SA Top Tweeters in Africa – Research

A new study has found that South Africa tweets the most on the African continent with over five million messages sent in the last three months of 2011.

Analysis of over 11.5 million geo-located tweets originating on the continent and a survey of 500 of Africa's most active tweeters, shows that the next most active country is Kenya (2 476 800).

It found that 57 percent of tweets from Africa were sent from mobile devices, 60 percent of Africa's most active tweeters are between 20 to 29 years old and that 81 percent of those polled mainly used it for communicating with friends.

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