top 100 ict4d twitter accounts · 2017-05-03 · the ict4d conference team has selected their...

The ICT4D Conference team has selected their ‘Top 100 ICT4D Accounts to Follow on Twitter in 2017’. The ICT4DConferenceisaninteractivemulti-disciplinarygatheringofinspiringthought-leaders,innovators,andprogram,ITanddatamanagersfromaroundtheworldtoexplorehowinformationandcommunicationstechnology(ICT)improvestheresultsofhumanitarianreliefanddevelopmentinitiatives.Bybringingtogetherpublic,privateandcivilsocietyorganizationsfromacross the humanitarian and international development community, the platform enables knowledge exchange andbuildingofpartnershipstoaccelerateachievementoftheUnitedNations’SustainableDevelopmentGoalsandmakeameasurabledifferenceinmillionsofpeople’slives.

TheTop100ICT4DTwitteraccountshavebeenselectedbylevelofactivity,relevanceoftweets,andnumberoffollowers.The list includes non-profit, private sector, multilateral and government organizations using information andcommunicationstechnologyfordevelopment(ICT4D)aswellasknowninfluencers.

ManyoftheorganizationsmentionedinthebelowTwitterlistwillbepresentatthe2017ICT4DConferenceonthe15-18MayinHyderabad,offeringinsightsintoICT4Dbestpractices,innovationsandchallengesinover300sessionsaroundthethemeof"FromInnovationtoImpact-HarnessingthePowerofDatafortheSustainableDevelopmentGoals".Inadditiontoplenarysessionsaroundbigthemes,therewillbetracksessionsinhealth,agriculture,disastermanagement,financialinclusion,education,anddatastrategy.Visithttp://www.ict4dconference.org/tolearnmoreabouttheconferenceandtoseethefullconferenceagenda!Registerhereforthisyear'sconference.

TheTop100ICT4DTwitterAccountsList:

# Organization TwitterHandle Tweets Followers Joined1 BillGates @BillGates 2,325 34,300,000 2009

2 MadhuPurnimaKishwar @madhukishwar 24,600 12,000,000 2011

3 WorldHealthOrganization @WHO 24,600 3,530,000 20084 GulPanag @GulPanag 104,000 2,600,000 20095 WorldBank @WorldBank 31,800 2,360,000 2009

6 GatesFoundation @gatesfoundation 12,400 1,800,000 2008

7 InternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross @ICRC 10,200 1,630,000 2009

8 ONECampaign @ONECampaign 29,400 1,620,000 2008

9 RaviShankarPrasad @rsprasad 7,710 1,500,000 2013

10 WorldFoodProgramme @WFP 25,700 1,410,000 200911 UNDevelopment @UNDP 49,600 1,100,000 200912 WorldVision @WorldVision 40,700 1,040,000 2008

13 DoctorsWithoutBorders @MSF_USA 20,600 943,000 2008

14 OxfamInternational @Oxfam 34,800 818,000 200715 USAID @USAID 24,000 631,000 200916 IRCInternationalRescue

Committee @theIRC 16,400 351,000 2009

17 DFID @DFID_UK 18,000 259,000 2009

18 MercyCorps @mercycorps 9,710 230,000 200819 OryOkollohMwangi @kenyanpundit 123,000 187,000 200720 RockefellerFoundation @RockefellerFdn 17,200 132,000 2010

21 Esri @Esri 14,100 116,000 2008

22 BibekDebroy @bibekdebroy 62,700 116,000 200923 ErikHersman @whiteafrican 22,400 85,300 200724 Ushahidi @ushahidi 7,896 75,600 2008

25 CenterforGlobalDevelopment @CGDev 20,500 75,400 2008

26 TheInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute @IFPRI 12,700 65,900 2009

27 CatholicReliefServices @CatholicRelief 13,700 65,900 2008

28 CGIAR @CGIAR 32,900 59,900 2011

29 GrameenFoundation @GrameenFdn 6,615 55,400 200830 AjitRanade @ajit_ranade 10,600 47,500 200931 TechSoup @TechSoup 24,000 44,600 2007

32 e-Agriculture @e_agriculture 6,961 41,700 2009

33 WorldBankData @worldbankdata 9,457 40,800 201034 CharityComms @CharityComms 15,800 35,300 200835 WenDombrowskiMD @HealthcareWen 46,000 35,200 2011

