Whether you live in Ghana, are moving there or just interested in learning more about the country through its social media, here are 10 cool Ghanaian Twitter handles to follow. They cover all things Ghanaian from politics and music to football, fashion and news.
The official Twitter page for the Ghana Football Association has been tweeting about the national team’s World Cup affairs, including this post:
#GHA squad arrive back home from #Brazil http://t.co/sHCxBRgSpC
— Ghana FA Official (@ghanafaofficial) June 29, 2014
With more than 1.2 million followers, the football star is easily one of Ghana’s most popular people on Twitter. His latest tweet was posted on June 30:
Holidays…⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/PzrRyUUm0N
— Kevin-Prince Boateng (@KPBofficial) June 30, 2014
On the official Twitter account for Ghana’s president, his social media team follows U.S. Presdient Barack Obama’s formula. Tweets by H.E. are signed JM, although the personal tweets are few and far between. We went back a full year without finding one. Still his tweets are popular. This one was re-tweeted more than 200 times:
#Ghana‘s #BlackStars were phenomenal last night in their game against #Germany. They played well. They restored #Africa‘s pride. — John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) June 22, 2014
With more than 93,000 followers, Ghana’s English-speaking radio station is another good one to follow for up-to-the-minute news as well as music. Here’s a recent tweet:
Kojo Yankson: 6 leaders of the demonstration are being screened to present their petition at the flagstaff house #OccupyFlagStaffHouse
— Joy FM 99.7 | Ghana (@Joy997FM) July 1, 2014
The producer and talent development manager has sent out more than 73,000 tweets to his 38,500-plus followers, mostly pertaining to the Ghana music scene.
The real BET award winner is @lilianblankson she is #motherlandCertified #AIM2Impact. The woman behind the African artists 24/7.
— Julz Ghanamixtapes (@GhanaMixTapes) June 30, 2014
Get your news and social media fix in one spot by checking out the Blogging Ghana Twitter feed, which is dedicated to promoting bloggers from around the country, including many who cover breaking national news like this:
In case you thought it was a joke #OccupyFlagStaffHouse pic.twitter.com/GOAZLmzCyY
— Edward Tagoe (@ttaaggooee) July 1, 2014
With just less than 7,000 followers, OmgGhana’s Twitter presence isn’t exactly record breaking, but this website for all things entertainment, sports and news related in Ghana is trying — they’ve sent out more than 140,000 tweets since joining, including many with enticing headlines like this:
Ghanaian Celebrities Who Are From Rich Homes http://t.co/nekX9pY04h http://t.co/3HaCifF8ef
— OmgGhana.Com™ (@omgGhanaDotCom) July 1, 2014
If you’re looking for work in Ghana, follow this site on Twitter for the latest in employment listings. Its tweets often look like this:
Latest Ghana Jobs: Chief Financial Officer at The House of Freedom (HOF): Location: Outside Ghana Description:… http://t.co/2P2PrWqj7w
— Jobberman Ghana (@JobbermanGhana) July 1, 2014
Catch up on the news with this Twitter feed by a network of Ghanaian reporters on a mission to improve news information access across the country. Here’s a recent tweet:
#ECG substation at Dzorwulu has just exploded, leaving major parts of #Accra without power! Details soon! #AccraBlackout”
— Ghana Reporters (@Ghanareporters) May 14, 2014
The verified account of the producer of the latest Ghana Music Awards has some 50,000 Twitter followers and posts stuff like this:
#shouts to all the people supporting my production and enjoy good music. Love y’all! God go make wanna big. — Killbeatz. (@killbeatz) June 30, 2014