland
Football fan, tree planter etc etc
http://twitter.com/percyzvomuya
0 40037.48439 Harare
Official Twitter Home of Auto Trader South Africa
http://www.autotrader.co.za
http://twitter.com/autotradersa
357 39572.51641 Harare
wannabee theologian, activist, blogger, pastor, teacher and what have you
http://mycontemplations.wordpress.com
more...
http://twitter.com/cobusvw
2 40080.56253
Cape Town journalist, currently assistant editor, head of news, at the Cape
http://janetheard.blogspot.com
Times. A 2009/10 Nieman Fellow. Tweeting in
http://twitter.com/janetheard
my private capacity
0 39945.50488 Pretoria
Senior Crime Reporter for Beeld in Johannesburg, South Africa's largest daily
http://www.beeld.com
Afrikaans newspaper. I love writing, photography,
http://twitter.com/JacquesS_Beeld
film, rugby and tons more...
0 39948.22855 Pretoria
Electronic Engineer, futures trader and property investor
http://alsi-trader.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/ALSITRADER
0 40443.26223 Pretoria
The photographic experts in Kwazulu Natal. Shop 7/8 Christians Village, Hillcrest.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoworldhillcrest/
Tel: 0317652493 photoworld.hillcrest@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/photocrest
follow us and we will follow u
12
39874.445 Pretoria
Writing right is a rite.
http://twitter.com/ingridsinclair
12
39862.6017 Pretoria
Enjoying a marketing journey.
http://www.redsweetpea.co.za
http://twitter.com/eleanormuller
0 39709.30168 Pretoria
Husband to Lisa. Father to Sean. Owned by 2 dogs & 2 cats. Proud to be Irish
http://cian.posterous.com/
and to call South Africa and Jo’burg home. Co-owner
http://twitter.com/cianm
of Tribeca Public Relations.
147 39718.62587 Pretoria
Freelance designer of print & web & link sharer by day. Creative Thinker, http://michelledasilva.co.za
Inventer Artist, illustrator, Photographer, Adventurer
http://twitter.com/michelledasilva
and Apple fan by night.
0 39897.09647 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Latest scoop on Zimbabwe news
http://www.zimscoop.com
http://twitter.com/zimscoop
3 39463.66888 Harare
Official Tweets from Virtual Africa in #SecondLife, by Uthango Social Investments
http://slafrica.wordpress.com
in South Africa. Join us on FaceBook http://ow.ly/V1ae
http://twitter.com/virtualafrica
0 39941.38321
Keith Coats is an internationally respected leadership expert, author, speaker
http://www.keithcoats.com
and facilitator. Co-founder of @tomorrowtodayza
http://twitter.com/keithcoats
5 40404.43248
Freelance sports journo. EWN Sport Anchor, 567 CapeTalk, 94.5Kfm, ex-BBC, Sunday Times, SA Sports Illustrated and others.http://twitter.com/jeansmyth
Views are my own.
150 39276.56515 Pretoria
Applying information technology to solve business problems.
http://bit.ly/flaubscher_li
http://twitter.com/flaubscher
8 40048.91909 Pretoria
Journalist, copy-editor & proofreader. Member - Professional Editors' Group and SAFREA Oversight Committee. Avid sharerhttp://twitter.com/BruceRelates
of breaking news and resources.
1 39958.40601 Greenland
Muhles'Loving sweet lady who wants to inspire people to greatness!Buccaanneer
http://www.muhles.com
from Conception!Studied at the University
http://twitter.com/fikilemuhles20
of Orlando Pirates! Live in Muhleville!
189 39984.83814 Greenland
Single mom of a boy, sales person, chocoholic and a lover of good coffee. LOVE my Black Berry. Love to laugh, passionate and
http://twitter.com/claire191
caring. Welcome to my world :)
51 40667.93973 Quito
♫♪♬ A Guy Who Love Music ♫♪♬ I Listen To Rap ,Rock, Pop Im Here To Support
http://twitter.com/#!/InvincibleEpic
Lady Gaga ,Justin Bieber ,Eminem & Lil Wayne.
http://twitter.com/iMonsterHero
57 40427.69083
Lover of the finer things in life! ♥
http://twitter.com/pheroza8084
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1592
1593
1594
1595
1596
1597
1598
1599
1600
1601
1602
1603
1604
1605
1606
1607
1608
1609
1610
1611
1612
1613
1614
1615
1616
1617
1618
1619
1620
1621
1622
1623
1624
1625
1626
1627
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
martincarstens
362
411
pddekock
13
411
cc_monkey
336
409
jobsinafrica
258
409
nicgroom
76
408
platform45
201
408
reneparker
410
408
labourguide
15
406
missmzam
374
406
kwirirayi
110
405
lucasgo
111
404
kamedan_
105
402
LeClos_Swim
17
402
lukevenediger
267
402
jozigirl
296
401
roy_davies
268
401
donaldjpaul
564
399
nealeforrest
545
399
marybruceza
492
395
myphotographer
90
393
karenlancaster1
388
392
quintinza
518
392
SamyChelly
679
392
tanyapampalone
115
388
flavid
486
387
pauldevilliers
578
387
robbiefleck
73
387
niceshape
1997
386
brettpringle
191
385
roballen101
349
385
njabuloc
513
384
Lesley_Stones
29
382
sugarrushdeals
1969
379
ThabisoSithole
82
378
joyniemack
899
376
Nixiekitty
380
376
dylanbrent
254
373
DuhItsMeKinni
306
371
plumberdurban
1039
371
glamourstarssa
1922
370
loopyoosthuizen
2
369
r0xii
456
366
Rymo91
207
365
Tweets
3411
26465
17098
2506
543
575
4346
140
15621
14369
6230
1865
35
5874
1931
549
2309
3964
4352
3240
527
3551
756
213
2456
758
0
68
2005
1212
3233
437
149
2448
3433
18843
2155
21235
3975
175
0
2260
8335
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
8 39536.67796 Pretoria
Hey.
http://www.martincarstens.com
http://twitter.com/martincarstens
0 40431.29412 Greenland
Programming in C#/C++/MQL4/PHP/SQL/etc...Doing development in financial,
http://pddekock.com
biometrics, email, payment, website, managing
http://twitter.com/pddekock
and programming in SQL and much more.
14 39903.61933 Pretoria
I can’t eat muffins in an agitated manner.The butter would probably get on
http://ccmonkey.wordpress.com/
my cuffs.One should always eat muffins quite calmly.It
http://twitter.com/cc_monkey
is the only way to eat them.
0 39896.59574 Cairo
Get the latest Jobs In Africa tweeted direct to you from Check4Jobs.com the
http://www.check4jobs.com/jobs-in-africa
job search engine.
http://twitter.com/jobsinafrica
2 40072.89369 Greenland
http://twitter.com/nicgroom
0 39628.07791 Pretoria
Web development company specializing in Ruby on Rails.
http://platform45.com
http://twitter.com/platform45
15
39745.4112 Pretoria
I love people and lately, quite like technology!
http://www.madamgeek.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/reneparker
1 40143.85883 Pretoria
The South African Labour Guide. Labour law news, documents, downloads,
http://www.labourguide.co.za
courses, letters & legislation.
http://twitter.com/labourguide
1 39953.35021 Cairo
I am because He is. God-fearing and lover of life. Marketing, events and travelling are my passion. LOVE is what i give endlessly!!!
http://twitter.com/missmzam
2 39917.80074 Harare
I don't mean to brag but I'm kind of a big deal
http://www.3-mob.com
http://twitter.com/kwirirayi
4 39736.66042 Pretoria
Design Director and {sometimes} single dad of two insanely cool small people.
http://www.last.fm/user/GoLucas
http://twitter.com/lucasgo
3 39887.51483 Paris
Web Design / Tech / Computer science / Fun..
http://www.facebook.com/medamara
http://twitter.com/kamedan_
0 40539.62248
World Champion,Commonwealth Champion,Youth Olympic Champion...
http://twitter.com/LeClos_Swim
77 39562.40528 Pretoria
I'm a programming language enthusiast, and get way too distracted with http://erlangforsceptics.com/
all the cool tech running around.
http://twitter.com/lukevenediger
1 39755.65897 Greenland
Recovering shopaholic, crazy about travel, wannabee Philanthropist - I am a gypsy at heart.
http://twitter.com/jozigirl
5 40410.51076 Pretoria
GM of the Vineyard Hotel and Spa. Passion for food and wine.
http://twitter.com/roy_davies
6
39917.378 Pretoria
Come hounds, and eat flesh
http://magiric.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/donaldjpaul
102
39168.5158 Pretoria
Systems developer and gadget freek
http://twitter.com/nealeforrest
189 40000.57757 Pretoria
Information broker by day, free spirit, keen interest in outdoors, building http://lilacandlime.wordpress.com/
conservation, animal rights, environment, human http://twitter.com/marybruceza
nature, most quirks of the universe
5 39532.30574 Greenland
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? - Sun Tzu http://twitter.com/myphotographer
0 40337.57884 Pretoria
Social Media MarkeLng made simple for small to medium businesses.SEOhttp://www.karenlancasterblog.co.za
web arLcles wriSen for your website or blog as regularly
http://twitter.com/karenlancaster1
as you need.
3 40266.30784 Pretoria
Sysadmin, Father and owner of the sageek blog http://g33q.co.za.
http://g33q.co.za
http://twitter.com/quintinza
0
39467.7426 Paris
DJ Producer From Tunisia
http://samychelly.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/SamyChelly
0 39981.23657 Harare
Features Editor, Mail & Guardian
http://www.mg.co.za
http://twitter.com/tanyapampalone
4 39870.61112 Amsterdam
Charismatic, life loving, Ninja admiring, Ambitiously flavorsome, S.O.B. #aircraft
http://www.journey2joy.co.za
#sales #insurance #Journey2Joy #Newborn http://twitter.com/flavid
16 39977.52962 Pretoria
Actuarial Science student at Stellenbosch University. Otherwise friends and
http://www.facebook.com/pauldevilliers
good music keep me busy.
http://twitter.com/pauldevilliers
0 40388.54993
http://twitter.com/robbiefleck
4 40293.78583 Pretoria
For you to get to a nice shape.
http://twitter.com/niceshape
277 39583.33764 Pretoria
Director of Search for @MediaVision, specialist Search Marketing company.
http://www.mediavisioninteractive.com
SEO addict, PPC fiddler & all round search geek.http://twitter.com/brettpringle
85 39910.35884 Harare
Likes good ideas, good actions and good uses of technology for community
http://roballen101.posterous.com
empowerment
http://twitter.com/roballen101
0 39995.58083 Pretoria
I'm just a squirrel tryin to get a nut!
http://www.facebook.com/itsnjabulo
http://twitter.com/njabuloc
1 39965.38596 Pretoria
Irrepressible traveller, eternal optimist, and a freelance travel & leisure journalist
http://twitter.com/Lesley_Stones
0
40681.7726 Harare
We are young, edgy and maintain a fresh outlook on what group buying should
http://www.sugar-rush.co.za
be; Exactly what YOU want http://twitter.com/sugarrushdeals
1 39935.51005 Pretoria
Brother, Son, Uncle, Sports Reporter, Presenter, MC, Mouthfull is what I am.
http://facebook.com/sitholet
http://twitter.com/ThabisoSithole
10 39877.44728 Greenland
Online Content Coordinator, digital designer and part-time model whisperer.
http://www.sportsillustrated.co.za
http://twitter.com/joyniemack
35 39841.35382 Greenland
Quirky, fun loving, life loving, hobbit sized, loves animals, xBox junki. Christian
http://nixiekitty.wordpress.com/
trying to walk Christ style Married to the amazing
http://twitter.com/Nixiekitty
@shaneaddinall
1 39541.28558 Pretoria
I'm a unique human being, just like everybody else.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanbrent
http://twitter.com/dylanbrent
17 40069.99258 Central Time (US & Canada) To be a raging bitch, you have to be clever, and to be clever you have to be smart♥. TwiSer husband @JashyyMontanaa
http://twitter.com/DuhItsMeKinni
4 40404.66538 Pretoria
I love Durban I bodyboard and listen to Queens of the Stone age. Walker Plumbing
http://www.walkerplumbers.co.za
& Electrical is my business. I'm a hamperhttp://twitter.com/plumberdurban
with extras !
0 40325.87694 Pretoria
The No.1 website for meeting your favourite Glamour Stars live!
http://www.glamourstarslive.co.za
http://twitter.com/glamourstarssa
0 40428.70148
http://twitter.com/loopyoosthuizen
5 39907.60894 Pretoria
I am just me =] Nothing more, nothing less. http://www.redbubble.com/people/r0xii
http://r0xii-rubenesque.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/r0xii
0 39952.48141 Paris
Life is a carousel
http://twitter.com/Rymo91
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1635
1636
1637
1638
1639
1640
1641
1642
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647
1648
1649
1650
1651
1652
1653
1654
1655
1656
1657
1658
1659
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676
1677
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
360Naija
1947
364
DJSpindoctor
182
363
kelvinjonck
191
363
intheconnectbox
321
361
RichEdge
585
360
Garsen
642
359
lanceha
129
357
lizaalbrecht
219
357
merajc
217
357
tshidi_lee
299
357
mozami
328
356
crayg
269
354
O_la
315
352
cainslie
205
351
pevideoguy
137
351
brendonambrose
555
350
bhengusiya
216
348
shortsoursweet
358
348
jsookha
1639
347
AnjaCarstens
414
346
NathanAdams1
208
346
darwinshome
415
344
zoopedup
144
344
S_P_S
303
343
wcednews
297
342
webmarketeur
372
342
bengreen_za
361
341
Hairdolly
912
337
jayx
201
337
kolisi1
56
337
Conceptualart
556
336
kevdudley
961
333
slottering
361
333
mrcellaneous
298
332
mariomorgan
95
331
Ondzz
290
329
Westville_BHS
182
329
mandimadeit
474
328
djs_meister
1062
327
freever
355
327
ed_jordan
126
325
ReganThaw
63
325
dave_meyer
139
323
Tweets
6473
245
742
304
1454
39417
996
198
3581
4778
2158
2207
2892
2345
1692
1766
4301
2721
15358
2029
3329
2737
75
571
290
736
1105
1623
2692
101
1501
48
2488
10327
3038
11243
156
4766
6998
684
170
133
2404
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1 40136.61723 Amsterdam
The Hotest Nigerian Forum! Covers Arts, Events, Entertainments, Information
http://www.360naija.com
Communication Technology and many more..http://twitter.com/360Naija
0 40186.65141 Greenland
Tech House, Funky House and Commercial House
http://www.greenstarmanagement.co.za
http://twitter.com/DJSpindoctor
0 39204.54128 Pretoria
Cell C Online Marketing Manager, Digital Strategist, Proud father to a gorgeous
http://www.cellc.co.za
piglet, Former amateur jogger.
http://twitter.com/kelvinjonck
0 40087.41933 Pretoria
http://www.intheconnectbox.co.za
http://twitter.com/intheconnectbox
6 39930.35361 Pretoria
Sensual, intellectual, self-employed and randy.
http://flavors.me/richedge
http://twitter.com/RichEdge
379 39332.40459 Pretoria
I am nobody. Nobody is perfect. Therefore, I am perfect!
http://tinyurl.com/d7qzhp
http://twitter.com/Garsen
0 39824.49817 Greenland
Freelance business, entertainment & technology writer. Writes things about
http://www.lanceharris.co.za
stuff.
http://twitter.com/lanceha
2 39853.82612 Pretoria
Head of digital platforms Media24 newspapers
http://www.news24.com/Rapport/Blogs/Home/0,7717,,00.html
http://twitter.com/lizaalbrecht
1 39561.95705 Pretoria
Editor-in-Chief @PhoneReport, supporter @Sporting_CP, opposer of Israeli
http://PhoneRPT.com
Apartheid in #Palestine
http://twitter.com/merajc
20 39940.39922 Greenland
EWN-Journalist-Look Alive
http://twitter.com/tshidi_lee
691 39289.38507 Pretoria
Dont follow me. Im lost too.
