The ICT4D Conference team has selected their ‘Top 100 ICT4D Accounts to Follow on Twitter in 2017’. The ICT4D Conference is an interactive multi-disciplinary gathering of inspiring thought-leaders, innovators, and program, IT and data managers from around the world to explore how information and communications technology (ICT) improves the results of humanitarian relief and development initiatives. By bringing together public, private and civil society organizations from across the humanitarian and international development community, the platform enables knowledge exchange and building of partnerships to accelerate achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and make a measurable difference in millions of people’s lives. The Top 100 ICT4D Twitter accounts have been selected by level of activity, relevance of tweets, and number of followers. The list includes non-profit, private sector, multilateral and government organizations using information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) as well as known influencers. Many of the organizations mentioned in the below Twitter list will be present at the 2017 ICT4D Conference on the 15-18 May in Hyderabad, offering insights into ICT4D best practices, innovations and challenges in over 300 sessions around the theme of "From Innovation to Impact - Harnessing the Power of Data for the Sustainable Development Goals". In addition to plenary sessions around big themes, there will be track sessions in health, agriculture, disaster management, financial inclusion, education, and data strategy. Visit http://www.ict4dconference.org/ to learn more about the conference and to see the full conference agenda! Register here for this year's conference. The Top 100 ICT4D Twitter Accounts List: # Organization Twitter Handle Tweets Followers Joined 1 Bill Gates @BillGates 2,325 34,300,000 2009 2 MadhuPurnima Kishwar @madhukishwar 24,600 12,000,000 2011 3 World Health Organization @WHO 24,600 3,530,000 2008 4 Gul Panag @GulPanag 104,000 2,600,000 2009 5 World Bank @WorldBank 31,800 2,360,000 2009 6 Gates Foundation @gatesfoundation 12,400 1,800,000 2008 7 International Committee of the Red Cross @ICRC 10,200 1,630,000 2009
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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
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