Most active African gov’ts in social networks: Cameroon ranked 2nd from bottom

The Pan-African weekly magazine Jeune Afrique released on April 21, 2016, its ranking of the most active African Ministers on the Internet, especially on social networks.

A ranking of 22 francophone African countries totaling 675 ministers and deputy ministers. In general, only 196 ministers have a Facebook page, and 129 are present on Twitter.

The newspaper made stop in Cameroon, where Biya (on Facebook and Twitter) prescribed his ministers at the beginning of April 2016 more visibility on social networks. According to Jeune Afrique, which ranks Cameroon second to the last (21st out of 22 with a score of 16.67), “only six Cameroonian ministers have a Facebook page with their name, allowing Cameroon to like them and to follow their news. And only two of them are present on Twitter, which is not the case of the Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary (since we have not taken into account ministerial accounts but only those related to the Minister’s name). “

This trend contrasts with that of countries like Rwanda, where all 21 government ministers are present on social networks, Twitter in particular. A trend followed by Senegal and the Ivory Coast, whose governments have recently accentuated their Facebook presence. In the top 5, there is, therefore, Rwanda (143.81), Ivory Coast (129.63), Senegal, 87.10), Benin (86.19) and Tunisia (85.37).

Other countries in Central Africa are not better off, as the DR Congo, Central African Republic, and Gabon are ranked 10th, 11th and 12th, with scores of 51.00, 46.67 and 44.02 respectively. Chad and Congo-Brazzaville arrive at the 18th and 19th position with scores 26.67 and 25.71 respectively.

K’mer SAGA offers you the complete ranking of Jeune Afrique of African.countries whose governments are more active on social networks below.





No Country Score Number of Ministers (Apart from secretary of states) Number of ministers with a Facebook account
Number of ministers with a Twitter account
1 Rwanda

2 Côte d’Ivoire

3 Senegal

4 Benin

5 Tunisia

6 Morocco

7 Algeria

9 Burkina Faso

10 DR Congo

11 C.A.R

12 Gabon

13 Mali

14 Togo

15 Madagascar

16 Burundi

17 Niger

18 Chad

19 Congo-Brazzaville

20 Cameroon

21 Mauritania