http://mozami.net
http://twitter.com/mozami
21 39603.62231 Pretoria
I like writing, SVG, Python, Nintendo DS, XBox, painting, pencil sketches, music, white rock cheese, scooters, girls, Drupal, Stephen
http://twitter.com/crayg
King, Taoism, virtual pets
3 40063.11156 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I'm extraordinary human in my extraordinary life. Cheers. :D
http://carolabasuki.tumblr.com
http://twitter.com/O_la
148 39588.47781 Harare
Official Twitter account of a nerd. This account has been verified by me ashttp://blog.ainslie.co.za
being authentic, so it must be.
http://twitter.com/cainslie
2 39077.89918 Pretoria
Father, Husband , Video Producer and Sometime Pilot
http://www.imagio.co.za
http://twitter.com/pevideoguy
15 39873.00604 Pretoria
Commerce & Law Student, Geek, Technology Editor of @TechHuman andhttp://www.techhuman.com
a connoisseur of fine breakfast cereals.
http://twitter.com/brendonambrose
2 40010.55953 Greenland
http://twitter.com/bhengusiya
58 39955.69153 Pretoria
Banker with an interest in women in business, environmental issues and innovation.
http://shortsoursweet.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/shortsoursweet
713 39920.51196 Greenland
creating an online presence in an ever changing technological era | photographer
http://jsookha.com
| web designer | programmer | lecturer http://twitter.com/jsookha
2 39706.39816 London
Journalist. Loves running, mountains, Namibia and beer.
http://www.nuus24.co.za
http://twitter.com/AnjaCarstens
1 39944.44875 Pretoria
I write. I radio. I laugh. I tweet.
http://nathanadams1.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/NathanAdams1
3 39161.18795 Pretoria
Business Intelligence Consultant, front-end engineer, lover, Boston Terrierhttp://darwinshome.za.net/blog
owner. A wannabe tech guru extraordinaire… I think.
http://twitter.com/darwinshome
0 40526.32443 Greenland
Zoopedup is an automotive social network that allows you to create an online
http://www.zoopedup.com
garage for your car and connect with other drivers.
http://twitter.com/zoopedup
Our sister network: @blueworld
5 39830.69698 Pretoria
writer | editor of the new age online | photojournalist |
http://twitter.com/S_P_S
0 40303.52127 Pretoria
Western Cape Education Department's Communication Directorate
http://wced.wcape.gov.za
http://twitter.com/wcednews
8 40507.11082 Paris
#Blogueur pro ☆ Rédacteur @Locita ☆ Podcasteur ☆ Chrétien ☆ Je tweete
http://www.hsia.fr
sur le #Marketing, #Blogging Professionel , #SEO
http://twitter.com/webmarketeur
...
10
40303.5283
Husband, father and SOLID #LFC supporter..‫يير‬
http://www.oh.fokkof
http://twitter.com/bengreen_za
8 39945.68502 London
Well what u c is what u get...I'm just tryin 2 b the best ME I can b....I vent about being single and men and how much my lifehttp://twitter.com/Hairdolly
sux....so be warned....
13 39183.40013 Pretoria
Natural Born Critic
http://designsignature.co.za/blog
http://twitter.com/jayx
1 40480.50522
Rugby Player
http://twitter.com/kolisi1
1
39961.8714 Greenland
Fulltime artist/writer/thinker/ideas creator/project creator.
http://www.southafricanartists.com/ShowArtist.asp?Code=SNYMA007
http://twitter.com/Conceptualart
0 39940.46351 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/kevdudley
1284 39608.51519 Pretoria
I'm just an ordinary human being striving for personal and social transformation
http://www.opensourcespirituality.org.za/
- a world where ALL people can thrive andhttp://twitter.com/slottering
live with dignity.
1299 40037.81465 Hawaii
Far be it for me to start making sense at this point.
http://twitter.com/mrcellaneous
41 39515.75247 Harare
I'm a super chilled dude! ... contract / freelance designer / Morgan Brothers
http://www.about.me/mariomorgan
Apparel
http://twitter.com/mariomorgan
62 40284.61609 Greenland
Young and Insane. We're all born mad, some remain so... *shrugs*
http://www.ladybutterphly.tumblr.com
http://twitter.com/Ondzz
0
39858.7447 Pretoria
Incepto Ne Desistam
http://www.wbhs.co.za
http://twitter.com/Westville_BHS
13 39769.52067 Pretoria
Married to @GrahaminAfrica, mommy to Mic and baby Mason. Love to draw,
http://www.mandimadeit.com
sew, bake and create. I make baby accessories
http://twitter.com/mandimadeit
which can be found at www.mandimoo.co.za
30
40014.3353 Greenland
Bookings: www.binc.co.za / email: yungsuz09@hotmail.com / FB: DJ S_Meister
http://facebook.com/sumeer.autar
http://twitter.com/djs_meister
3 39576.31765 Pretoria
CEO of Blue Leaf Games, a mobile gaming startup and developer of the awesome
http://www.blueleafgames.com
Moonbase game.
http://twitter.com/freever
7 40107.37874 Greenland
Musician / Producer / T.V. Presenter / Husband and Dad / Singer-Songwriter
http://www.edjordan.co.za
/ M.C. / Co-Creator of the Beautiful Creatures brand.
http://twitter.com/ed_jordan
1 40588.18569
Ewn Reporter based in Cape Town. If there's news, point me in the right direction
http://moddermond.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/ReganThaw
66 39577.29306 Pretoria
I'm totally into anything. Except meat. And Abba. Founding member of C*nt Rocket.
http://twitter.com/dave_meyer
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1678
1679
1680
1681
1682
1683
1684
1685
1686
1687
1688
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
1708
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718
1719
1720
Twitter Name
Followed Followers
hulyabalikci
210
323
futurebackwards
522
322
craigwilson
200
319
jkretzmer
366
318
ubuntuly
340
318
arkwife
315
317
candytothill
245
317
tonylank
89
317
AyobVania
301
316
BrettGrant
409
316
RuariPlint
88
316
paddycarmody
1001
315
AnrietteC
316
312
lesleyjcox
394
312
robinpietersen
372
311
RyanBrunyee
272
311
aaronmoloisi
30
310
khotsos
176
310
ThisLifeJhb
309
310
mcdoni1
924
307
tunlish
488
306
reegz786
311
305
roymck
546
305
thecheesemonth
281
304
stustake
244
301
bobbygodsell
28
297
katiepossum
449
297
bollacon_9
28
296
rozze2
431
296
MBAC_SA
276
295
aboura195
1091
291
ArjaSalafranca
589
291
aaronmcilroy
92
290
JDean78
341
290
maxgeb
164
290
omart
696
290
agentvladimir
226
289
n1c
106
287
dwellts
249
285
flickris
256
285
pkruger1
351
285
nizarus
69
280
libyaninvest
19
278
Tweets
4219
1219
2058
940
183
4166
574
335
3570
123
1649
1260
15997
223
795
1579
326
14930
1318
2416
2438
4283
1699
299
703
133
1089
159
1743
59
186
950
172
11849
866
4321
941
2458
17202
6712
691
1342
275
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
38
40016.5767 Pretoria
Ballerina, analyst, feminist, ♥s Snoopy, lacy dresses, Lindt, languages, recycling, pretty pastries, Paris, pescetarianism, vintage
http://twitter.com/hulyabalikci
& Gerard Butler.
7 39777.24976 Pretoria
I'm an occasional 'tweeter' of things related to Tech, Film & whatever grabs
http://www.likeneedwant.com
my interest. I also have BMD.
http://twitter.com/futurebackwards
3 39899.57553 Pretoria
Insert witty, wry and, preferably, flippantly self-deprecating comment here.
http://cwil.me/4b0ut
http://twitter.com/craigwilson
0 39491.50756 Pretoria
Unassuming, genuine, analytical, completely obsessive, geek
http://twitter.com/jkretzmer
4 40061.96186 Cairo
http://ubuntu.ly/about
http://ubuntu.ly
http://twitter.com/ubuntuly
18 39605.29701 Pretoria
When I die, my headstone will read: Here lies a loyal friend. That's all youhttp://arkwife.wordpress.com
need to know.
http://twitter.com/arkwife
0
39354.8723 Pretoria
consulting and advisory (3bl, bbbee, sustainability, cr) | planning | implementing
http://www.candytothill.co.za
| writing | reporting | thinking | caring | learning
http://twitter.com/candytothill
| living
1 39890.07675 Pretoria
http://www.tonylankester.com
http://twitter.com/tonylank
29 39888.33419 Pretoria
afRican, wRiter, Reader, Researcher, poet, puppet master, husband, human,
http://ayobvania.yolasites.com
heartfelt, faRther-to-be, gRacious, gRateful, godlike
http://twitter.com/AyobVania
1 39101.38979 Pretoria
Jack of all trades, Master of some..
http://twitter.com/BrettGrant
2 39874.92447 Pretoria
Its all about energy
http://ruariplint.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
http://twitter.com/RuariPlint
4 39917.51898 Greenland
Fascinated about user experience: online and off. Will work for food at the
http://consumped.wordpress.com
intersection of local, social and mobile.
http://twitter.com/paddycarmody
170 40047.85132 Pretoria
Web designer that enjoys creating XHTML Strict websites with PHP, and mainly
http://twitter.com/AnrietteC
jQuery. Fiat X1/9 fanatic. Labrador adorer. Warning:
http://twitter.com/AnrietteC
Twihard beyond repair.
0 39996.56936 Greenland
Freelance writer and tourguide
http://www.lesleycox.co.za
http://twitter.com/lesleyjcox
3 39526.43032 Pretoria
Designer, developer and illustrator working in Johannesburg South Africa.http://www.robinpietersen.com/
http://twitter.com/robinpietersen
0 40538.58811 Pretoria
A Manager @TuksFM1072.. All for good friends, great music and easy living...
http://www.facebook.com/ryan.brunyee
http://twitter.com/RyanBrunyee
0 40192.47654
TV presenter, producer,5 languages Voice Over artist, owner of Moloisi Media House, former Special Assignment anchor http://twitter.com/aaronmoloisi
0 39923.45108 Greenland
Caramel ............
http://twitter.com/khotsos
1 39870.37749 Greenland
A podcast on life in Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.sabcnews.com
http://twitter.com/ThisLifeJhb
5 39826.34666 Pretoria
Obsessed Runner. Love Nike, Oakley, Apple and any gadgets. Big Lance Armstrong fan. Glasgow Celtic and Manchester United
http://twitter.com/mcdoni1
are my teams (in that order)
31 39689.30426 Paris
I repost quotes from Twitter as well as from my quote page on Facebook.http://bit.ly/Au92X
If you love reading great quotes, especially abouthttp://twitter.com/tunlish
love, maybe you'd enjoy following me.
146 39940.72036 Pretoria
Java developer with delusions of Flex.. Living the developers dream
http://www.reegz.co.za
http://twitter.com/reegz786
3 39778.83045 Pretoria
News junkie, lapsed vegetarian now addicted to wasabi peanuts
http://twitter.com/roymck
8 39997.49907 Greenland
All kids deserve a taste of cheese. The Cheese Month is a charity drive which occurs annually. We collect cheese donations and
http://twitter.com/thecheesemonth
feed kids from poor backgrounds.
11 39896.36231 Pretoria
Former Commander in Chief of Stu's take on.... But then I stopped blogging. So now I don't really have anything to write here.
http://twitter.com/stustake
10 40382.77737
Trying to be active citizen and co builder of a great South Africa
http://twitter.com/bobbygodsell
0 39524.33789 Pretoria
journalist, editor, amateur photographer, water baby, laatlammetjie, animal lover, gadget nut
http://twitter.com/katiepossum
1 40693.84605
http://twitter.com/bollacon_9
199 39497.72697 Pretoria
eCommunications Specialist || Bunny hopping through life.
http://www.bunny.web.za
http://twitter.com/rozze2
0 39861.57922 Pretoria
Music Business Academy is South Africa's first music business school offering
http://www.mbac.co.za
courses and workshops across a spectrum of disciplines
http://twitter.com/MBAC_SA
within the music industry
4 39992.18394 Greenland
Don't ever say that you're not good enough because if he can't see how amazing you are, then he's the one who's not goodhttp://twitter.com/aboura195
enough.
3 40013.78866 Greenland
Author of The Thin Line, a collection of short stories, a poet, travel writer,http://arjasalafranca.blogspot.com
reviewer, essayist, editor of Life supplement in The
http://twitter.com/ArjaSalafranca
Sunday Independent
0
40235.6676
Actor, comedian, pole dancer
http://aaronmcilroy.co.za
http://twitter.com/aaronmcilroy
123 39535.34862 Pretoria
my ruse of being a functional adult seems to be working
http://umstheword.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/JDean78
1 39921.50968 Harare
Deputy editor of the Financial Mail. Love my mountain bike. Wish I was fly fishing. My wife and daughter rule my world. Loving
http://twitter.com/maxgeb
everyday.
3 39562.82685 Paris
I am a freelance graphic designer. Got a question? Follow me and drop the
http://on82.tumblr.com/
rest !!! :P
http://twitter.com/omart
5 39573.49154 Pretoria
Mad scientist, engineer, adrenaline junkie, internet addict, music lover, raw
http://www.mycee.com
vegan, Gnostic, Neophyte in training, Gentoo user
http://twitter.com/agentvladimir
& owner of MyCee Technologies
117 39442.85012 Pretoria
while(true){ enjoy($this->life); }
http://geekissues.co.za
http://twitter.com/n1c
106 40024.52118 Pretoria
Alive! End stage kidney failure since tall time ago. Sometimes struggle but have to make it! APD ( Dialysis) friend, Dwell, doing
http://twitter.com/dwellts
the kidney job!
0 40442.50414 Pretoria
Photography, wine, books, F1, NASCAR
http://chrisbloom.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/flickris
8593 39906.67571 Greenland
http://twitter.com/pkruger1
3
40073.0174 Paris
Follow me on ident.ca ;) http://identi.ca/nizarus/
http://blog.nizarus.org/
http://twitter.com/nizarus
0 40010.90722 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Proving current news & information on Libyan market. Membership at thehttp://www.libyaninvestment.com
site provides more indepth analysis & details intohttp://twitter.com/libyaninvest
business opportunities in Libya
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
meggwilson
288
277 2154
ace00711
1050
276
662
Yolizama
372
276 2568
Niemandt
46
275
120
syll_ble
134
274 21367
AMNIF
396
270
813
drychilli
160
270
483
ComradeFatsooo
44
269
489
paul_furber
173
269 1486
carelj
115
268 2484
Knife_man
337
268
457
khammami
894
267
787
mammaluciana
34
267
59
isacaza
144
266
513
arnefromsa
306
263 2579
dudu_d
465
261 7760
terrance_b
108
261 7883
dark8lord
592
260 2490
Shaunkrog
504
260 5031
traaidmark
143
260 5211
pedallikecrazy
308
259
25
JudyDitchfield
170
258
483
grahamp47
708
256
692
blifeconnect
388
254
581
mydomar
356
254 9476
saltwag
168
254
364
morne2u
1587
253 1082
ey_africa
23
252
55
sarahemilywild
147
252
362
Hedi_Regaya
112
251 1424
kevinkriedemann
727
251
151
robbyrob2
359
249 2744
charmskil
216
248 22353
frost_01
523
248 5782
conradstrydom
258
247 1097
derrickspies
248
247 2726
izimvo
82
247
435
shelleyelk
174
247 4170
_menahem_
471
246
625
ayemfayn
107
246 1053
flywombat
628
245 1485
vernonharvey
562
245 1829
Social_Angel
594
244 3134
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
5
39546.3187 Pretoria
I am a dancer from South Africa. It's my life! Well...that and shoes...lol http://iaremegg.com
http://twitter.com/meggwilson
1 40078.47644 Greenland
http://twitter.com/ace00711
1 40046.02654 Eastern Time (US & Canada) African gal, founder of AfriPOP!, ESSENCE.com senior editor, wife, mama,http://www.afripopmag.com
blogger, shoe-stan, pop culture fiend
http://twitter.com/Yolizama
0 39751.86087 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/Niemandt
234 39583.55787 Pretoria
Blogger, writer, daydreamer, frugal shopaholic, obsessive worrier. Avatarhttp://www.thesinglesyllable.co.za
by http://www.dolldivine.com/pinup.html Have adopted
http://twitter.com/syll_ble
words: squiriferous, redamancy
0 39837.01388 Hawaii
http://www.kalbsouk.over-blog.com
http://twitter.com/AMNIF
7 39569.55851 Pretoria
The guy standing behind Yuppiechef.co.za pulling a ninja move.
http://www.yuppiechef.co.za
http://twitter.com/drychilli
0 40091.62397 Harare
Comrade Fatso is one of the most explosive spoken word artists in Africa http://www.comradefatso.com
today. Backed by his awesome band Chabvondokahttp://twitter.com/ComradeFatsooo
he has toured globally.
