Wednesday 20 May 2015

President Obama gets his own Twitter account




US president Barack Obama has opened his own Twitter account (@POTUS) and within 24 hours, has gained over one million followers.

President Obama’s first Tweet was retweeted over 230,000 times and favourited more than 300,000 times.


@POTUS currently follows 65 users among them Michelle Obama (@FLOTUS), and Former Presidents Bill Clinton (@billclinton) and George H. Bush (@GeorgeHWBush). President Obama’s interest in sports shows as he has also followed majority of Chicago’s sports teams.
The account now gives Americans an opportunity to engage have a personal engagement with the President.

Political leaders around the world are using Twitter to connect with their citizens. This includes African leaders such as:  Uhuru Kenyatta (@uhurukenyatta) who has 858k followers, Rwanda Head of State, Paul Kagame (@PaulKagame) with 973k followers, Nigeria’s President-elect, Mohammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) with 261k followers, and Jakaya Kikwete (@jmkikwete), the Tanzanian President, with 271k followers.


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