First Twitter map of Africa reveals a connected continent - SOCIAL NETWORKING - FRANCE 24

In the first-ever Twitter map of Africa, South Africans are the most active tweeters on a continent where young people armed with smartphones are embracing social media to connect across borders.

Social networking, particularly Twitter, is gaining ground across Africa, connecting people from Cape Town to Cairo.

Portland Communications, along with media platform Tweetminster, have produced the first Twitter Map of the African continent after analysing more than 11.5 million tweets from across the region.

Over five million of the tweets emanated from South Africa, which, as the continent’s most developed country, might not come as a surprise. But second on the map, with 2.48 million tweets, was Kenya, ranked as the region's thirteenth economy. Read more -->
First Twitter map of Africa reveals a connected continent - SOCIAL NETWORKING - FRANCE 24