2 40008.37613 Pretoria
Bipolar INTP motorbiking geek journo
http://twitter.com/paul_furber
16 39790.28668 Pretoria
A fisher of men and of fish. A breaker of computers and holy cows.
http://www.weird.co.za
http://twitter.com/carelj
1 39863.36193 Paris
Concept Artist & 3D modeler
http://nadhir-zaiem.webs.com/
http://twitter.com/Knife_man
1 39672.71711 Paris
Tunisian #Engineer, Pro #Blogger, Love making hacks and Webaholic. #ENIS
http://khammami.blogspot.com/
#Tunisia
http://twitter.com/khammami
0 40626.41057
A Marco Conte Italian Restaurant in Durban North, Glenmore center withhttp://www.mammalucianas.com
great sea views and even better food and vibe! http://twitter.com/mammaluciana
5 40395.25287 Harare
Isaca South Africa chapter.
http://www.isaca.org.za
http://twitter.com/isacaza
26 39765.80564 Pretoria
http://blog.justpulse.com
http://twitter.com/arnefromsa
14 39883.91867 Athens
Following my yellow brick rd . . . N whipsin niggs at MK vs DC Universe while
http://www.dududee.wordpress.com
I'm at it. . . :)
http://twitter.com/dudu_d
0 39757.69906 Pretoria
A guy who likes words.
http://twitter.com/terrance_b
153
40081.4434 Athens
I'm unusual, not so typical way too smart to be waiting around... I might even
http://facebook.com/teamsbuja
be a rockstar, if you only knew the real me... http://twitter.com/dark8lord
5 39871.50936 Pretoria
Gooner - Spuds beware. Horrors. Black Metal though I love Depeche Mode (work that one out). Interested in Psychology and
http://twitter.com/Shaunkrog
Philosophical by nature.
9 39219.60112 Pretoria
Web Design, Social Media Fan, Artist & occasional Clever Guy
http://about.me/traaidmark
http://twitter.com/traaidmark
0 39864.86269 Pretoria
Cyclist, photographer, internet addict
http://twitter.com/pedallikecrazy
3 39894.42535 Pretoria
Mom, Actress, Writer, business role player, fun loving South African who wants to go to Macchu Picchu, and walk the El Camino......it's
http://twitter.com/JudyDitchfield
all about living in joy
3 40030.65027 Pretoria
Always up for a beer, maybe 2.
http://twitter.com/grahamp47
2
40072.524 West Central Africa
To inform readers and to ignite and nourish their interest in all aspects ofhttp://www.businesslife.co.za
business from this continent and abroad.
http://twitter.com/blifeconnect
18 39690.64823 Harare
http://twitter.com/mydomar
1 39819.51436 Greenland
New Media Editor at Grocott's Mail, South Africa's oldest independent newspaper
http://www.grocotts.co.za
http://twitter.com/saltwag
2 39965.61127 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/morne2u
0 40730.72503 West Central Africa
Doing Business in Africa? Ernst & Young Africa helps companies navigate the
http://www.ey.com/za
opportunities and challenges of doing businesshttp://twitter.com/ey_africa
across the continent.
0 39891.84795 Pretoria
Science and Tech Correspondent, Business Day Wanted to be an astronauthttp://blogs.businessday.co.za/sarah/
but found out it involved living in a Lncan for months.
http://twitter.com/sarahemilywild
So she writes about it instead
78 39345.21207 Paris
Auditor, IFRS enthusiast, IBM Lotus user, passion to Excel, Overactive Brain,
http://www.hediregaya.com
Mac addict. Music lover. Sometimes painter and
http://twitter.com/Hedi_Regaya
some others writer. Pizzaholic.
3 40296.76387
Writing, publicity & online reputation management, specialising in the creative
http://kevinlikes.com
industries. African correspondent for Variety.
http://twitter.com/kevinkriedemann
35
39907.9637 Eastern Time (US & Canada) #teamXbox360 | #teamAndroid | #teambear |#teamjersey | #teamnewyork
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1218819257&ref=profile
| Aim: nyack007
http://twitter.com/robbyrob2
43 40600.66127
I am a mother of two sons..home exec at the moment.:D
http://twitter.com/charmskil
19 39777.70676 Pretoria
Sports fan, wanna be photographer and lover of all things weird and wonderful.
http://www.FrostFoto.co.za
http://twitter.com/frost_01
0 39119.29495 Pretoria
A little bit of tech, a little bit of chaos.
http://www.conradstrydom.com
http://twitter.com/conradstrydom
5 39696.68146 Pretoria
Taking on the world of business as a media consultant, ensuring your company
http://www.derrickspies.co.za
gets the maximum exposure at the most affordable
http://twitter.com/derrickspies
price...
9 40088.39859 Pretoria
The official twitter account for the Izimvo blog - the voice of every South African.
http://www.izimvo.com
http://twitter.com/izimvo
919 39946.54911 Pretoria
Journalist, photographer, arLst. 10th dan tweet deleter. Ha! http://www.shelleyelk.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/shelleyelk
4 39689.59531 Pretoria
Curious gazer, cynical bastard and caustically opinionated git; founder of twitter.com/_menahem_
http://twitter.com/_menahem_
144 40045.69807 Istanbul
sebeb-i hikmetimi bilmiyorum.
http://ayemfayn.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/ayemfayn
10 39984.68019 Pretoria
Mad Computer Scientist and ICT megalomaniac. But only on alternate weekdays. Passionate motorcycle maniac. Wombat and
http://twitter.com/flywombat
aviation protagonist.
41 40047.42613 Pretoria
Underwater Photographer with a Day Job to pay for the FeLshes-Raw Food Fan, Gadget Collector, Canon product punter...Cape
http://twitter.com/vernonharvey
Town wannabe ...
75 40203.39265 Greenland
The lil things make me laugh.It's hard 2 please me.I'ma free-spirit & laughaholic.Im jus a gal&that's al i wana be.I'm 'SOCIALhttp://twitter.com/Social_Angel
ANGEL' and GOD is alles!!!
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1764
1765
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
Twitter Name
ewanm
staceysuperr
CiciRussell
gustav_bertram
edenweiss_
miriamjorna
propertysoftwar
deanlp
marktheunissen
sandy_goldberg
jboriginal
louisabouwer
ratmo
702tshego
dimity_wendy
princesspeachsa
chrismeistre
dylanmarkburke
incautius
teeibzy
Geespotdj
twiglets1
jarrod_m
jgpage
paulvecchiatto1
hermlategan
alettagardner
anthonyvanbeek
lynetteanthony
kevintrethewey
schang31
aukekini
kpayoba
markcliff
richmclennan
bronwenleak
iphoneza
zakdoc89
Operateur
dallacejolly
game
rontuffin
techross
Followed Followers Tweets
226
243 4263
383
242 7989
1069
241
56
191
241
980
228
240 3591
271
238 3800
269
238
180
515
237 1921
161
237
911
237
237
764
185
236 1733
158
236 4175
370
235 1977
14
234
5
438
234
359
149
234
404
199
231 1224
274
231
138
198
231 4399
185
231 13297
53
230
497
260
229 1119
296
227 3994
276
227
551
209
227
980
166
226 2362
328
224 1749
209
221
598
270
220 2670
284
219
736
44
219
865
583
218 3188
27
218
19
342
216 2392
137
215 2104
164
213 2832
18
213
368
1104
212
724
171
211 2391
437
210
423
169
210
193
117
210 2316
94
210 2987
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
19 39522.35488 Pretoria
http://about.me/ewan
http://twitter.com/ewanm
10
40250.4111 Pretoria
Wife mom career woman all wrapped up in one little bundle
http://twitter.com/staceysuperr
1 40120.37788
Night Editor, The Star
http://twitter.com/CiciRussell
113 39666.52361 Pretoria
A software hacking, DRM hating, copyfighting, science fiction reading, anime
http://gustavbertram.com/
watching, Linux using, economics obsessed, computer
http://twitter.com/gustav_bertram
scientist in training.
30 39912.02647 Pretoria
I met a girl once. She said she liked me
http://talkingsinging.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/edenweiss_
11 40239.59361 Pretoria
print & pixels: journalism and IT. and kniƒng and running and cultural observaLons and whatnot.this is my official -public- account,
http://twitter.com/miriamjorna
hence the full name.
0 39973.44264 Pretoria
To help you to convert to a Property Management System that works! http://www.thepropertymanagementsoftware.com
http://twitter.com/propertysoftwar
37 40206.44755 Pretoria
Yep, that's right. This is me.
http://deanlepere.wordpress.com/me/
http://twitter.com/deanlp
11 39508.37322 London
Software Developer.
http://codebaboon.com
http://twitter.com/marktheunissen
43 39769.82564 Greenland
Diet and Lifestyle Consultant l Motivational Speaker l Facilitator l Blogger.http://sandygoldberg.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/sandy_goldberg
0 39791.32623 Harare
Freelance journalist, editor & photographer, lover of Jozi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jboriginal
http://twitter.com/jboriginal
6 39827.47927 Pretoria
Mostly harmless...
http://louisa123.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/louisabouwer
21 39298.31481 Pretoria
Geek and IT Dude
http://twitter.com/ratmo
0 40759.54726
Helping you with the journey home on Talk Radio 702. Khosi for Life!
http://twitter.com/702tshego
3 40013.64789 Pretoria
Fashion designer searching for sustainability. Creative design lecturer & milliner
http://www.ecobride.co.za
http://twitter.com/dimity_wendy
1 40190.30241 Harare
The official Nintendo page of South Africa. Catch the latest on Nintendo, right
http://www.nintendo.co.za
here! Game releases, updates, PR news, blogs,
http://twitter.com/princesspeachsa
events, launches, pics and more!
0 39772.39641 Pretoria
There is no charge for awesomeness
http://www.chrismeistre.co.za/
http://twitter.com/chrismeistre
1 39995.53838 Cairo
Me, myself and I...
http://www.propell.co.za/
http://twitter.com/dylanmarkburke
121 40598.47413 Pretoria
Avid reader, sports fan and occasional carouser. Committed atheist; scourge
http://brianbakker.wordpress.com/
of ecomentalists; slayer of sacred cows. Oh yes,
http://twitter.com/incautius
and I play with words for a living.
317 40044.52272 Pretoria
A regular guy from a regular neighborhood with not so regular Tweets!
http://twitter.com/teeibzy
0 39869.66284 Pretoria
PE's Premier HipHop Dj's wealth of hiphop music knowledge, natural DJ flair
http://www.djgspot.co.za
& fluent mixing has kept the parties going & crowds
http://twitter.com/Geespotdj
entertained all over SA & beyond
2 39898.35431 Istanbul
On a mission to rid the world of polar fleece
http://twitter.com/twiglets1
19 39931.41522 Pretoria
Fan of photography, coffee, Star Wars and 70's rock music.
http://jarrodmouton.carbonmade.com
http://twitter.com/jarrod_m
0 39850.26152 Pretoria
True GEEK, Entrepreneur, MD of TheClassifieds, Captain at Snaply.Com and
http://www.snaply.com
Lover of TheOne
http://twitter.com/jgpage
4
39909.8688 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/paulvecchiatto1
0 40530.57115
Freelance writer/journalist; previously with House and Leisure, Style, Fine Music Radio and e.tv.
http://twitter.com/hermlategan
0 40100.50811 Pretoria
Ex-expat, writer, reader, eater, rugby fan. Gone from radio journo for the BBC to the online world in a newsroom in SA.
http://twitter.com/alettagardner
2 39578.96102 Pretoria
Graphic freak, loves gaming. Every now and then creates a pretty picture.http://www.blahblahblah.co.za
:)
http://twitter.com/anthonyvanbeek
5 39864.02775 Pretoria
Gadget girl, who lives & breathes the mobile and digital space. Tweets about
http://mystechblog.com/
anything digital, music, Cape Town, Spas and trying
http://twitter.com/lynetteanthony
to do the working mum thing :)
26 39392.42817 Pretoria
Reason > Faith,StarLng > CompeLng,CreaLng > Consuming,Achieving != BeaLng
http://www.drivensoftware.com
others
http://twitter.com/kevintrethewey
35 39882.77049 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I am writing these things to get them out of my head and to tell myself what's up.
http://twitter.com/schang31
23 40276.78899 Greenland
I'm the party bear..I'm a twitterholic..I love 3 things in life..my iPod, musichttp://www.facebook.com/auke2
and my lady ..tweet me..ill tweet back..booya.. http://twitter.com/aukekini
1 40742.64376 Pretoria
MD of MTN SA, dynamic, innovative, visionary and goes where angels fearhttp://www.mtn.co.za
to tread.
http://twitter.com/kpayoba
137 39786.49941 Pretoria
Work Hard, Play Hard, Stay Humble
http://twitter.com/markcliff
0 39912.80245 Greenland
Interweb Champion | Extreme Sport Junkie | Family Guy | Proudly South African
http://twitter.com/richmclennan
4 39881.74316 Pretoria
Editor and avid coffee drinker. Enjoying the challenge of trying to be an individual in a world of 6.7 billion.
http://twitter.com/bronwenleak
0 40618.38013 Pretoria
For the SA Apple Ethusiast! | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and more| News, Tutorials,
http://iphoneza.co.za
Reviews, Forums
http://twitter.com/iphoneza
45 39879.78297 Harare
Geek (computer nerd), useless gamer... confused University Student......
http://twitter.com/zakdoc89
5 40220.56338 Paris
Unlike majority of the Tunisians, I'm neither Blogger, nor Geek, nor acLvist :)) I'm simply FREE TUNISIAN.A
mateur Photographer/
http://twitter.com/Operateur
Freelance Graphic Designer.
15
39834.3264 Pretoria
Editor of MarketingWeb & Editor of CitiGaming, freelance writer, wannabe
http://www.marketingweb.co.za
chef, champagne lover, single mom to 2 Princes!http://twitter.com/dallacejolly
0 40724.75758
We implement social business strategies for Fortune 500 companies. We also build communities online and drive brand loyalty.
http://twitter.com/game
No, you don't know us...
