23- year-old Sheila Gashumba has beaten all Ugandan Television and Radio presenters to become Uganda’s most influential, followed and liked on tweeter.
Latest figures put her followers at 501.000 people. She was closely followed by Farida Nakazibwe.. 478,815; Canary Mugume. 449k and Samson Kasumba 447k.
Nation wide, Uganda’s most followed person is President Museveni followed by Bobi Wine. Kiiza Besigye, Eddie Kenzo, Sheeba Karungi and Apass follow.
Sheila’s father, Frank Gashumba said that her daughter’s performance was a landmard but non suprising.
” Sheila uses tweeter for the correct reasons. She doesnt use social media to insult, demean, and dehumanize people she don’t agree, ” Gashumba said.
He added that Social media is all about building meaningful relationships and to attract brands
“Those Ugandans who are using social media for self empowerment and transforming communities are making a killing out of it. A simple example is Sheilah; she is the most followed and paid media personality in Uganda, has over 500k followers on Twitter and over 800k Followers on Instagram and you will agree that’s it’s not easy to accumulate such numbers in Uganda” Gashumba said.
On Facebook, Sheila has over 1M and these have enable big brands like Coca cola, Centenary bank, Africell, World Remit, Movit, Club, have worked with her.
“The trick consistency and discipline,” Sheila told Ugtribune.com.
You too can use these platforms to make money and live a good life. Reduce that negative energy on social media.Stop posting fake stories and promoting hate, big companies will never associate themselves with lies and hate.
