Well, you’ll agree with me that Twitter NG is not for the faint-hearted.
On Twitter, there’s constant drags, trolls, and rants. It is a people’s community.
Above all the dragging and vawulence—word for violence—Twitter is a great social platform to grow your reach and land diverse opportunities.
You could quickly maximise the platform, gain opportunities, and grow your business. All thanks to the Twitter Influencers.
These micro-influencers or thought leaders have made things much more straightforward. So, whether you want to grow your Twitter following, stay up to date on trends, catch the latest gist, gain opportunities, direct traffic to your offline business, it is now much more accessible.
Top 10 Twitter Influencers in Nigeria
While follower count matters in influencers, the engagement rate is also essential. For this reason, we will be sharing highlights of the Top Twitter Influencers in Nigeria 2021 who have impacted lives.
Our top 10 Twitter Influencers in Nigeria would be in no particular order. However, the focus would be on personalities who create meaningful content.
Let’s begin!
1. Ogbeni Dipo
With 948k followers, Dr Dipo Awojide has established himself as an industry expert. He regularly posts about career development, leadership, and political views.
Ogbeni Dipo, as he is fondly called, has built a remarkable reputation for himself in the educational sector. He is currently a Senior lecturer in strategy at Nottingham Trent University. He holds a PhD in Strategic management and a postgraduate certificate in Academic Practice.
In addition to his lecturing career, Ogbeni Dipo is the founder of three fast-growing businesses. He owns and manages Ambidextrous consult, BTDT Hub, and a recently added High Impact Careers. While Ambidextrous consult majors mainly on training and developing teams for strategic management, BTDT Hub and High Impact Careers focus on skill acquisition and career development.
Even though he’s based in the UK, Ogbeni Dipo still actively engages with his people in Nigeria. These engagements have resulted in ambassadorial positions for him. He’s currently an ambassador for Afriex, IDP IELTS, Plusworld_NG, and Purple Living. He has advertised for brands such as Branch, One bankNG Stanbic IBTC, Bumpa, chippercash, Share it lite, KyshiCo, Plus World Roofing, and so many others.
With 149k followers on LinkedIn, he was awarded a LinkedIn Top Voices UK. He is also an award-winning MSME Coach.
2. Victor Asemota
Would I be wrong, If I address Victor Asemota as our daddy of Twitter? Obviously No, because some of his followers refer to him as Epa, which means father in Benin Dialect.
Victor Asemota is loved by many as he creates engaging and intellectual content for his followers. A significant skill set is his ability to share impactful tips from his life experiences. Having gained his first Postgraduate degree in 1995, you can easily assume he’s a learned man.
You’ll be fascinated to discover that this man is an investor, an entrepreneur, and a fantastic writer. Victor Asemota is not just a thought leader who posts abstract ideas but ideas backed with years of personal experience.
He has taken up roles of Growth partner, board of advisors, CEO, Co-founder, and Founder, and many other C-level positions. Interestingly, he got these roles at notable organisations. He has worked with Alterna Capital group, Swifta Corps, Flutterwave, Interaction Design Foundation??, AnD Ventures, IBM, PlaceFund, and EdoInnovates.
So, for those looking for a mentor or big daddy, then Victor Asemota is the right man. More reason is his ability to connect and engage with many on the timeline. Victor Asemota retweets hilarious content, shares insights for startups, talks about crypto and other investment, talk about politics, and tweets about his everyday life. He’s one of those few verified accounts who personally manage his account and engage actively.
After the Zazuu trend, a song sang by Portable and Olamide, Victor Asemota, with a fantastic personality, now opens his tweet threads with “Aradugbo ” and he signs off with “Zeh ”. He claimed to have bought the Aradugbo domain.
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Lest I forget, he has over 190k followers and is currently based in Ghana??.
3. Tunde_OD
You are a Nigerian, and you’ve not heard of Tunde Onakoya? I don’t think so because he has gained fame with foreigners—including celebrities—and Nigerians. You may wonder what he did?
This amazing star started chess projects in slums, and it became viral. He took this project to the lowest level. He taught kids of poor backgrounds how to play chess, and he organised competitions. He has touched the lives of kids in the Makoko slum, oshodi under bridge, and many ghetto areas in Lagos.
Though he has been teaching kids chess for a while now, this project attracted sponsors, partners, and volunteers last year. This was because the chess in the slum taught urchin chess and returned them to school.
His initiative has partnered with Venture Gardens, CafeOneNG, Shuttle rang, Chesskid, iccNYC, and others. Tunde Onakoya has raised over $100k on their Go-Fund me and over 12million naira. Interestingly, he has also created and minted NFTs of the Chess in Slum Project. Incredible, you say!
With over 93K followers, he is now a verified Twitter user. For those who seek a man of impact to work with, then Tunde_OD is the right man.