2 39555.27597 Pretoria
Still deciding.
http://justplainron.com
http://twitter.com/rontuffin
21 39630.73425 Pretoria
A total Tech junky and Lifehacker...
http://www.tsx.co.za
http://twitter.com/techross
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
Twitter Name
JovialRantao
gamereserve
LilyGambade
wcedlearn
dotb
Vuyisile_Sisulu
ermsitgirl
kiteboarding
swerve_za
brandmonday
catwomanza
Falfool4
keloh
rhynw
eastcoastjac
Duggie7
MoegsienW
NicolaMawson
traffickzn
TWITNUT7
ULoner
htfp1149
lindsayanngrubb
jeannemichel
brookiemacness
seanbacher
thewomble_za
Andreotto
antithetical
hotballito
HeinzEugene
michaelrobert
AngeliqueSerrao
lawsonnaicker
berdineleroux
clarencesdb
MelBendix
terrence2009
ayassinov
lancerza
BabsShota
thephotofirm
Kimberly_Guest
Followed Followers Tweets
256
209
47
40
207
229
453
207 1226
142
207
251
268
206
380
205
206 4987
129
205 3046
0
205
0
93
205
97
137
202
383
414
201
853
481
201 6061
221
201 4101
198
200
216
504
198 1742
302
197 1294
12
197
27
170
196 1311
4
196
44
360
195
75
400
195 2694
1476
194
47
103
192 1466
590
191
878
47
189
44
117
189
506
68
189
711
162
188
1
230
188 3711
525
188
69
171
187 1474
159
187 2084
171
186
438
710
186 2307
188
185 3363
396
185 7539
77
185
427
243
185
199
269
183 1945
128
183
867
107
182
330
927
182
16
1182
181
79
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
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Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
2 40051.84627 Greenland
Deputy Editor of The Star
http://wwwthestar.co.za
http://twitter.com/JovialRantao
0 40010.59856 Greenland
http://www.gamereserve.com
http://twitter.com/gamereserve
0 39998.63626 Greenland
Independent Journalist/ Producer at Africa Report/ French & Capetonian http://www.thecuriousworldoflilywhite.wordpress.com
or vice-versa/ http://www.thecuriousworldoflilywhite.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/LilyGambade
0 39883.82125 Pretoria
Western Cape Education Department: runs parallel to our @WCEDnews steam;
http://wced.wcape.gov.za
here - as the name suggests - we look broadly
http://twitter.com/wcedlearn
at issues surrounding learning.
1 39648.39028 Pretoria
Writes mobile apps
http://bradleyclayton.com
http://twitter.com/dotb
104 40118.83108 Pretoria
Philosophy student with a major tech fetish. Lover of open source and Android.
http://gplus.to/VuyisileSisulu
Interested in politics, cyber security and privacy
http://twitter.com/Vuyisile_Sisulu
among other things.
0 39874.65515 Pretoria
I am Zelna Ellis M., Tutor, Student, I.T. Technician, Web Addicted, PC Addicted,
http://zellism.com
Rugby Addicted amongst other things. I live http://twitter.com/ermsitgirl
in Ermelo, South Africa.
0 39746.41169 Pretoria
Kitesurf Kiteboard Africa
http://twitter.com/kiteboarding
0
39932.3812 Greenland
design. development. wordpress. kapow
http://www.swerve.co.za
http://twitter.com/swerve_za
0 40027.53182 Pretoria
Initiative of @CapeTown - Disclaimer: Opinions are those of individuals that
http://brandmonday.com
tweet publicly about customer experiences in SA.
http://twitter.com/brandmonday
Powered by #chisimba!
3 39967.41774 Pretoria
I teach media, journalism, comms and PR. Cyborg by day. Cat lover by night
http://twitter.com/catwomanza
23 40088.55742 Paris
A little fool with a lot of '...' ...
http://twitter.com/Falfool4
3 39874.50994 Pretoria
Student...
http://www.facebook.com/nkelo.ngcobo
http://twitter.com/keloh
31 39931.27531 Pretoria
Just Do It!Social Media is my new hobby, creator of @SAnetwork L ooking http://www.facebook.com/rhynw
for new and exciLng things to do, most of the Lme...
http://twitter.com/rhynw
41 39864.25472 Pretoria
The Official Jacquie Bate Twitter page.
http://eastcoastjac.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/eastcoastjac
4
39944.7345 Pretoria
Aprendendo sobre os diferentes povos e culturas do continente africano.http://www.youtube.com/douggynable
http://twitter.com/Duggie7
0 40704.53634
http://twitter.com/MoegsienW
0 39881.71134 Pretoria
Financial journalist at @ITWeb
http://www.itweb.co.za
http://twitter.com/NicolaMawson
0 40505.56168 Harare
Post your Traffic Alertz, Jamz, etc ...
http://twitter.com/traffickzn
0 39946.73125 Harare
Extremely Creative, Graphic Designer, Photographer, Videographer, Musician,
http://coolcreations.synthasite.com
Singer, Songwriter, Choreographer, Dancer, Fashion
http://twitter.com/TWITNUT7
Designer & CULTURE VULTURE...
26 40252.41438 Pretoria
True Love magazine journo with the craziest theories about everything. I'm a glutton blessed with a fast metabolism and the
http://twitter.com/ULoner
official GODDESS of sexiness, LOL
0 40424.33144 Pretoria
21st Century High Tech Telecommunications, Products and exclusive luxury
http://www.hightechfp.co.za
fashion electronic gadgets for you...
http://twitter.com/htfp1149
0 40330.25966 Pretoria
I'm a wife, mother, freelance writer, marketing and PR consultant who has
http://www.lcommunications.net
strong opinions on the way we should be doing things.
http://twitter.com/lindsayanngrubb
0 39920.24977 Pretoria
Work in the media world...Technical Producer for @CapeTalk567 South African Talk Radio & I also make great calls happen http://twitter.com/jeannemichel
everyday on @expressoshow LOVE Cape Town
3 39919.51177 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/brookiemacness
7
40002.6134 Pretoria
Gadget.co.za editor
http://www.gadget.co.za
http://twitter.com/seanbacher
0 40254.72066 Pretoria
Child of the 80's, and hardcore coder with 20+ years in the industry.
http://www.cablemap.info
http://twitter.com/thewomble_za
0 39555.78848 Pretoria
http://AoNrg.com
http://twitter.com/Andreotto
2 39573.72725 Harare
Not nearly as interesting as you think.
http://www.robsramblings.co.za
http://twitter.com/antithetical
1 40753.41778
http://www.hotballito.co.za
http://twitter.com/hotballito
4 39856.25396 Helsinki
http://twitter.com/HeinzEugene
30 39684.87073 Pretoria
Brand Evangelist
http://www.michaelrobert.co
http://twitter.com/michaelrobert
0 40641.35231
Crazy enough to be a Journalist at South Africa's biggest daily broadsheet newspaper: The Star. All views expressed here arehttp://twitter.com/AngeliqueSerrao
my own
34 39946.31868 West Central Africa
Trainee Radio Guy at UJFM 95.4 | Writer of Poetry(published) and hopefully
http://www.facebook.com/LawsonNaicker
a book one day | the other thing I do is quite boring|
http://twitter.com/lawsonnaicker
Loves charity work- Helper
32 39803.62947 Greenland
Constantly seeking deeper Truth in unusual places!
http://twitter.com/berdineleroux
15 40682.26968
love life in all its forms...working for and guiding young people, reaching their true potential...love music, good food, and the
http://twitter.com/clarencesdb
fascinating moments in life
0 39981.73642 Greenland
Editor of The Big Issue SA. Talks a lot. Tweets randomly in personal capacity
http://www.bigissue.org.za
*disclaimer *
http://twitter.com/MelBendix
1 39938.41291 Vilnius
I live with my wife and 2 children in Durban, SA. I got a new job as marketing
http://www.theubuntucompany.co.za
manager at the Plakkies factory. I'm glad, I canhttp://twitter.com/terrence2009
maintain my family now!!!!
4 39519.37267 Paris
Software engineer.
http://a-yassine.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/ayassinov
4 40053.34115 Pretoria
PR, Communications, Marketing, Radio and Mobile Communications.
http://twitter.com/lancerza
0 40351.84544
Retired socialite
http://www.citypress.co.za
http://twitter.com/BabsShota
0 40108.45397 Pretoria
Professional photographers Everywhere in SAAnyLme!
http://www.thephotofirm.co.za
http://twitter.com/thephotofirm
2 40415.02997 Pretoria
Writer, journalist, personality-endowed
http://twitter.com/Kimberly_Guest
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
kristenvanschie
243
180
173
daveypocit
164
179
505
SD3000
116
179
427
davidreynders
133
177
176
natasharamasray
112
176 1584
sammendesza
212
176
978
comradeFISH
379
175
771
overjoburg
60
175 1174
cyberscorp
178
174
595
TashJayne
361
174 2017
eduboard
331
172
56
ephobian
119
172
199
meganunlimited
349
172
586
Chris_SAPAfrica
265
171
336
daylerobyn
207
171
357
fuseware
173
171
185
jeanlouw
245
171
161
inetpro
141
170 3034
grrreer
427
169
567
moyoushakapier
158
169
374
lesleydforrest
283
168 1480
oualid
146
168
485
craiglotter
97
167 2552
GENESSSA
385
167
475
MsKayMo
131
167 8461
cazmug
53
165
746
MusaSkhosana
237
165 6209
sabinetlaw
3
165 1293
letstalkgeek
140
164
596
brightsoulrain
144
163 2774
JoeyyLM
130
163 13246
nadiapandit
260
162 6084
zonkiboy
279
162 1560
MetalMikeBower
114
161
132
FNB
66
160
2
Tahlecia
279
160 9101
cnazoo
270
159 3712
yolandinorth
313
159
392
fluxmotion
105
158 1002
umlingoprinters
1019
158
200
tunisietelecom
2
156
2
fizzyim
332
155
73
ninjamonkeyssa
154
154
552
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0 40728.34568 Cairo
Reporter at Jozi's oldest daily, The Star.
http://www.iol.co.za/thestar
http://twitter.com/kristenvanschie
0 39933.30336 Harare
Mobile payments fundi, mobile internet pilgrim, analyst, commentator and
http://www.daveypocit.co.za
some time philosopher.
http://twitter.com/daveypocit
3 39770.42694 Greenland
http://www.cowafrica.com
http://twitter.com/SD3000
1 39896.28622 Pretoria
Passionate about my family, faith, MTB & what tech can do for people
http://twitter.com/davidreynders
1 39874.41361 Pretoria
Social media enthusiast by day and normal 20-something girl figuring out http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=726551084
life by night.I can't live in a world without Twitter http://twitter.com/natasharamasray
or Facebook.
0 40013.37523 Pretoria
A Biker, Jeep'er and a bush man... married to a lovely lady... trying to get out of a concrete jungle...
http://twitter.com/sammendesza
0 39984.60125 Pretoria
TV Journo/Producer. Corporate Flower-child. Compulsive re-tweeter.It's an
http://za.linkedin.com/in/matthewjohnedwards
anywhere road for anybody, anyhow.
http://twitter.com/comradeFISH
0 39839.44943 Monrovia
Gives times for local visible sightings of the International Space Station and
http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/2007/09/07/the-space-station-on-twitter/
Hubble.
http://twitter.com/overjoburg
1 39525.47429 Paris
Web Development Manager
http://www.wareteam.com
http://twitter.com/cyberscorp
1 40174.82146 Pretoria
It takes an awfully long time to not write a book, so I'm working on that...http://ladytash.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/TashJayne
3 40042.40557 Pretoria
Edu-Board offers South African Schools Interactive Classroom solutions. Share
http://www.edu-board.co.za
and promote WEB2 and Social Networking inhttp://twitter.com/eduboard
Education -21st Century Learning
0 39944.38449 Greenland
For all your online Old Boys news ...
http://www.ePhobian.com
http://twitter.com/ephobian
5 39967.66021 West Central Africa
Freelance Marketing Consultant.Maritime Specialist.Travel junkie. Entrepreneur.Photographer.Contemplator
http://www.mhmarketing.co.za/profile.html
of the Universe.
http://twitter.com/meganunlimited
Lover of God. Unlimited.
1 40598.44751 Pretoria
Professional recruiter at SAP, global market leader for business software. http://www.sap.co.za
We impact over 100,000 companies worldwide tohttp://twitter.com/Chris_SAPAfrica
run better. Do you demand the best from
0 39601.82133 Greenland
Writer, comedienne, equine enthusiast, animal lover, music fanatic and theatre
http://www.dirtylittlesecrets.co.za
goer. Strap your tits in and hold on tight! :)http://twitter.com/daylerobyn
0 40073.33764 Pretoria
Fuseware gives you a complete platform to research consumer insights about
http://www.fuseware.net
your brand in realtime.
http://twitter.com/fuseware
19 39883.84316 Harare
Microsoft Exchange / Active Directory Engineer, Powershell Scriptor, Mountain
http://www.powershellneedfulthings.com/
Biker and Dad.
http://twitter.com/jeanlouw
19 39590.59975 Pretoria
Views expressed are mine alone and not that of my employers. Accuracy,http://floss.pro/inetpro
completeness, currentness, suitability, or validity http://twitter.com/inetpro
is not guaranteed.
11 39890.54691 Cairo
design purveyor/photography enthusiast//jazz lover/minimalist/ethiopianhttp://unhub.com/greer
queen
http://twitter.com/grrreer
3 40023.51748 Pretoria
Welcome to moyo – a unique destination for a sophisticated African experience.
http://www.moyo.com
Inspired by the traditions and values of ourhttp://twitter.com/moyoushakapier
ancestors, moyo is a celebration of,
15 39926.28773 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/lesleydforrest
0
39558.8048 Paris
General Manager - eXo
http://www.exoplatform.com
http://twitter.com/oualid
1 39821.35332 Pretoria
I like animated things, I like drawn things, I like to draw things, and I like to
http://www.craiglotter.co.za
hit things. Oh, and I can program too!
http://twitter.com/craiglotter
0 40084.90981 Greenland
President:ITA South Africa; Board:LCA; Deputy Chair Sci-Bono; Chairman Siyafunda Community Tech Centres, Pres: AACD, BIG
http://twitter.com/GENESSSA
on Science Math,Tech,human behaviour.
2 40508.64894 Greenland
Smart. A thinker. Laughter is my vice.
http://twitter.com/MsKayMo
0 40007.56839 Santiago
MTV VJ, basketball player and model. lovin it
http://twitter.com/cazmug
8 40053.57453 Greenland
I'd have to reintroduce myself every week. But my interests will always behttp://www.blaquemercy.tumblr.com
music & art.
http://twitter.com/MusaSkhosana
0 39983.34986 Pretoria
South African government, parliamentary and legislative information by Sabinet
http://www.sabinetlaw.co.za
http://twitter.com/sabinetlaw
0 40275.51377 Pretoria
Making great podcasts for the geek in all of us
http://www.letstalkgeek.net
http://twitter.com/letstalkgeek
0 40571.24747
.I co own Deep House Movement Entertainment.(Events,Promotions & Lifestyle)||Brightsoul
http://www.myspace.com/djbrightsoul
Inc.(Media & Communications).
http://twitter.com/brightsoulrain
7 40293.80266 Amsterdam
Follow your heart. http://twitter.com/JoeyyLM
62 40149.48549 Pretoria
**The Official Twitter of the Moosey-Moose** Student, activist, blogger, fashionista, Marxist-feminist. Friend to many. Lover
http://twitter.com/nadiapandit
to one.
264 39998.97351 Pretoria
May the serendipity of our meeLng resonate in sensibility and grow in synchronicity.
http://sync101.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/zonkiboy
0 40016.36513 Pretoria
Mike Bower Likes Metal and acting like an animal!He also does a show on Tuks FM Called the Metal Melusia. He is an MC,DJhttp://twitter.com/MetalMikeBower
and Musician!
0 39414.99955 Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://instedd.org/contactsnearby
http://twitter.com/FNB
554 39941.50881 Greenland
when I think about it & take a step back I remember how amazing my life truly is & that maybe I like being imperfect
http://twitter.com/Tahlecia
5 40311.82307 Greenland
I work in the health-care sector, I love football, I love Kaizer Chiefs more than I love my job. Instant gratification is my weak http://twitter.com/cnazoo
point.
4 39918.53024 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/yolandinorth
1 40457.41501 Harare
Functional Trainer using the key principles of modern science but old world
http://www.fluxmotion.net
training philosophies (hard work with key goals)http://twitter.com/fluxmotion
Kettlebell training features LOTS!
0 40468.86841 Pretoria
South African printing company that offers quality, competitive pricing, &http://www.umlingoprinters.biz
delivery on time. Our printing facilites take on small
http://twitter.com/umlingoprinters
jobs & large contract work...