36 NPRGoats&Soda @NPRGoatsandSoda 13,100 32,200 2012

37 SurjitBhalla @surjitbhalla 3,783 32,200 201338 TacticalTech @Info_Activism 25,900 28,400 200839 BrianDolan @mobilehealth 4,272 28,400 2008

40 InnovationsforPovertyAction @poverty_action 11,500 26,100 2008

41 KenBanks @kiwanja 18,800 25,300 200842 MobiHealthNews @MobiHealthNews 5,130 24,100 2010

43 J-PAL @JPAL_Global 3,775 24,000 2011

44 DataKind @DataKind 6,583 23,100 2012

45 SchoolofData @SchoolofData 2,861 22,500 201246 ict4d @ict4d 1,505 22,300 200947 IREXInternational @IREXintl 8,392 21,200 2009

48 PatrickMeier @PatrickMeier 12,000 21,000 2008

49 CODE @connected_dev 7,314 19,700 201450 DevelopmentGateway @DGateway 12,700 19,400 200951 Data&Society @datasociety 3,739 17,600 2013

52 TechChange @TechChange 27,200 16,000 2010

53 ICT_Works @ICT_Works 13,000 15,800 200954 HealthITandmHealth @healthITmHealth 4,499 15,300 201355 NetSquared @NetSquared 15,400 14,900 2007

56 MSSwaminathan @msswaminathan 1,883 14,300 2010

57 TechnicalCentreforAgriculturalandRuralCo-operation(CTA) @CTAFlash 9,481 14,200 2009

58 JosieFraser @josiefraser 29,300 14,100 200759 AidData @AidData 11,600 13,500 2009

60 ICRISAT @ICRISAT 3,825 13,100 2010

61 FrontlineSMS @FrontlineSMS 4,503 13,000 200862 DAIGlobal @DAIGlobal 17,800 13,000 201063 GSMAMobile4Dev @GSMAm4d 7,544 12,300 2012

64 MedicMobile @medic 5,684 10,100 2008

65 Dalberg @DalbergTweet 6,059 10,100 201066 ZaraRahman @zararah 11,200 8,946 201067 MobileHealthGlobal @mHealthGlobal 5,021 8,858 2014

68 USAIDDigital @USAID_Digital 4,938 8,439 2011

69 ALNAP @ALNAP 3,877 8,178 200970 AccountabilityLab @AccountLab 11,000 6,592 201171 TheSEEPNetwork @TheSEEPNetwork 7,878 6,371 2010

72 BetterThanCash @BetterThan_Cash 7,470 6,083 2012

73 TechForGood @techforgoodtv 3,576 5,577 201474 NetHope @NetHope_org 4,680 5,473 200875 ICTUpdate @ICT_Update 3,971 5,361 2009

76 AidandInternationalDevelopmentForum @FollowAIDF 12,900 4,374 2009

77 TheEngineRoom @EngnRoom 5,998 3,854 2011

78 JacobKushner @JacobKushner 4,167 3,827 2010

79 Elrha @ELRHA 2,222 3,508 2011

80 WonkComms @WonkComms 3,630 3,206 201381 FEWSNET @FEWSNET 3,355 2,793 200982 Souktel @souktel 4,426 2,699 2009

83 JohnMarkBMD @drjohnmark_b 11,900 2,507 2012

84 CIPESA @cipesaug 6,688 2,172 201185 C4DNetwork @C4D_Network 6,563 2,087 201286 TelecentreFoundation @telecentreorg 5,046 2,041 2010

87 Dimagi @dimagi 1,920 1,952 2009

88 AfricaTechnologyBusinessNetwork @Africabtn 1,630 1,488 2015

89 ICT4Red @ICT4RED 6,002 1,477 201390 GoodLands @Good_Lands 601 1,412 2015

91 Sumivector @Sumivector 654 1,257 2014

92 Zerion @zerionsoftware 1,356 1,200 200993 NASSCOMSocialInnovationForum @NF_NSIF 3,209 1,168 201194 BusaraCenter @BusaraCenter 464 1,089 2015

95 DigitalImpactAlliance(DIAL) @DIAL_community 606 704 2015

96 #proudlyAfrican @ICT4dev_Africa 4,171 572 201297 AddisIdeas @AddisIdeas 1,624 1,207 2014

98 iMeritTechnology @iMeritDigital 957 406 201299 CFSKKenya @CFSKenya 747 397 2011

100AnudipFoundation @AnudipFNDN 11 68 2014