4. Aunty Ada
If Sir Victor is our daddy, wouldn’t it be nice if Aunty Adaa is our big sister? Why not? She takes time to repost works and products of small business vendors across Nigerians.
Aunty Adaa has stirred conversation. Some of her tweets ask questions, and they get tons of replies. Majorly, she is involved in Lifestyle, Makeup, and Beauty. She is also a beautiful person.
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She joined the platform in September 2012, and she has over 400k followers. Currently, Aunty Adaa is a brand ambassador to fair money and DSTV.
5. David Hundeyin
David Hundeyin is one of those men that shape intellectual discussion and conversations on Twitter NG. He is a prolific writer and an investigative journalist. On his Twitter bio, you’ll find that he works with businessdayNG, and he has received the People journalism prize for Africa award in 2020.
This attractive personality commands a large following of 163K followers. He also runs a substack newsletter called West Africa Week. Apparently, he’s the founder. The newsletter focuses on investigative journalism and revealing the truth.
I discovered this fantastic journalist when he made a revealing publication about the founder of Nasco cornflakes. This writeup drove controversies, and there were heated Twitter conversations here and there about the subject. Another revealing content he did was that of Kemi Olunloyo. This publication also stirred reactions from people who already had doubts about this woman.
Aside from investigative journalism, David also tweets about Nigerian politics and issues surrounding social change and development.
6. Aproko Doctor
Aproko Doctor is an intelligent tweep that teaches people the importance of healthy living. As a doctor, he shares valuable health tips, and he also discourages unhealthy behaviours. Aproko Doctor’s real name is Chinonso Egemba, and he is married to Amala, a chef.
Although he’s not verified, he has a massive follower count of 1.2Million. And he also founded the 100k club. This club is a non-profit that helps poor Nigerians raise health funds and medical fees.
7. SavvyRinu
Savvy Rinu is making our list of Top Twitter Influencers in Nigeria for the second time. Popular tweep Savvy Rinu goes by the real name Rinu Oduala. Savvyrinu is a verified Twitter user with roughly four hundred thousand followers. She has attracted large followers due to her active involvement in the 2020 #EndSars Phase. She also actively creates content on Nigerian Politics, and she believes the youth can lead.
Aside from politics, Savvyrinu is also a media strategist and a PR person. She also runs a clothing and merchandising brand. Rinu is also the Project Director of Connect Hub Nigeria. This hub supports and defends people that have experienced state violence.
In addition, Rinu is also running a weekly Twitter space around the theme, “2023 election”. She also publishes a weekly newsletter on Leadership, health, policies, and Justice.
8. Don Jazzy
Everyone knows that DonJazzy is a top Producer in Nigeria and the owner of Mavin Records. One exciting thing about this celebrity is that he constantly engages with other regular Nigerian tweeps. He’s a man loved by many on the Nigeria Twitter streets. This has made him one of the top Nigeria Twitter influencers. He has one of the most prominent pages with an impressive follower count of 6.2million.
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He impacts many lives with his constant giveaway and patronising of small businesses. Incredibly, he is also actively involved in NFTs purchases, and he has an ENS domain to his name.
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9. Mochievous
Mochievous is one of the controversial females on Nigeria Twitter Space. She has been on Twitter since 2009 and has since then grown her followers to three hundred and seventy thousand.
Mochievous is first a tech lawyer, then a travel blogger. She blogs about travelling and has partnered with a couple of brands around travel. She is also a top staff at scale my hustle, and Vazilegal. She also has a personal newsletter with over 40thousand subscribers. Sometimes, she gets into hot conversations and trolls due to her takes on feminism.
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10. UnkleAyo
Ayomide Eniola Salako, known on Twitter as UnkleAyo, is a micro-influencer in Nigeria. This young Nigerian propagates Crypto, ETFs, and studying abroad. Although most of his tweets are on Crypto and the blockchain system, he also tweets about Nigeria, education, health issues, web 3, and other topics.
Although UnkleAyo is a Master student of Med-Biotechnology, he still makes time to discuss crypto and the opportunities there. He’s also actively involved in a Web3 project, crypto gaming, and Cloud/DevOps.
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Late 2021, Unkle Ayo made an interesting thread revealing how someone illegally moved 0.5BTC from the main FEMCO account and how the account flexed 2.2BTC. For those who are not aware, FEMCO means the Feminist Coalition, and they played a significant role during the EndSars phase. Trust tweeps; they are already weighing FEMCO’s accountability with Tunde Onakoya’s due to his GoFund me target of 1million USD.
Summary
You’ve just seen the top 10 Nigerian Twitter influencers.
While these influencers focus on different niches, they have impacted many lives.
Now it’s your turn!
Which of the influencers mentioned above were your favourites? Was your favourite not mentioned?
Let us know in the comment sections.