0
39622.426 Paris
Marre de Tunisie Télécom, panne, incompétence, tkarkir, zero iniciative, perte
http://www.tunisietelecom.tn
de temps
http://twitter.com/tunisietelecom
0 39892.44922 Pretoria
Business and entrepreneurship can be a pathway to love and freedom. Fizzy's
http://www.fizzy.co.za
means is via
http://twitter.com/fizzyim
0 39862.44744 Cairo
Software developer and boredom killer. (hire me, or just give me money http://is.gd/q5q3)
http://ninjamonkeys.co.za
http://twitter.com/ninjamonkeyssa
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
serinab
134
154 11789
MLLWAY005
97
153
153
RitchKev
195
153
38
smilyborg
361
153
574
dhlotter
175
152
563
Marttwit
97
152
30
Sbu27
176
152 1796
melonimeyer
82
150 3796
allthingsmobile
150
148
217
must3892
151
148
689
warmonga
52
148
415
cynicman
163
147 1667
mr_sahue
274
147 2179
Photofuzion
113
147
464
lollyj
223
146
213
lamyfrog
202
145
975
geniosity
410
144
382
RankaJ
164
144
92
splatcommando
134
144 3028
TwilightOCDer
305
144 2338
lwandisimelane
169
143 1656
datamodel
528
141 2855
c3foodservices
121
140
542
tamrynwaters
150
140
209
tichakp
397
140 1034
makatini
386
139 4471
Moos115
96
139
145
alvinreeves
352
138
429
joyrosario
213
138
128
cidahmed
171
137
249
thesoutherntip
275
137
142
amystow
446
136 2005
barrylouzada
160
136 1062
hannahlimz
115
133 4190
andrejvvuuren
134
132
496
srnsalmon
481
132
230
chady2008
43
131
371
noelrg
88
131
389
randjes
263
131
624
IamStan
345
130
687
MatthewLyle
0
128
0
bootstrapsecret
12
127
61
TONYMCGREGOR
258
127
451
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
45 39986.57855 Pretoria
Proud mom to 2 gorgeous children, happily married to the worlds most amazing man, living in a beautiful city & I love the funny
http://twitter.com/serinab
in life.
1 39908.76323 Greenland
Executive MBA Student at GSB UCT. Work at iLAB a software testing company and SA Career Focus magazine, enjoy gym, skiing,
http://twitter.com/MLLWAY005
travel and reading
1 40232.42324
http://twitter.com/RitchKev
16 39505.43566 Pretoria
Why be normal? I like science, technology and building stuff.
http://strangeminds.org/
http://twitter.com/smilyborg
7 40037.50705 Pretoria
fitness = crossfit / eat = paleo / play = surf / work = SQL
http://www.facebook.com/dhlotter
http://twitter.com/dhlotter
1
39866.7405 Pretoria
Newspaper Editor
http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/opinion-columnists
http://twitter.com/Marttwit
7
39884.5288 Greenland
Something About My Self ....
http://twitter.com/Sbu27
0 39931.03551 Pretoria
Blessed
http://www.facebook.com/melonimeyer
http://twitter.com/melonimeyer
0 39770.79389 Harare
Cellphone/Mobile Comparison website for South Africa. Hit us if you havehttp://www.allthingsmobile.co.za
any questions or complaints etc.
http://twitter.com/allthingsmobile
11 39942.81289 Paris
An 18 year old Geek trying to learn more and more about designing, coding
http://www.fhrades.com
and developing web, desktop and mobile apps.http://twitter.com/must3892
5 39993.62968 Pretoria
beauty is in the eye of the beholder like a contact lens.
http://twitter.com/warmonga
0 39803.76773 Pretoria
If I gave a shit about your opinion I wouldn't be doing this... so fuck off! http://www.facebook.com/cynicman
http://twitter.com/cynicman
0 39930.41412 Pretoria
Designer. Developer. Insomniac. Allergic to green rocks.
http://twitter.com/mr_sahue
1 39934.62243 Harare
Professional Photographer and Co-Owner of Photofuzion Photography http://www.photofuzion.co.za
http://twitter.com/Photofuzion
1 39738.32082 Pretoria
Human Resources at Meropa Communications, JHB. Enjoy reading, traveling, wandering around online and spending time with
http://twitter.com/lollyj
family and friends.
1 39882.80212 Hawaii
I'm just a happy fun chick :)
http://twitter.com/lamyfrog
7 39475.96825 Pretoria
Learning as much as I can
http://www.geniosity.co.za/musings/
http://twitter.com/geniosity
3 39904.56619 Pretoria
Editorial director of ITWeb - www.itweb.co.za, www.brainstormmag.co.za,
http://www.itweb.co.za
www.iweek.co.za, www.mydl.co.za.
http://twitter.com/RankaJ
0 39941.40318 Harare
Im just me... All is fair in love and war as long as you bring your flak jacket
http://twitter.com/splatcommando
37 39953.40394 Pretoria
Twilight Fanfiction Reccs,Blog Reviews and Updates...Caution Drunk on Sugar tweeting might occur. Live,Eat,Breathe The Twilight
http://twitter.com/TwilightOCDer
Saga.
1 39861.94138 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/lwandisimelane
1153 39902.17419 Greenland
programmer, paramusician, omniphile, chlorophylle
http://twitter.com/datamodel
0
39875.2745 Harare
Contract Caterers
http://www.c3foodservices.co.za
http://twitter.com/c3foodservices
0 39773.37227 Greenland
PR peep at MANGO-OMC, mother of one amazing little boy and wife to one
http://www.mango-omc.com
amazing man!
http://twitter.com/tamrynwaters
5 40605.46853
Apparently I speak a good English. Use it to try write about football. Therehttp://goalmouthmelee.wordpress.com/
is no such thing as too much sport.
http://twitter.com/tichakp
101 40003.55712 Nairobi
A professional model.
http://makatini.tumblr.com
http://twitter.com/makatini
7
40397.3551
Editor of Volksblad
http://www.volksblad.com
http://twitter.com/Moos115
0 39692.62782 Pretoria
Deputy Sports Editor, The Herald
http://www.theherald.co.za
http://twitter.com/alvinreeves
1 39724.37237 Pretoria
Interests: social media & education, ICT, school librarianship, also Primaryhttp://www.pinsa.org.za
Immunodeficiency
http://twitter.com/joyrosario
2 39478.48256 Prague
Sales representative suffering from an international experience that doeshttp://eddimou.blogspot.com/
not fit to the local market and social realities
http://twitter.com/cidahmed
0 39952.57297 Pretoria
South Africa, Politics, Business, Sport, Local, Offbeat
http://thesoutherntip.net
http://twitter.com/thesoutherntip
1 39834.64561 Cairo
Irish dancer, almost an accountant, Echelon member, movie lover
http://twitter.com/amystow
6 39699.31036 Pretoria
A God damn legend!
http://barryza.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/barrylouzada
45 40217.63301 Singapore
not who you perceive me to be.
http://twitter.com/hannahlimz
2
40157.3963 Pretoria
Editor of Miningmx.com. Tweets on mining, media and Arsenal FC.
http://twitter.com/andrejvvuuren
0 39891.46274 Pretoria
I'm a photo-journalist and own various contracting & supply businesses. Ihttp://safrea.co.za
am married to Tim. We live on a farm outside of Dordrecht
http://twitter.com/srnsalmon
and travel extensively
0 39518.67492 Paris
i'm chady neji, born in kairouan, i'm muslim, married to jamila maaroufi with
http://www.habbyweb.com
two children, computer science studies, Webmaster
http://twitter.com/chady2008
2 39958.48583 Pretoria
A capetonian father who enjoys creating complicated stuff. In my spare time,
http://www.rg.co.za
I like to think I'm a half-decent musician, writer,
http://twitter.com/noelrg
cyclist, r/c pilot and chef!
6 40302.25632 Pretoria
Love animals, people, technology, bowls - not necessarily in that order http://www.adrian.co.za
http://twitter.com/randjes
0 39591.42612 London
South African living in London with waaay too much time and access to the interweb!!
http://twitter.com/IamStan
0
39744.3898 Pretoria
Paragliding, Electronics and Ham Radio.
http://twitter.com/MatthewLyle
0 40550.45229 Pretoria
South African anecdotal tips and sharing from peeps at the coalface on doing
http://bootstrapsecrets.com
start-up right. (a community project initiated at
http://twitter.com/bootstrapsecret
#Geekretreat by 4 guys)
1 39487.77977 Pretoria
A coach committed to helping people go from insight to action for a bright
http://tonymcgregor.wordpress.com/
future
http://twitter.com/TONYMCGREGOR
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
Tlassic
185
126 6096
pe_weather
0
125 2205
blaznbetty
167
124 7700
dwainm
89
123 1239
jaco_vanderwalt
170
123 3126
CraigMischief
116
122 1272
AFSUG
8
121
25
ibokfan
121
121 2997
cdake
288
120 1214
mane_mpi
124
120 3320
zwe_sim
777
120
764
iankruger
137
119
242
andywassung
264
118
551
LionelFaull
139
118
166
netrepreneurs
231
118
126
OrganHarvester
52
118
536
StefaansB
5
118
21
kretz
98
117
469
andykruger
150
116 2187
saportals
208
116
429
swayseeker
181
116 4246
travelwrite1
77
116
136
Armandvdmerwe
88
115
505
jediant
120
115
686
ginzimas
121
114 1199
Mbhelezz
114
114 1684
danieldevillier
59
113
175
elzjevanrooyen
207
113
133
jacqlene
214
108 2794
micxcim
275
108 1574
rbenjamin
291
108
800
flynnigen
585
107
143
candstehini
44
106
209
L3thabo
121
106
924
godswill4me
127
103
484
SAPEXCHANGE
30
103
80
arobbertse
131
102
327
gavincza
174
102
546
jamestrevorlees
129
102
505
mattcremerband
85
102
817
ShirlWhirliBird
282
100
623
gogogonzo
233
99
7
WarrenGwilt
276
99
464
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Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
242
39980.5809 Pretoria
I believe in carrots. Fascinated by your handwriting, but pls don't touch my sherbet! Live for Fashion show music. My ears are
http://twitter.com/Tlassic
sexier than yours.
0 39699.18421 Harare
Port Elizabeth Weather
http://www.tweather.co.za
http://twitter.com/pe_weather
1 39911.28399 West Central Africa
I am who I am...soccer player party goer and all round clown! FIFO BIATCH!!
http://twitter.com/blaznbetty
1 39819.51767 Harare
iLove = Jesus,people,adventure and laughing.iAm = Entrepreneur,Value adding friend,Enthusiastic leader, excited about life.I
http://twitter.com/dwainm
own stuff, but they dont make me.
5 40017.64624 Pretoria
I go by the name 4ss4ssN on the darker side of the web...
http://www.facebook.com/jaco.van.der.walt
http://twitter.com/jaco_vanderwalt
0 39650.63385 Pretoria
Comedian/ Vocalist & MC. Go and check out my website, where there is ahttp://www.craigmischief.com
lot of Audio & Video.
http://twitter.com/CraigMischief
0 40616.35981 Greenland
http://afsug.co.za
http://twitter.com/AFSUG
8 39960.35891 Harare
Will Tweet for food and small change! Topics on Technology, sport and the South African outdoors are of most interest.... http://twitter.com/ibokfan
9 39939.54829 Pretoria
Enterpreneur, Heading up ICT Consulting, specialising in Performance Management,
http://cdake.wordpress.com
Business Intelligence, Business Processhttp://twitter.com/cdake
Management Consulting. www.dake.co.za
4 40266.32392 Chihuahua
Uhmm... I am a big part of an even bigger something!
http://twitter.com/mane_mpi
8 39931.46532 Pretoria
I am me... till i d.i.e...(Young,Gifted and Innovative All Day Long)
http://twitter.com/zwe_sim
2
39630.5452 Pretoria
Researcher, aspiring to the rare heights of Business Analytics
http://www.blueriverstone.com
http://twitter.com/iankruger
0 39996.81508 Greenland
I love the bush, super rugby, rhino's and the karoo! Professional nomad, often
http://www.radiowassung5.blogspot.com
found in mall food courts or in my beaten outhttp://twitter.com/andywassung
nissan sentra (cucumber)
0 40291.36056 Harare
Journalist with amaBhungane, the M&G Centre for Investigative Journalism.
http://twitter.com/LionelFaull
0 40018.25716 Pretoria
Durban based Web Design & Development company.|| ConnecLng People,
http://www.netrep.co.za
Systems and Business ||
http://twitter.com/netrepreneurs
0 39996.09128 Eastern Time (US & Canada) Drum Tech / Lighting Tech
http://twitter.com/OrganHarvester
0
40277.3385 Pretoria
Journalist, managing partner of M&G Centre for Investigative Journalism (amaBhungane)
http://www.amabhungane.co.za
http://twitter.com/StefaansB
0
39910.4705 Pretoria
http://www.westcapenews.com
http://twitter.com/kretz
1 39903.31811 Pretoria
IT dude 'n' stuff.
http://www.andyk.za.net/
http://twitter.com/andykruger
1 40092.39852 Pretoria
SAP Professionals news source for consultants and businesses implementing
http://www.saportals.com
SAP in Africa.
http://twitter.com/saportals
2 40083.77772 Greenland
Compose music
http://swayseekerfundraising.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/swayseeker
0 40768.44059
Caroline Hurry offers a creative space for travel scribes and destination curators
http://www.travelwrite.co.za
to hang out
http://twitter.com/travelwrite1
1 39758.46738 Pretoria
Helping to expand the location awareness in SA with location based social networks and tools
http://twitter.com/Armandvdmerwe
0 39908.66957 Harare
SDE at Amazon.com
http://twitter.com/jediant
2 40674.51537
Believer of the universe..Gods child..writer, thinker, singer, philosopher.. http://www.camagwini.wordpress.com
I am what God says I am...I am a friend, I am a dreamer,
http://twitter.com/ginzimas
I am real, I am LOVE!
0 39974.36409 Pretoria
The Fundraiser i raise funds.... with Rothschild ambition
http://www.facebook.com/mbhelezz
http://twitter.com/Mbhelezz
0 40452.53604
http://www.sibusisiwe.com
http://twitter.com/danieldevillier
15 39852.35907 Pretoria
Home schooling mom to 2 pre-schoolers
http://g33q.co.za/
http://twitter.com/elzjevanrooyen
36 39863.20678 Central Time (US & Canada) Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
http://twitter.com/jacqlene
8 39904.65269 Pretoria
San Fransico's latest import ex Cape Town, SA - keeping an eye on the Bayhttp://www.facebook.com/mtjennes
Area, nurturing hedonistic tendencies and lovinghttp://twitter.com/micxcim
life. Oh & running loves me!
58 39382.62744 Central Time (US & Canada) Shit fire and save matches.
http://twitter.com/rbenjamin
3 39940.54134 Greenland
23 year old awesome male from Port Elizabeth, living it up in Cape Town... single style ;) Anybody looking for a good time???
http://twitter.com/flynnigen
lol... jokes
1 40583.76546
http://twitter.com/candstehini
2 40487.32877 Greenland
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.. So I'll let the avatar do the talking
http://twitter.com/L3thabo
215
39776.6798 Central Time (US & Canada) Never squander knowledge, and allow wisdom to rule your footing.
http://facebook.com/#!/lauren.mulligan000
http://twitter.com/godswill4me
0 39834.79068 Eastern Time (US & Canada) CEO, Entrepreneur, SAP EXPERT
http://www.erpcx.com/blog
http://twitter.com/SAPEXCHANGE
9 39711.35564 Pretoria
Virtual Assistant, Typist, Admin Professional, dog-lover, friend, sister, daughter,
http://arobbertse.wordpress.com/
someone who likes colours and magical, mystic
http://twitter.com/arobbertse
and mysteries.
