Nana Akufo-Addo Beats John Mahama To Most Influential On Social Media Award

Former President John Dramani Mahama ‘lost’ another contest to his successor at the Presidency as Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is adjudged the most influential public figure on social media in Ghana.

The current President narrowly beat the former one in the Ghana Social Media Ranking, which ranks influential public figures on social media by their number of followers, their reach and their engagement with said followers.

Behind the two former President comes perhaps Ghana’s most famous political export since Kwame Nkrumah, Kofi Annan, who served as UN Secretary General for two terms. After the international diplomat comes Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his predecessor, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.

The Ghana Social Media Report, within which the rankings is contained, has also ranked actors, musicians, comedians and others in the 2016 report.

Below is the top ten list of most influential public figures in the country.

1 Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

2 John Dramani Mahama

3 Kofi Annan

4 Dr Mahamudu Bawumia

5 Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur

6 Jerry John Rawlings

7 Samira Bawumia

8 Lucy Quist

9 Lordina Mahama

10 Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom