Interesting

Bill Gates

Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests...
5,433,315 followers |

A Googler

News and updates from Google
4,281,095 followers |

Guardian Tech

News and comment from the Guardian's technology team
1,736,669 followers |

Danny Glover

Actor, Director, Producer, Political Activist
1,486,244 followers |

UN Refugee Agency

The official account of UNHCR. Follow us as we provide vital aid and protection to the forcibly displaced around the world (@AlexandraKE tweeting)
1,212,925 followers |

TEDTalks Updates

The official feed for daily TEDTalks. Only new TEDTalks are posted on this feed. For all TED news, follow @TEDNews too!
835,540 followers |

Firefox

I make the web a little faster, safer, smarter, better. Need help? Ask our volunteers @FirefoxHelp.
682,883 followers |

creativecommons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of ©.
451,795 followers |

Beth Kanter

Let's talk about networked approaches & social media for training and capacity building for the nonprofit sector that leverage learning and impact.
404,676 followers |

WITNESS

See it. Film it. Change it. WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. We empower people to use video as a tool for justice.
326,348 followers |

Samasource

SF nonprofit connecting women, youth, and refugees to digital livelihoods.
316,063 followers |

Aspiration

Better tools for a better world
294,170 followers |

Hope 140

Highlighting forces of good in the Twitter community.
272,198 followers |

Partners In Health

Providing health care and social justice for the poor in 12 countries around the world.
128,449 followers |

Rotary International

Official Twitter page for Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, an organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, & community leaders.
126,571 followers |

EFF

Defending your civil liberties in a digital world! Follow us to stay at the forefront of tech policy issues.
67,645 followers |

African Proverbs

Daily African Proverbs from BellaOnline.com's African Culture site.
51,982 followers |

1GOAL

Education Beats Poverty. In 2012 1GOAL will be at the African Cup of Nations.
49,307 followers |

BBC_HaveYourSay

Tell us what's happening where you are! DM or @reply us, SMS/MMS 61124 or +44 7725 100 100 if outside UK, e-mail yourpics@bbc.co.uk or upload via our site
39,180 followers |

Idealist

Connecting people, ideas, resources, and organizations since 1995. [At the keyboard: Julia S. and Jeremy M.]
35,552 followers |

food.io

Yum.
32,642 followers |

Open Society

The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens.
32,053 followers |

Global Voices

Calling attention to the most interesting conversations and perspectives emerging from citizen media around the world. Tweets: @emmab33 (^EB) @kthread (^KT)
31,863 followers |

mediatemple

(mt) Media Temple - Web Hosting Built To Scale. 24/7/365 Twitter support
30,368 followers |

Global Fund forWomen

Resource mobilizer for women's rights worldwide. Standing w/ women since 1987.
24,562 followers |

Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts.
22,883 followers |

Global Development

Join the debate about how to solve the world's biggest problems on the Guardian's global development site. Talk to us here or via development@guardian.co.uk
22,842 followers |

Ory Okolloh

Mama of 3 girls who will run the world, Google Policy Manager Africa, co-founder Ushahidi.com & Mzalendo.com, Afropolitan, Kenyan. Views = mine.
22,786 followers |

Ushahidi

We are a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection,visualization and interactive mapping.
22,549 followers |

Jim Cashel

Chairman of Forum One, a digital communications firm which works at the nexus of technology, public policy, and online community.
19,675 followers |

torproject

Anonymity Online
18,828 followers |

Jillian C. York

Director for International Freedom of Expression @EFF, @globalvoices author/board member. Loudmouth. Views are my own...unless they're yours.
18,661 followers |

Erik Hersman

Where Africa and technology collide... Co-founder of Ushahidi, iHub Nairobi and AfriGadget
18,514 followers |

Rebecca MacKinnon

Writer, Internet freedom activist. Forthcoming book - Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom. Jan. 2012, Basic Books.
18,087 followers |

Ethan Zuckerman

Center for Civic Media, MIT Media Lab, Global Voices Online, Berkman Center. Formerly Geekcorps, Tripod. RT ≠ endorsement, RT = interesting read.
17,832 followers |

World Bank Africa

Welcome to the World Bank Africa Region. Fighting poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results.
16,384 followers |

Berkman Center

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University - exploring cyberspace, sharing in its study, and helping to pioneer its development
16,309 followers |

Transparency Int'l

Transparency International is the global coalition fighting against corruption.
14,686 followers |

WiserEarth

Founded by Paul Hawken - Tweets by Peggy, Executive Director - WiserEarth Connects You to Communities of Action - Social network for sustainability
13,756 followers |

Sunlight Foundation

Working to change the relationship between citizens and their government with Internet technology.
12,950 followers |

Mixpanel

Mixpanel offers extremely powerful analytics and segmentation. http://mixpanel.com
12,758 followers |

Africa Rural Connect

Offer your voice and your vision to develop creative & practical plans for Africa’s economic and agricultural future.
12,449 followers |