0 39734.33997 Pretoria
Photography guy and web designer.
http://www.gavinza.co.za
http://twitter.com/gavincza
4 39848.60964 West Central Africa
http://twitter.com/jamestrevorlees
0 39772.24502 Pretoria
web developer, mountain biker, rock climber, music lover, worshiper of Christ
http://twitter.com/mattcremerband
217 39955.34432 Pretoria
My life revolves around my magical menagerie.I am voluntarily ginger. I might be a spinster.
http://twitter.com/ShirlWhirliBird
0 39728.33106 Greenland
It’s news. Just not the kind of news you’re used to. Deconstructed. Reconstructed.
http://gogogonzo.wordpress.com/
Gnashed, hashed and remashed by the Gonzolizer.
http://twitter.com/gogogonzo
1 39916.78693
Freelance Investigative Journalist. Wordsmith. Bullshitter. Cynic
http://twitter.com/WarrenGwilt
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Twitter Name
elanh
mangaddict
zazu_b
zippogordon
dandavis02
fcbk
craighallett
tamtamkzn
karinabagley
Steven_Lang
tmochiko
chantelms
cavszabo
CheriHJ
zoejhb
Douwvn
Designer69r
myboatshow
Mandy2342
TheCapeRobyn
viperGP
lynettekloppers
kellyrober_tson
tamsconnection
hatemzidi
janine_stephen
ulrikeb333
slyeee
amandadejongh
paulcassells
stanleygabriel
dion_t
guston
aubrey_lab
cdevilliers
tereztaylor
IrasWorld
mandywilson_sa
virsen
dvdpeach
paddiclay
Tunimed
mantigrobler
Followed Followers Tweets
194
98
765
153
98
925
237
96
475
74
96
213
31
95
340
10
95
9
100
94
53
570
94
352
94
93
907
22
93
191
115
93
24
272
92
55
71
91
597
125
91
942
104
91
219
107
87
34
379
86
76
311
86
45
153
85 2125
43
85
340
212
84
67
72
82
73
139
81
78
128
81
196
0
79
3
120
79
127
81
79 1053
147
78 1447
109
77
229
60
77
89
80
77
130
228
76
455
193
75
544
118
74
489
153
74
377
67
73
126
5
72
821
192
72 2276
101
72
723
38
71
124
94
71
356
11
71 1122
113
70
307
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1 39878.53446 Pretoria
Aviator on a FlightQuest, love rugby, playing guitar, cooking, and good, dark
http://elanh.wordpress.com/
chocolate.
http://twitter.com/elanh
0 39924.93303 Paris
Computer Engineering Student, Japanese Anime Addict & Rock/Metal Music Fan
http://twitter.com/mangaddict
4
39976.3166 Harare
IT - Networking (Day Job) Speed Freak and Social Madness (By Night)
http://www.facebook.com/zaheer786
http://twitter.com/zazu_b
0 39765.51598 Greenland
http://twitter.com/zippogordon
1 39623.23464 Pretoria
I am the Senior Pastor of the most awesome church in the world. Turninghttp://www.turningpointza.com
Point located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
http://twitter.com/dandavis02
0 39682.68692 Paris
toute la Tunisie facebookeuse.
http://www.facebook.com/
http://twitter.com/fcbk
0 39644.33258 Pretoria
http://www.craigharveyhallett.com
http://twitter.com/craighallett
5 39994.54777 Pretoria
Is a member of the DA, enjoys working without the less fortunate - be it animals
http://twitter.com/#!/TamTamKzn
or humans! :)
http://twitter.com/tamtamkzn
5 40096.69422 Pretoria
i'm happiest laughing. kitty crazy. love sport & being active. born to dance. reckon that morals & standards are overrated. proud
http://twitter.com/karinabagley
porra!
0 39795.35697 Pretoria
I am a multi-media journalist in English and Portguese
http://www.stevenlang.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/Steven_Lang
1 40140.72159
Work for @Business Day Newspaper.
http://www.businessday.co.za
http://twitter.com/tmochiko
0 40394.37645 Pretoria
Inquisitive with a love of marketing, travelling, good food and wine.
http://twitter.com/chantelms
0 39889.74426 Greenland
I'm a journalist, specialising in world news and military stuff. I also study and write about history, archeaology and love anthropology.
http://twitter.com/cavszabo
I take pictures, too!
1 39884.67638 Greenland
From the not so quiet seaside town of East London. I work in the newspaper industry. I tweet in my personal capacity
http://twitter.com/CheriHJ
1 40053.35575 Greenland
http://twitter.com/zoejhb
0 39957.44061 Pretoria
The Visual Swiss Army Knife: Graphic designer, Animator, Special FX, Video editor. Loves Film, music, art, our cat and my lovely
http://twitter.com/Douwvn
wife.
10 40003.38361 Pretoria
I'm a cool, fun, loving & caring guy who loves life! A charismatic enigma., http://www.facebook.com/Aresh.Goorahoo.69r
i'm never out of Energy. i'm not the boring type! http://twitter.com/Designer69r
0 40624.39514 Pretoria
Africa's No1 Boat, Dive and Leisure Show | 9-12 August 2012, Coca Cola Dome, Johannesburg, South Africa | http://www.nationalboatshow.co.za
http://twitter.com/myboatshow
11 39594.23978 Harare
Dazed and confused. Engaged to @Darkwing0775 and planning to move from the East Coast to the West Coast really soon.http://twitter.com/Mandy2342
1 40463.74226
Robyn Cohen is a Cape Town based writer (Argus, Cape Times etc), artist and photographer who treats herself to an excellent
http://twitter.com/TheCapeRobyn
cappuccino every day.
2
39924.5236 Greenland
I am a South African guy
http://twitter.com/viperGP
2 40091.55042 Greenland
http://twitter.com/lynettekloppers
0 39882.72181 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/kellyrober_tson
0 39917.52058 Greenland
A geek by right with some interesting ideas and fabulous connections!! Grew
http://tamsblogroll.blogspot.com/
up in Durbs so I love a good bargain :)
http://twitter.com/tamsconnection
0 39542.67808 Paris
open source advocate & IT architect, geek 2.0, [former] blogger, photographer
http://www.hatemzidi.com
& TEDxer
http://twitter.com/hatemzidi
1 40668.58108
Journalist, Cape Town-based. Big on politics, art, bee-eaters, travel and fiction (in no particular order). Occasional editor. http://twitter.com/janine_stephen
118 39957.61353 Greenland
Makeup Artist specialising in wedding and event makeup. I am a typical Sag and I love socialising and adventure!
http://twitter.com/ulrikeb333
14 40014.66193 Greenland
Bubbly, love meeting new people, I'm just a sweet loving person hey☺ http://www.slyisthebest.com
http://twitter.com/slyeee
14 39986.53958 West Central Africa
Passionate about Photography- Fashion & Art. I'm a mother,wife - loving http://www.absolutea.net
to live life in full
http://twitter.com/amandadejongh
0 39927.40613 Pretoria
I'm hip & happening in a far out way
http://twitter.com/paulcassells
0 39849.45693 Greenland
Self-proclaimed Wine Guru
http://www.wineexclamations.co.za
http://twitter.com/stanleygabriel
102 39572.84066 Pretoria
Shit happens - cope with it!
http://twitter.com/dion_t
15 39911.69365 Paris
I love all kinds of sports. Student. Sportsman.
http://www.twiiter.com
http://twitter.com/guston
3 39791.28241 Pretoria
Living to the fullest, to tell stories, no regrets, with a smile..
http://twitter.com/aubrey_lab
5 40002.70086
http://twitter.com/cdevilliers
1 39741.44736 Pretoria
PR Princess at The Unlimited. Work is Play!
http://twitter.com/tereztaylor
0 39829.67713 Paris
The Official Twitter Feed Of Iras (The African Rap Storyteller)
http://IrasWorld.com
http://twitter.com/IrasWorld
0 40007.49272 Harare
Frm durban SA,married,mom of 2, teach pre school-G3, love cooking & gardening,growing herbs,passionate abt cycling-on the
http://twitter.com/mandywilson_sa
bike as much as I can
0 39926.73318 Pretoria
Doctor/Jedi
http://www.facebook.com/virsen
http://twitter.com/virsen
1 39959.71469 Central Time (US & Canada) Been a missionary to Ghana, Africa for the past 3 years. I have a wife and two children. We are currently stateside. My daughter
http://twitter.com/dvdpeach
has been diagnosed with cancer.
3 39475.71917 Greenland
I am a journalism survivor exploring yet another new technology as Managing
http://www.timeslive.co.za
Editor, Times LIVE. I also head the Avusa Media
http://twitter.com/paddiclay
Journalism training programme.
0 39950.08535 Paris
La Communauté des Etudiants du Secteur Médical en Ligne... Depuis 2006http://www.tunimed.org
http://twitter.com/Tunimed
0
39889.5815 Pretoria
curiouser and curiouser
http://twitter.com/mantigrobler
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
2036
2037
2038
2039
2040
2041
2042
2043
2044
2045
2046
2047
2048
2049
2050
2051
2052
2053
2054
2055
2056
2057
2058
2059
2060
2061
2062
2063
2064
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
PatrickHeske
88
70
109
sammuray
44
70
542
tszi
57
70
114
ADN_XAJ
135
68
545
daletv
180
68
154
marialu1407
350
68
417
darrenjack
183
67
533
minisplat
82
67 2903
skock
106
67
950
GogeAfrica
83
65
168
Chantelsazi
183
64
822
DnSA
5
64
518
rebeccarjones
100
64 1451
fearsumm
34
63
374
mayaopperman
130
63
55
solarafrica
1
63
11
searlel
156
62
70
mohammade
116
61
226
RynoCGI
115
61 1813
diazy
91
60
161
Kiki_Meneses
60
60 1577
lalau
48
60
131
Sportshortt
189
60
268
pushkinz7
69
59
604
twaction
0
59 1451
dbngirl
75
58
734
raisamahomed
41
58
480
Ufrieda
66
58
146
ansie11
36
57
242
koobink
9
57
56
richardniemand
34
57
583
peter_koen
169
56
142
FrancoisSteyn1
256
55
51
excelsamuel
128
54
124
marcmaurel
78
54
120
Camfed_org
0
53
1
caron_g
85
52
71
flickswitchSIM
142
52
206
hoopaman
29
52
428
Reverend_Wright
16
52
35
andrevolsteedt
88
51
155
wzwick
56
51
395
granthastie
173
50
120
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
1 39785.17377 Harare
Writer, journalist, dreamer, doer.
http://twitter.com/PatrickHeske
5 39807.53963 Berlin
http://twitter.com/sammuray
0 39735.82214 Pretoria
Web developer, Internet Marketer, and an Enterpreneur
http://www.websitefactory.co.za
http://twitter.com/tszi
1 39949.71765 Hawaii
R&D Engineer • SunGard Capital Markets
http://twitter.com/ADN_XAJ
44 39960.23566 Pretoria
Editor, film maker, and overall abstract piece of art. Welcome.
http://lethalvision.net/daletv
http://twitter.com/daletv
3 40017.25168 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/marialu1407
6 39900.25286 Pretoria
howzit howzit
http://entertainmentanytime.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/darrenjack
2 39848.31436 Greenland
Caffeine-powered, design and food obsessed, intelligence optional.
http://twitter.com/minisplat
188 39160.37633 Pretoria
Tech gun for hire
http://about.me/skock
http://twitter.com/skock
1 40616.49497 West Central Africa
Goge Africa, presented by Metche & Nneka Isaac Moses, is a culture and tourism
http://www.gogeafrica.tv/
media brand on TV, radio and print, and has
http://twitter.com/GogeAfrica
been in existence since 1999.
10 40072.60381 Rome
making the simple complicated is commonplace, making the complicatedhttp://www.facebook.com
simple, awasomely simple, that creative
http://twitter.com/Chantelsazi
0 39994.35425 Pretoria
Die nuwe Suid Afrika .com
http://www.dienuwesuidafrika.com
http://twitter.com/DnSA
4 39706.66226 Pretoria
*Young,blonde and a whole lot more*
http://twitter.com/rebeccarjones
2 39479.61032 Harare
the embodiment of humility, tact, insight, intelligence and poise
http://twitter.com/fearsumm
0 39608.60404 Pretoria
Software Developer
http://twitter.com/mayaopperman
0 40160.83909 Central Time (US & Canada) I have moved tweets over to @Solar_Sister see you there!
http://www.solarsister.org
http://twitter.com/solarafrica
4 39695.32485 Greenland
Senior sub-editor Weekend Post (Avusa) newpaper in Port Elizabeth
http://twitter.com/searlel
1 39466.38813 Pretoria
French IT engineer, web developer based in South Africa
http://aeneid.fr
http://twitter.com/mohammade
0 39955.56933 Pretoria
Loving Husband, Man U, Stormers and McLaren Fan. I'm quiet during working hours but very vocal when my sporting teamshttp://twitter.com/RynoCGI
take to the pitch
1 39701.85781 International Date Line West
http://fromtheold.com
http://twitter.com/diazy
0 39946.39922 London
Her Royal Sexiness who loves Craig, spending time with family, my friends,
http://www.headsmodels.co.za
law, modelling, movies, shopping and a good book.
http://twitter.com/Kiki_Meneses
0 39567.57571 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/lalau
7 40098.86337 Harare
Sports Fan, Dad of 2, Director in IT firm and Beer connoisseur
http://twitter.com/Sportshortt
51 40585.60317
Black barbie
http://www.facebook.com/pushkins.sash
http://twitter.com/pushkinz7
0 39436.60714 Harare
Twaction turns your tweets into actions.
http://www.twaction.com
http://twitter.com/twaction
1 39834.54457 Greenland
i'm with the cool chick who is liking to be wearing da jean pant
http://twitter.com/dbngirl
0 39592.81556 Pretoria
Software Consultant, Techie, Ambitious
http://twitter.com/raisamahomed
0 40576.45162 Greenland
Jozi journo, author of Paper Sons and Daughters.
http://www.ufriedaho.co.za
http://twitter.com/Ufrieda
0
40126.8776
fun-loving girly-girl & works as a mobile advertiser/strategist
http://twitter.com/ansie11
1 39916.42216 Pretoria
+++ Aspire to Inspire +++
http://www.koobink.com
http://twitter.com/koobink
0 39771.54872 Cairo
http://www.richards-blog.com/html/
http://twitter.com/richardniemand
1 40673.53113 Pretoria
Part-time woodworker and vegetable grower. Full-time co-founder and #UX
http://www.infoslips.com
@InfoSlips. Interested in design, technology, society
http://twitter.com/peter_koen
and social change.
0 40671.48152 Pretoria
Freelance Chartered Accountant, motoring journalist, photographer... Leaving
http://www.crossingafrica.co.za
for Cairo on a bike early September 2011. http://twitter.com/FrancoisSteyn1
2 39927.44846 London
http://twitter.com/excelsamuel
1 39926.24623 Harare
husband, father, marketer, singer/songwriter, surfer, longboarder, windsurfer, sailor, braai-master, God fearer,
http://twitter.com/marcmaurel
0 39927.75146 Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://twitter.com/Camfed_org
0 39786.33831 Pretoria
graduate student, dancer, reader of books, photographer, runner, type 1 http://lifeonalearningcurve.blogspot.com/
diabetic, daughter, sister, friend, girlfriend, Disciple.
http://twitter.com/caron_g
not necessarily in that order.
