Infulencers on Social Media

 

 

I follow many celebrities on all my social networks so at first it was a bit hard for me to actually differentiate between a celebrity and an influencer. I have learned that an influencer is someone who uses a certain medium (in this instance Twitter and Instagram) to pursued decisions without actually forcing it .Influencers also have a large number of followers on social media. A celebrity is then someone who is famous for the role they play in media be it acting, singing or television. I have complied a list of people I think are influencers and you should also follow;

 

 

• Khaya Dlanga is a senior Communications exec at Coca-Cola. He has won several advertising awards including the Gold Cannes Lion and also been awarded an honorary membership at the University of the Witwatersrand Chapter’s Golden Key Award. He is also an author and has published the books The Youngster; My arrogant opinion, To Quote Myself. Lastly he is also columnist for the Mail & Guardian and has his own blog Khaya Dlanga’s Life on the Internet. I think this country needs more people like Khaya who are strongly opinionated and stand firm by their opinions. The Media and Marketing 2008 listed Khaya as one of 100 most influential people in the marketing industry. He has a large following on Twitter with over 190 k followers.  



Author & Marketing guru Khaya Dlanga   (Source)
 

• Anele Mdoda is no stranger to the entertainment industry, she is on your radio Monday – Friday from 4pm to 7pm on Joburg’s no.1 hit music station 94.7.She is also a philanthropist . Anele’s radio career began in 2004 at the University of Pretoria. In 2012 she was announced as one of the judges in Miss SA pageant, the same year she was also announced as one of the judges on Clash of the Choirs. Anele has over 326 K followers on Twitter. Surprisingly her account is not yet verified. Her tweets are uncensored and are of good tweets. She also loves Beyoncé.

Radio and TV Presenter Anele Mdoda (Source)

• Nombulelo Boyana popularly known as Lelo or @MsLeloB on Twitter Instagram and LinkedIn. She is a HR business partner at a leading financial institute and an ex blogger. Earlier this year she announced on her blog Just Curious that she was retiring from the blogging industry and was pursuing her studies. She launched her blog in November 2009. The blog is an entertainment and gossip blog, it is also one of the most successful blogs in Africa and has won awards.  She tweets a lot and her tweets are of nice tweets. I really love her and aspire to be like her. She loves traveling (So do I).

Ex blogger Nombulelo Boyana   (Source)

 

• Somizi Mhlongo is one of the most successful choreographer's in the country. I'm not sure what happened to his singing career but once upon a time a singer as well, he is also featured on TV programmes and soapie. He is well known for his extravagant personality and life style. He is proud of his sexuality which is being gay and stands up for gay rights in this country. He's state of mind influences many young South African in a positive way all though some may say he's fake I really love him and admire his talent and great work   

Choreographer Somizi Mhlongo  (Source)
 

• Lastly I've listed Barry Bateman.. You might be wondering why him. Well Barry was the 1st person to tweet  or rather report about the whole Oscar Pistorious shooting in February 2013. Barry is a senior reporter for Eyewitness news. During the Oscar trial he was the man to follow on Twitter with minute by minute updates on what was transpiring in court. He is always tweeting news that is happening in and around the country and is very influential. Barry uses Twitter to update his followers on what they might be probably be missing out. 

EWN senior reporter Barry Bateman (Source)