Remember The Milk

Remember The Milk is the to-do list that's everywhere you are: from your phone, to the web, to your Google apps, and more.
12,407 followers |

GAVI Alliance

GAVI's mission: To save children’s lives and protect people’s health by increasing access to immunisation in developing countries.
12,013 followers |

One Laptop per Child

One Laptop per Child is a non-profit organization working to provide access to education to every child in the world
11,825 followers |

John Githongo

CEO Inuka Kenya Trust. Member Ni Sisi!
11,200 followers |

openDemocracy

Free thinking for the world
11,052 followers |

TakingITGlobal

We empower youth to understand and act on the world’s greatest challenges.
10,451 followers |

NomadsLand

NomadsLand: Video Strategies for a Changing Planet. Signature videos and interactive marketing for sustainable travel, social enterprises & global development.
10,275 followers |

Mariéme Jamme

I am a proud African, seeking positive narratives for Africa by speaking and writing. Anti-AID to Africa Spokesperson. I believe that I'm here because you are.
10,104 followers |

Jumo

Together we can speed the pace of global change.
9,840 followers |

Network for Good

We provide practical, free fundraising trainings for nonprofits, and resources and software that make it as easy to donate online as it is to shop online.
9,536 followers |

InterAction

InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people. A united voice for global change.
8,877 followers |

republica

re:publica 2012 / 2.- 4. Mai, Berlin.
8,731 followers |

Amy Sample Ward

Speaker, author, blogger & collaborator focused on real social change & the technologies that can support it. NTEN Membership Director. Links at @amysampleward
8,404 followers |

Andrew McLaughlin

Vice President, Tumblr. Lecturer, Stanford Law School. [And Ex-X: Ex-White House. Ex-Google. Ex-ICANN. Ex-Berkman. Ex-Civic Commons. Ex-vegetarian. Ex-Xbox.]
7,969 followers |

Freedom House

Freedom House, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear voice for democracy and freedom worldwide.
7,747 followers |

End Water Poverty

We campaign against the global water and sanitation crisis. Make your voice heard through End Water Poverty. Tweets by Jen and Fleur.
7,496 followers |

NetSquared

Remixing the web for social change! (a project of TechSoup Global) Tweets from @ClaireSale (CS) @AlicjaPeas (AP) @MarcManashil (MM) & @adrebiluka (AK)
7,372 followers |

developmentseed

We create tools to help organizations better communicate.
7,361 followers |

SeeYourImpact

Give a small gift. Meet the life you change.
7,136 followers |

Dr. Paula Kahumbu

Champion of endangered species, ecologist, conservationist, childrens book author, CEO of WildlifeDirect Inc
7,058 followers |

Patrick Meier

Crowdsourcerer (PhD): iRevolution, Ushahidi, Crisis Mapping, Early Warning, New Media, Mobile Tech, Digital Activism, Civil Resistance, Complex Systems
6,779 followers |

Blog Action Day 2010

Asking the world to blog about water on October 15, 2010. Register at http://blogactionday.change.org.
6,568 followers |

Kumi Naidoo

International Executive Director - Greenpeace
6,426 followers |

Fauna & Flora Int.

Fauna & Flora International is conserving the planet’s threatened species and ecosystems – with the people and communities who depend on them.
6,241 followers |

Tactical Tech

Tactical Tech, an NGO helping human rights advocates use information, communications and digital technologies to maximise the impact of their advocacy work
6,162 followers |

FrontlineSMS \o/

The free, award-winning open source SMS platform empowering non-profit organisations the world over since 2005. Tweets by the team.
6,123 followers |

emeka_okafor

Maker Faire Africa Curator,Venture Catalyst/TED Global 2007 Director www.timbuktuchronicles.blogspot.com www.makerfaireafrica.com
5,977 followers |

appfrica

Innovative international software development and design firm from East Africa.
5,705 followers |

Global Integrity

Tracking governance, transparency, open data, and corruption issues from a global, bottom-up, gov2.0 perspective. Features our work, gossip, reports.
5,665 followers |

EDF Business

EDF + Business: green business, environmental sustainability, CSR and more - posts by @monicamichaan
5,529 followers |

Nancy White

chocoholic, online facilitator, learner, visual thinker. Co-author Digital Habitats:stewarding technology for communities
5,452 followers |

meedan

Nonprofit community bridging cultural barriers of language. Meedan.net is for conversation and media sharing about MidEast events across Arabic and English
5,257 followers |

Nancy M. Birdsall

Founding president of the Center for Global Development.
5,228 followers |

afrigadget

Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity
5,216 followers |

Afrika Kabissa

Networking Platform for African Civil Society operated by volunteers (Tweets by @TobiasEigen)
5,178 followers |

ICT4D

Interesting news around Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) (Photo: http://bit.ly/4oRdrV) also here @ckreutz
5,163 followers |

katherine maher

tech for development, democracy, and human rights, with some other things too. kinda obsessed with MENA. all views my own.
4,994 followers |

