Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah is the two most followed African on the social media
channels Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, according to the African
Social Media Power Report: Top 50 Footballers and Entertainers.
The Power 50 has a combined following of almost 400million, a
number that is more than half the population of Europe and twice the
population of Nigeria, Africa’s most populated country.
The rating weighs the social media influence of African pop culture
stars and football personalities was compiled by Lagos-based sports
communication company, CampsBay Media.
No Nigerian footballer made the top ten dominated by Egyptian
players with Barcelona legend, Samuel Eto’o Fils is third behind Cote
d’Ivoire’s Didier Drogba with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mohamed
Elneny completing the top five.
“In a world where social media continues to play a big role,
the influence of African entertainers and footballers, the crème of
popular culture on our continent, continues to fascinate and that is why
we have compiled this list,” said Lolade Adewuyi, chief strategist at CampsBay Media.
“We have tried as much as possible to gather the top African
pop and sport stars into the list in order to show their influence
across the three key social media platforms of Instagram, Facebook and
Twitter. We hope that the Power Report will be an annual ranking to
gauge their growing impact as well as enable market planners and
researchers to see the possibilities inherent in their influence.”
Personalities from 12 countries are represented on the list with
the top 10 places filled by Akon, Salah, footballer Didier Drogba,
Moroccan stand-up comedian Gad el Maleh, South African comedian and TV
show host Trevor Noah, Cameroonian footballer Samuel Eto’o, Moroccan
actor Jamel Debbouze, Nigerian singer Davido and South African actress
Charlize Theron.
On the African Social Media Power Report: Top 50 are 13
actors/actresses, 14 singers, nine rappers, eight footballers, four
comedians and two music producers/DJs.
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