0
40191.6224 Pretoria
At last. An easy way to manage your data SIM cards.
http://www.flickswitch.co.za
http://twitter.com/flickswitchSIM
2
39718.8097 Pretoria
Cartoonist and Illustrator
http://www.flamingpencil.com
http://twitter.com/hoopaman
0 39749.61601 Pretoria
Reverend Wright And The Mystery Train Gamblers playing Kustom Built Rockabilly
http://www.mysterytraingamblers.com
http://twitter.com/Reverend_Wright
4 39748.78582 Pretoria
Strength and conditioning trainer
http://www.mywinwebpage.com/xtremehealth http://twitter.com/andrevolsteedt
1 39994.42744 Harare
Genuine geek and friend of the internet
http://twitter.com/wzwick
1 39932.34068 Hawaii
http://twitter.com/granthastie
Page 48 of 54
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
2065
2066
2067
2068
2069
2070
2071
2072
2073
2074
2075
2076
2077
2078
2079
2080
2081
2082
2083
2084
2085
2086
2087
2088
2089
2090
2091
2092
2093
2094
2095
2096
2097
2098
2099
2100
2101
2102
2103
2104
2105
2106
2107
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
rentiabooysen
149
50
129
rooijan
48
50
214
BridgetShan
144
49
480
zamablose
258
49
587
Reshy119
132
48
222
yootony
23
48 1827
achraf_khelil
54
46 1286
chellyb1
151
46
24
Michaela_Newey
36
46
360
rbkza
107
46
37
nikzaz
70
45
845
shirazee
85
45
469
nduduzo
60
44
122
TheBileTick
32
43
887
t1lt
95
42
160
cinderlly
38
41 1219
patcullen
18
41
78
s_jiggy
99
41
199
TerrorCrow
176
41
68
enricolouw
279
40
598
fiefie
37
40
161
jessinafrica
19
40
88
christianlion
67
39
14
ilanpillemer
38
39
145
journalist_jill
90
39
159
Hercolena
69
38
458
TurnerElisabeth
87
38
702
calvinerlank
31
37
125
LauraJGrant
75
37
78
NGTAfrica
14
37
336
prezencesa
8
37
13
salaamuna
9
37 1774
zanetsocial
195
37
153
Al_Ingram
68
36
169
GarethGcapetown
60
36
89
SABCRecordLib
25
36
50
lizemcdonald
72
34
34
wayneevans
169
34
208
_kia_
98
33
338
bokkie_gerber
11
33
10
deebee28
99
33
436
gducray
138
33
251
hydrofire
58
33
325
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
14 40034.38256 Pretoria
http://www.rentiabooysen.co.za/
http://twitter.com/rentiabooysen
0 39612.39691 Pretoria
A Christian South African happy husband, Electronic Eng, embedded programmer,
http://www.rooijan.za.net
Python dabbler, proud member of Northhttp://twitter.com/rooijan
Durban Lions & all-round geeky type fellow.
0
39981.3063 Pretoria
I'm coloured. Expect some controversy...
http://www.facebook.com/bridget.s.pienaar
http://twitter.com/BridgetShan
3 40233.53375
Im an always exict girl who loves life with all its ups and down. i enjoy music, comedy and intresting people and i always findhttp://twitter.com/zamablose
something to smile about
7 40002.54493 Pretoria
Das nu das!
http://twitter.com/Reshy119
2 40051.94263 Quito
i love selena gomez
http://twitter.com/yootony
0 40109.86205
http://blog.2kip-dev.com
http://twitter.com/achraf_khelil
0 39951.61494 Pretoria
HR Manager for 4star hotel in PTA.Shark supporter all the way!! Tyring to live healthy...
http://twitter.com/chellyb1
1 39591.62292 Pretoria
Queen of the Universe. Also fabulous sound engineer and partner in software
http://www.codecafe.co.za
development company
http://twitter.com/Michaela_Newey
1 39977.87742 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/rbkza
3 39906.20872 Pretoria
Free-spirited
http://www.soulaffairs.co.za
http://twitter.com/nikzaz
3 39857.56367 Pretoria
Family man! Fanatic! Searching for inner peace and a piece of the Pie!
http://twitter.com/shirazee
0 39871.56225 Pretoria
Am an entrepreneur (with many failed startups, but rising again to take another challenge this time online)
http://twitter.com/nduduzo
0 39825.84337 Pretoria
Jawesome
http://twitter.com/TheBileTick
7 39905.54646 Pretoria
Environmental Science MSc Student, Photographer, Sports Fanatic, Scubahttp://t1lt.deviantart.com/
Diver, Casual Gamer & I also enjoy anime, books, http://twitter.com/t1lt
movies & music when I can find the time!
14 39687.93869 Quito
http://twitter.com/cinderlly
0 39506.31595 Greenland
javascript; mootools; ssjs; poofactory.com;
http://mindmeat.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/patcullen
7 40498.86045
Mr Random To The Limit:Bright Shining Journalist and Blind Rhyming Motswakolist.
http://www.sothomafia.com
http://twitter.com/s_jiggy
0
39641.9506 Paris
What?
http://www.facebook.com/script.vbs
http://twitter.com/TerrorCrow
1 40688.75707 London
Im just a simple, uncomplicated man trying to be a perfect husband, superman
http://www.facebook.com/enrico.louw
dad, charming son, likeable in-law, supportive
http://twitter.com/enricolouw
brother and a bloody good friend.
3 39226.40009 International Date Line West
http://twitter.com/fiefie
0 40262.54706 Pretoria
Oops! This is the wrong Twitter page for this user. The official page is here:
http://twitter.com/jessello
http://twitter.com/jessello
http://twitter.com/jessinafrica
0 39654.90425 Central Time (US & Canada) Expat Londoner that settled down for something more rural
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_the_lion http://twitter.com/christianlion
1 39207.78299 Harare
a inside and upside down inside the code re-wiring it as I balance myself out
http://ilanpillemer.com
kind of guy.
http://twitter.com/ilanpillemer
0 40232.85914 Greenland
baby journ bunny learning the ropes at The Star
http://Theresa.taylor.co.za
http://twitter.com/journalist_jill
0 39719.56039 Pretoria
Hercolena commends comments, tweets&twitters sweet&not bitter, patter&pitter up&about&sitter, flies, branch out, sometimes
http://twitter.com/Hercolena
quitter, bit of dis&lot of ditter.
1 40420.73373 Greenland
Every day needs a purpose..
http://twitter.com/TurnerElisabeth
1 39593.35243 Pretoria
Easy going, too old to party, but like to chill with friends!
http://twitter.com/calvinerlank
3 40687.68763
Chief sub at M&G and lover of green things
http://www.treevolution.co.za
http://twitter.com/LauraJGrant
0 39890.63486
Next Generation Telecom Africa Summit is a three day critical informationhttp://www.ngtsummitafrica.com/
gathering bringing together C-level technology executives.
http://twitter.com/NGTAfrica
October 2009
0 40095.36705 Greenland
Prezence is one of Africa’s most prominent new media agencies, creatinghttp://www.prezence.co.za
highly functional, immersive digital experiences across
http://twitter.com/prezencesa
web, mobile and touchscreens.
0 39901.42813 Santiago
currently blogger ,i love reading sharing ideas
http://www.tech-culture.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/salaamuna
2 39953.56293 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/zanetsocial
0 39898.44994 Harare
http://twitter.com/Al_Ingram
1 40392.38985
http://ggphotoworld.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/GarethGcapetown
0 40253.52356 Pretoria
“If music be the food of life …” walk in.
http://sites.google.com/site/sabcmedialib/record-library
http://twitter.com/SABCRecordLib
1 40414.39293 West Central Africa
Research Psychologists in the media monitoring environment.Naturally curious – knowledge is our most precious commodity.
http://twitter.com/lizemcdonald
1 39591.55793 Pretoria
F1 fan
http://twitter.com/wayneevans
3 39923.32426 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/_kia_
0 40751.73265
http://twitter.com/bokkie_gerber
1 40468.48168 Pretoria
just a bloke living and working in Jozi... love tech, music and whatever
http://twitter.com/deebee28
6 40356.71984 Pretoria
YNWA
http://www.avunlimited.co.za
http://twitter.com/gducray
11 39530.65377 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/hydrofire
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
2108
2109
2110
2111
2112
2113
2114
2115
2116
2117
2118
2119
2120
2121
2122
2123
2124
2125
2126
2127
2128
2129
2130
2131
2132
2133
2134
2135
2136
2137
2138
2139
2140
2141
2142
2143
2144
2145
2146
2147
2148
2149
2150
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
punit_agarwal
27
33
4
shmeta
26
33
59
maranch
59
32
53
MounaBT
176
32
17
Adrieheks
46
31
212
mostlydimi
62
31
485
seannkudu
128
31
126
gus922
60
30
100
vanessinhamoura
148
30
56
fris5
79
29
94
shaundanielz
67
29
482
ziad_barouni
63
29
114
glenyoung
20
28
26
jessicahopley
24
28
10
CapeToCairo
12
27
0
ocm474
30
27
0
rabb_ettelecom
1
27
3
mamakastu
108
26
85
mikesaidwhat
0
26
6
Neelskoekemoer
37
26
241
sunsync
103
26
11
WhiteQ
143
26
150
aveensingh
13
25
28
boycottfifa
59
25
37
goqoeb
28
25
3
GugzM
116
25
4
hermansteenkamp
24
25
94
jobusk
73
25
901
markanicholson
46
25
277
reignhigh
62
25
266
richard_keller
75
25
14
Rubygloom
10
25
138
wernervd
9
25
32
the_m00se
13
24
127
dbn_weather
0
23 2077
kayrivera_37
23
23
660
moraswik
120
23
287
amirhamdani
10
22
14
caitliinn
22
22
17
derekpai
7
22
55
Kerrydejager
13
22
17
lisamutua
6
22
26
Malcolm_Naidoo
22
22
32
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0 39672.81944 Pretoria
cOnFuSeD
http://twitter.com/punit_agarwal
0 39939.04016 Greenland
music composer
http://www.myspace.com/shmetamusic
http://twitter.com/shmeta
1 39971.69326 Harare
http://twitter.com/maranch
1
39979.7642 London
http://twitter.com/MounaBT
0 39972.75723 Pretoria
Practical Dreamer
http://herriemerrie.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/Adrieheks
5 39680.52572 Pretoria
A web developer on Hiatus, guess that makes me a traveler
http://twitter.com/mostlydimi
4
40025.3766 Pretoria
http://www.pbs.org.za
http://twitter.com/seannkudu
1 39897.49904 Pretoria
I'm just ...............that other guy!
http://twitter.com/gus922
8 40078.01814 Paris
http://twitter.com/vanessinhamoura
0 40021.62118 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/fris5
0 40188.28113 Harare
System Analyst, .NET, SharePoint, MS CRM
http://www.shaundanielz.com
http://twitter.com/shaundanielz
7 39747.88484 Paris
Founder and Managing Editor of Waleg.com
http://www.waleg.com
http://twitter.com/ziad_barouni
0 39681.54628 Pretoria
Entrepreneur, Enthusiast, Businessman, Web Developer, IT Professional, Business
http://www.netrep.co.za
Partner of Netrepreneurs Int.
http://twitter.com/glenyoung
0 39534.40916 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/jessicahopley
0 39698.54625 Hawaii
Africa's Online Business Market
http://www.cape2cairo.biz
http://twitter.com/CapeToCairo
0 39888.83196 Central Time (US & Canada)
http://twitter.com/ocm474
0 39619.33102 Paris
http://www.tunisietelecom.tn
http://twitter.com/rabb_ettelecom
0 40448.42361 Pretoria
SABC News-Dep Sports Ed, bosslady to some, mother to a few, love animals, good books, Spooks, and one good cook.
http://twitter.com/mamakastu
0
39589.152 Pretoria
The Daily Ramblings Of A Coffee Addict
http://www.toomuchcoffee.co.za
http://twitter.com/mikesaidwhat
8 39999.44111 Pretoria
I am a born again chrisLan.Saved by the grace of God and washed with The
http://lightandlife.weebly.com
Blood of Jesus Christ.And bapLzed in the Holy Spirit.
http://twitter.com/Neelskoekemoer
...
0 39580.56902 Eastern Time (US & Canada)
http://twitter.com/sunsync
0 40073.31355 Pretoria
With wine, and lots of it, we might get world peace #Vrede
http://twitter.com/WhiteQ
0 39716.50733 London
enjoy everyday to the best of ur ability
http://twitter.com/aveensingh
0 40258.51207 Pretoria
FIFA will be plundering South Africa in 2010. Let's raise our voices and sayhttp://boycottfifa.co.za
enough is enough.
http://twitter.com/boycottfifa
0
39430.302 Greenland
http://twitter.com/goqoeb
0 40583.59166
An aspiring journalist, with a passion for reading, writing short stories
http://twitter.com/GugzM
0 39962.29076 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/hermansteenkamp
25 39883.45979 Pretoria
An avid cyclist who loves Photography, Smart Woman, Cycling, Cricket and
http://www.facebook.com/jobus.kotze
Rugby. In no particular order.
http://twitter.com/jobusk
3 39938.59667 Harare
http://twitter.com/markanicholson
0 39960.31126 Nairobi
fun lovin wicked full of attitude yet deep at the same time.love on everybody thou hate on the right pips
http://twitter.com/reignhigh
2 40225.87705 Harare
http://twitter.com/richard_keller
0 39174.30144 Pretoria
Bad baaaad kitty
http://twitter.com/Rubygloom
0 39562.40681 Pretoria
http://www.deventerprise.net
http://twitter.com/wernervd
0 39552.35161 Pretoria
Athlete, Devil, rogue, all round nice guy.
http://twitter.com/the_m00se
0 39699.06881 Harare
Durban Weather
http://www.tweather.co.za
http://twitter.com/dbn_weather
2 39983.02308 Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://twitter.com/kayrivera_37
1 40131.62277
Thinker, Journalist and Writer.
http://twitter.com/moraswik
0 39449.46183 Paris
http://twitter.com/amirhamdani
1
39869.9219 Mountain Time (US & Canada)
brooke hogan
http://twitter.com/caitliinn
1 39154.32434 Pacific Time (US & Canada) Product Mgmt at Amazon Web ServicesCloudWatch and Auto Scaling http://aws.amazon.com/cloudatch
http://twitter.com/derekpai
6 39525.24883 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/Kerrydejager
0 39927.22905 Tallinn
http://twitter.com/lisamutua
1 39923.56209 Pretoria
a citizen of earth
http://twitter.com/Malcolm_Naidoo
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
2151
2152
2153
2154
2155
2156
2157
2158
2159
2160
2161
2162
2163
2164
2165
2166
2167
2168
2169
2170
2171
2172
2173
2174
2175
2176
2177
2178
2179
2180
2181
2182
2183
2184
2185
2186
2187
2188
2189
2190
2191
2192
2193
Twitter Name
RimRong
SamsungBlogSA
BrittanySmith_
christieleemann
marietjieb
mjlalberda
TheGwa
bongorules
lindt21
nickbda1
theogarrun
isitand1der
jans_steyn
Loopieloops
michnel
Nico_Liebenberg
blackpetal29
hardspear
LyndaE
solarnebula
chivasrwm
HilaryBiller
creed_
SABCAudioRest
addykean
shizey
sweerhe
tinkietay
702land
aoadedayo
BlueStrawberry
CarthageOne
DOBSTIQ
heartmedia
Jayce_Millions
jEnNifEr_MaRtin
mcmckenzie
mzyy
RobertAllenDbn
d_enbrcht
diegoi
iandudleym
jasonmackay
Followed Followers Tweets
10
22
743
0
22
1
20
21
219
15
21
30
59
21
132
33
21
18
1
21
3
12
20
37
43
20
83
164
20
38
12
20
27
12
19
1
7
19
34
31
19
87
3
19
1
21
19
22
72
18
34
22
18
121
23
18
1
17
18
33
38
17
51
2
17
0
10
16
6
5
16
89
39
15
97
34
15
90
179
15
91
55
15
302
0
14
0
15
14
7
39
14
151
699
14
18
58
14
265
7
14
10
15
14
56
80
14
55
14
14
48
38
14
9
22
14
133
17
13
3
142
13
315
36
13
95
4
13
14
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0 40005.85027 Paris
http://twitter.com/RimRong
0 40704.42407 Greenland
http://samsungblog.co.za
http://twitter.com/SamsungBlogSA
0 39690.99707 Quito
http://twitter.com/BrittanySmith_
0 39918.74131 Pretoria
http://www.ooohpretty.co.za
http://twitter.com/christieleemann
1 39969.74333 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/marietjieb
0 39720.41854 Greenland
http://twitter.com/mjlalberda
0 39474.92712 Pretoria
I do my own stunts!
http://twitter.com/TheGwa
1 39685.33493 Berlin
Bongo rules - for a life in harmony and bliss.
http://twitter.com/bongorules
1 40692.73215
I'm shy but once u get to know me u will see I'm fun, loving woman. Who enjoys a good laugh and has a good sense of humour.
http://twitter.com/lindt21
A good friend.
0 39904.67106 Pretoria
Passionate about Mountain Biking and Nature
http://twitter.com/nickbda1
1 40578.12404 Pretoria
I am editor of Star Workplaceand Metro Sports editor of The Star.I think school sport is very important on all sorts of levels.http://twitter.com/theogarrun
0 39535.45399 Pretoria
I won't set a precedent to be elected as president.
http://www.geocities.com/tobeornottwobee
http://twitter.com/isitand1der
0 39591.44565 Pretoria
SAP Country Version Development Manager at EPI-USE
http://twitter.com/jans_steyn
0 39976.53073 Harare
Married to Bradley, have 2 daughters named Shannon and Carla. My Husband and I have our own business!! Live in Johannesburg
http://twitter.com/Loopieloops
South Africa
0 39866.79385
http://twitter.com/michnel
0 39786.57824 Pretoria
Executive Coach, husband, father and seeker of Truth
http://www.dustconsulting.com
http://twitter.com/Nico_Liebenberg
1 40737.49659
Hello, I know you're out there. I can hear you metabolizing oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide.
http://twitter.com/blackpetal29
1 39889.25848 Pretoria
I have ADD, I drink Ritalin, I love to Cook, I love to Eat, I am Fascinated by http://hardspear.blogspot.com
the phenomena of Social Networking, Internet Trends
http://twitter.com/hardspear
& Pop Culture.
0 39652.30723 Bangkok
Living in Laos with my Fiancé.
http://twitter.com/LyndaE
0 39951.87791 Pretoria
FOH/Monitor Audio Engineer / Systems Tech
http://twitter.com/solarnebula
5 40557.47856 Pretoria
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ You know my name, not my story. You know what I've done, not what I've been through.http://twitter.com/chivasrwm
0 40723.75093
http://twitter.com/HilaryBiller
0 39591.55852 Greenland
I love cats and reading good books.
http://twitter.com/creed_
0 40267.35076
SABC Audio Restoration has facilities for noise removal and Sound Restoration.
http://sites.google.com/site/sabcmedialib/sound-restoration-unit
http://twitter.com/SABCAudioRest
0 39923.56277 London
http://twitter.com/addykean
0 40706.04193
Penso em voce dia e noite eu na vou negar isso nao,mais ja nao te desejo como antes!!!
http://twitter.com/shizey
1 40067.53969 Pretoria
Bald. Unreliable. Easily distracte
http://twitter.com/sweerhe
0 39982.79751 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/tinkietay
0 40753.54145
http://twitter.com/702land
1 39780.46905 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/aoadedayo
0 39748.87635 Berlin
http://twitter.com/BlueStrawberry
9 39671.64214 Rome
http://twitter.com/CarthageOne
11 40402.56935
DOBSTIQ FOR REALLA BABY OBS AND MY LINES ARE DOPE!!!!!!!! u got it right homie
http://twitter.com/DOBSTIQ
0 39958.38334 Harare
http://www.weheart.tv
http://twitter.com/heartmedia
0 39527.54779 Central Time (US & Canada) Im very good looking!
http://twitter.com/Jayce_Millions
16 40405.51384
http://twitter.com/jEnNifEr_MaRtin
0 39657.46544 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/mcmckenzie
0 39948.58494 Pretoria
very very playful
http://twitter.com/mzyy
1 39954.49387 Pretoria
Married, 2 Kids..22 & 5. Run design & print in Musgrave Centre, PhotoWorld
http://twitter.com/RobertAllenDbn
1 39987.24809 Mid-Atlantic
http://twitter.com/d_enbrcht
1 39479.32347 Pretoria
easy going guy with a passion for numbers and having fun at all times
http://twitter.com/diegoi
0 40465.78446 Pretoria
Ultimate U2 fan
http://twitter.com/iandudleym
1 39701.46148 Pretoria
http://www.fundamental.tv
http://twitter.com/jasonmackay
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Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
2194
2195
2196
2197
2198
2199
2200
2201
2202
2203
2204
2205
2206
2207
2208
2209
2210
2211
2212
2213
2214
2215
2216
2217
2218
2219
2220
2221
2222
2223
2224
2225
2226
2227
2228
2229
2230
2231
2232
2233
2234
2235
2236
Twitter Name
jozi_boy
mteresaguiar
pastorcfrancis
stevenbooth
Devtuts
durbanlinux
flyingant
nkosana
nytji
paulduplessis
ukuphepha
Yosra
bettypadoo
blu601
calvininsa
cjgariba
GabbyUP
JackAuthentic
whits11
brauteseth
green_cyclist
guyumu
INNOMATE
Jaymission99
randomkenny
Shirls2008
tulz83
iheb
Lelob
Wange
hammoudi
krugerjp
louisvw78
marciust
planet_241
QueQueMe
ryansingh
christwithano
lydiiad
quintusm
redbishop
TimesLIVEpols
echry
Followed Followers Tweets
17
13
99
3
13
2
4
13
8
44
13
0
21
12
65
5
12
10
4
12
180
7
12
5
32
12
8
14
12
10
13
12
29
17
12
46
3
11
19
41
11
11
19
11
20
90
11
21
6
10
44
0
10
0
16
10
15
0
9
1
56
9
99
9
9
123
5
9
0
15
9
45
108
9
54
44
9
26
111
9
18
1
8
1
0
8
1
25
8
224
15
7
86
50
7
2
11
7
16
5
7
16
2
7
8
2
7
12
145
7
495
14
6
25
0
6
104
31
6
23
7
6
6
3
6
1
19
5
3
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Twitter Page
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0 39652.27318 Pretoria
IT Infrastructure Design International Banking
http://twitter.com/jozi_boy
0 39734.40993
http://twitter.com/mteresaguiar
0 40372.46387 London
http://twitter.com/pastorcfrancis
0 40388.86662
http://twitter.com/stevenbooth
0 40002.50443 Paris
http://devtuts.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/Devtuts
0 40730.54895 Pretoria
The official Twitter account of the Durban Linux User group(DBN-Lug) http://durbanlinux.org.za
http://twitter.com/durbanlinux
2 39779.78987 Pretoria
http://www.antoniefourie.com
http://twitter.com/flyingant
0 39735.77174 London
http://twitter.com/nkosana
0 39905.84095 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/nytji
0 39659.41147 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/paulduplessis
0 40428.84413 Pretoria
Ukuphepha consulting provides a range of value driven business support http://www.ukuphepha.com
services to medium and large organisations alike. Visit
http://twitter.com/ukuphepha
our website for more information.
0 40131.88221 Central Time (US & Canada)
http://twitter.com/Yosra
0 39278.39953 Paris
I'm beautiful and smart. Try me !
http://twitter.com/bettypadoo
0 40099.77569 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/blu601
1 39897.83497 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/calvininsa
0 40346.39042 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/cjgariba
1 39871.49916 Greenland
50 something gal in sunny South Africa.Mostly mother, secretary but budding writer in the making
http://twitter.com/GabbyUP
0 40753.85413
http://twitter.com/JackAuthentic
0 39743.50942 Pacific Time (US & Canada) i am who i am and HIs people
http://twitter.com/whits11
0 40598.22675
http://twitter.com/brauteseth
0 39849.39028 Greenland
amatuer cyclist in Durban South Africa.
http://twitter.com/green_cyclist
0 39504.35226 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/guyumu
0
39734.3191 Harare
Searching for God
http://twitter.com/INNOMATE
1 39994.68609 Pretoria
Its al in da mind n my mission is 2 use it...
http://twitter.com/Jaymission99
10 40018.39594 Greenland
Plumber, awesome, so not gay
http://twitter.com/randomkenny
0 39723.75565 Jerusalem
Wife, Mom. Grandma, writer, dieter, vegetarian. Like coffee and chocolate.
http://twitter.com/Shirls2008
2
40576.3477 Greenland
The Will of GOD will never put You where the Grace of GOD will not protect You.
http://twitter.com/tulz83
0 39458.60086 Paris
http://www.clubecommerce.org
http://twitter.com/iheb
0 40615.00395
http://twitter.com/Lelob
40 39308.58796 Pretoria
a sand grain in the greater universe
http://twitter.com/Wange
4 39395.92278 Paris
http://twitter.com/hammoudi
0 40287.52154 Pretoria
http://www.kruger.is
http://twitter.com/krugerjp
0 40615.67726 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/louisvw78
0 39729.26781 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/marciust
0 40028.62207 London
planet des Africains dans le monde
http://planet241.com
http://twitter.com/planet_241
0 39398.73193 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/QueQueMe
2 39558.79774 London
Mindy, You're my only friend.
http://twitter.com/ryansingh
0 40358.54074 Pretoria
I am a Christian Missionary involved in pastoral training
http://twitter.com/christwithano
0 40390.15159
WAKA WAKA.
http://twitter.com/lydiiad
0 39543.53477 Pretoria
http://twitter.com/quintusm
0 39461.35537 Greenland
http://twitter.com/redbishop
0 40765.62938
http://twitter.com/TimesLIVEpols
0 40569.31323
brandalz_rock'n roll
http://twitter.com/echry
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Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
2237
2238
2239
2240
2241
2242
2243
2244
2245
2246
2247
2248
2249
2250
2251
2252
2253
2254
2255
2256
2257
2258
2259
2260
2261
2262
2263
2264
2265
2266
2267
2268
2269
2270
2271
2272
2273
2274
2275
2276
2277
2278
2279
Twitter Name
Followed Followers Tweets
janetlynne1
11
5
4
JonBravo
17
5
4
Prettymonstarr
24
5
4
tanyafrodsham
8
5
103
zidanos
14
5
10
Angel109
0
4
2
BongoTheMonkey
5
4
24
evrardndongala
19
4
20
henniedv
7
4
5
jasonzoopy
0
4
1
leejaewang
50
4
25
lvdwalt
0
4
0
marnuskotze
20
4
22
PastorDeborah
7
4
1
samj2k
7
4
62
stupe
1
4
2
swidoo
2
4
0
therealmissk
13
4
1
Craigl21
263
3
3
fweep
139
3
0
hottestgossip
0
3
0
JohnRoome
1
3
1
libyano
6
3
1
AdamAnis
0
2
1
aly_katt
1
2
1
anacamia
8
2
8
Issrar
3
2
3
lenpretorius
2
2
3
LoretteKerr
3
2
3
mabhekaphansi
1
2
0
miss_ines
1
2
0
prospa
1
2
1
therondp
3
2
7
cheesboy
0
1
0
Hornet101
1
1
13
johanvanzyl
1
1
0
kaedon33
9
1
8
klmclubafrica
0
1
0
kubersakkie
1
1
1
MusaXXX
2
1
656
nclns
1
1
3
neoco_za
3
1
8
tammyvdv
1
1
3
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Web
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0 40033.23302
1 39324.51834 Greenland
0
40614.6149
hi!(: im alyhana 16 from philippines (: ..im just a simple preSy person who live and love her life!gbu ((: .
1 39787.23929 Harare
7 39796.01971
0 40034.28325
5
39588.702 Pacific Time (US & Canada) I'm in the jungle baby!
0 40386.83513 Pretoria
i m simple guy
0 40387.67801 Pretoria
0
40774.63
2
40545.4409
im loving and caring
0 39596.43139 Pretoria
0 40059.73929 Pretoria
0 40211.00605
0 39723.55058 Pretoria
0 39675.40413 Pretoria
0 39707.02611 Belgrade
0 40744.55391
1 40721.42198
0 39743.99301 Pretoria
Kevin Bosman
0 40434.53583
0 39769.81145 Greenland
Artist&educator
0 40637.46105 London
0
40488.7694
0 40714.23046
0
40327.5823
hiii im anna from lisboa. love living my life
0 40096.62572
0 39607.59252 Pretoria
Computer literate 60 year old!
http://www.astidian.com
0 39729.29417 Pretoria
A married mother of two teenage boys, a quilter and reader who enjoys spending time with friends
0 39702.42076 Pretoria
Science Writer
http://shanewilson.multiply.com/
0 40081.60829
0 40493.97112
0 40632.98067
http://www.acgedu.com
0 40482.50894
0
39775.7938 Greenland
I'm weird, oh yah I'm in LOVE with Edward Cullen(if you dont know him read twilight)
0
39010.802
0 40404.37899 West Central Africa
0 40317.56539
0 39699.31373 Harare
I can do stuff me
1 40286.63455
0 39391.44067 Pretoria
0 39940.42462 Greenland
http://www.neoco.co.za
0 39698.81293 Greenland
TypeA.Inquisitive.Loyal.Friendly.Outgoing
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Twitter Page
http://twitter.com/janetlynne1
http://twitter.com/JonBravo
http://twitter.com/Prettymonstarr
http://twitter.com/tanyafrodsham
http://twitter.com/zidanos
http://twitter.com/Angel109
http://twitter.com/BongoTheMonkey
http://twitter.com/evrardndongala
http://twitter.com/henniedv
http://twitter.com/jasonzoopy
http://twitter.com/leejaewang
http://twitter.com/lvdwalt
http://twitter.com/marnuskotze
http://twitter.com/PastorDeborah
http://twitter.com/samj2k
http://twitter.com/stupe
http://twitter.com/swidoo
http://twitter.com/therealmissk
http://twitter.com/Craigl21
http://twitter.com/fweep
http://twitter.com/hottestgossip
http://twitter.com/JohnRoome
http://twitter.com/libyano
http://twitter.com/AdamAnis
http://twitter.com/aly_katt
http://twitter.com/anacamia
http://twitter.com/Issrar
http://twitter.com/lenpretorius
http://twitter.com/LoretteKerr
http://twitter.com/mabhekaphansi
http://twitter.com/miss_ines
http://twitter.com/prospa
http://twitter.com/therondp
http://twitter.com/cheesboy
http://twitter.com/Hornet101
http://twitter.com/johanvanzyl
http://twitter.com/kaedon33
http://twitter.com/klmclubafrica
http://twitter.com/kubersakkie
http://twitter.com/MusaXXX
http://twitter.com/nclns
http://twitter.com/neoco_za
http://twitter.com/tammyvdv
Analysis of African Top Twitter Users (Sorted by number of followers) as at 31 August 2011
Data downloaded for a specified list of twitter users using NodeXL (http://nodexl.codeplex.com/)
Latest version available at : http://j-j.co.za/toptwits
Rank
2280
2281
2282
2283
2284
2285
2286
2287
2288
2289
2290
2291
2292
2293
2294
Twitter Name
Yashzn
aa_sa
Ammounaaa
chelitis
FluEU
idito
ixq
lesterdup
Monirws
mrazzle
OTSK
Ozjuan
sellami
ToshaN
ushir
Followed Followers Tweets
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
4
2
0
0
1
0
3
24
0
25
1
0
1
4
0
3
0
0
4
0
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Please provide attribution if quoting, please feedback on errors or additions to toptwits@j-j.co.za
Joined
Twitter Date
Description
Favorites (UTC)
Time Zone
0 40343.50088
0 40075.97208 Brasilia
0
40581.8388
0 40360.00567
0 40665.97117
0 40313.39344
0 39763.77907 Greenland
You don't have to understand here, to be here..
7 40720.67723 Pretoria
0 40317.81009
1
40371.1401
0 40751.81451 Tokyo
学生してる男です
0 40706.22811
0 40689.33385
0 40601.78108
0 40294.41737
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Web
Twitter Page
http://twitter.com/Yashzn
http://twitter.com/aa_sa
http://twitter.com/Ammounaaa
http://twitter.com/chelitis
http://twitter.com/FluEU
http://twitter.com/idito
http://twitter.com/ixq
http://www.ethekwini-tech.co.za
http://twitter.com/lesterdup
http://twitter.com/Monirws
http://twitter.com/mrazzle
http://twitter.com/OTSK
http://twitter.com/Ozjuan
http://twitter.com/sellami
http://twitter.com/ToshaN
http://twitter.com/ushir

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