Mozilla

Official Mozilla account. Tweeting about #Mozilla projects and campaigns, along with news affecting the open web. Links do not mean endorsement.
4,900 followers |

Development Gateway

An international nonprofit that provides online platforms to make aid and development efforts around the world more transparent and effective.
4,854 followers |

Wikimedia

Wikimedia Foundation's official Twitter account!
4,794 followers |

Free Range Studios

We work with organizations to create story-based brands, transforming visions for a better future into emotionally compelling media — interactive, print, video.
4,605 followers |

Josh Nesbit

CEO of @Medic, global health + mobile technology, @Stanford alumnus, @IntraHealth board member, optimist.
4,555 followers |

mt_monitor

4,479 followers |

Internews

Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide.
4,454 followers |

Medic Mobile

Empowering health workers with mobile technology. Right tools. Real impact. \+/
4,343 followers |

Global Giving UK

Directly support the work of grassroot charities worldwide. Tweets brought to you by the GGUK team!
4,336 followers |

Digital Democracy

A non-profit empowering civic engagement with digital technologies and programs that promote education, communication and participation.
4,158 followers |

Human Rights Center

investigating war crimes, pursuing justice, preparing tomorrow's advocates
4,130 followers |

AshokaTECH

Passionate about the power of people, social entrepreneurship, invention and technology to change the world.
4,103 followers |

Engineering 4 Change

Transforming Communities through the power of engineering
3,968 followers |

Maneno

Free, open-source blogging service with an African focus, in African languages. Tweets on media, ICT4D & language in Africa.
3,962 followers |

Vision Africa

Vision Africa is a UK based childrens charity working to give a brighter future to orphaned and destitute children in Kenya.
3,961 followers |

Socialcast

Socialcast enterprise social software by VMware connects people to the knowledge, ideas, and resources they need to drive new levels of business performance.
3,937 followers |

Ismael Peña-López

Researcher, professor, speaker on the Information Society, ICT4D and the Digital Divide.
3,827 followers |

Duncan Green

From Poverty to Power blog updates by Oxfam's Head of Research, Duncan Green.
3,794 followers |

Art Aids Art

Education • Arts • Economic Development w/ Women & Children impacted by Poverty & AIDS in South Africa.
3,767 followers |

Heather LaGarde

Technology & Innovation Advisor, Global Health, Open Source, TEDxChapelHill, Music, Haw River Ballroom, & all things Saxapahaw.
3,588 followers |

Sunil Abraham

Executive Director - Centre for Internet and Society. Director - Mahiti. Member of the boards of Tactical Technology Collective and Samvada.
3,469 followers |

HelpAge

HelpAge International: Helping older people lead full and secure lives. Tweets by Sarah and Navdha.
3,439 followers |

Sandra Diana Troegl

Running a vintage store in Neukölln & interested in eco, fair, diy, swapping, upcycling, fun stuff. Former cofounder of @nest_im & @recampaign. veistberlin.com
3,366 followers |

Hivos

Together with local organisations in developing countries Hivos wants to contribute to a fair, free and sustainable world. Updates by @raflew & @siebeanbeek
3,357 followers |

Tim Davies

Independent consultant and action researcher focussing on civic engagement and social technology. Interests: youth engagement; internet governance; open data.
3,337 followers |

the imagine company

You can also find us on FB: http://ht.ly/58xFN largest Kenyan citizen journalist site| Analysis| Opinion| Debate| Progressive . Email: editor@kenyaimagine.com
3,298 followers |

Mark Grimes

Founder Ned, NedSpace, MakerFaireAfrica collaborating with social entrepreneurs & innovators locally & globally making the world a better place #socent #impinv
3,024 followers |

Amine

Entrepreneurship, technology, human rights ... if interested in digital activism follow me @DigiActive
2,994 followers |

Online Africa

Tracks and supports Africa's Internet progress. Loves data. Doesn't take bandwidth for granted.
2,936 followers |

DigiActive

A World of Digital Activists... Tweets by @AfriNomad and friends.
2,907 followers |

Jeff Clark

Developer with special expertise in data visualization and text analysis. Creator of Neoformix.com
2,878 followers |

Global Washington

We are a membership organization that promotes and supports the global development sector in Washington.
2,870 followers |

HeatherLeson

Idea hacker, community builder. I'm obsessed with bridges, visit Gehry cities and am a serial volunteer. Imagine this world if we all lent a digital hand.
2,760 followers |

NED

The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.
2,751 followers |

risingvoices

Outreach initiative of Global Voices that aims to help bring new voices from underrepresented communities and speaking new languages to the global conversation
2,676 followers |

Rebuild Zimbabwe

An organisation of professional Zimbabweans dedicated to shifting consciousness and practices around donor strategies and sustainable development of Zimbabwe
2,671 followers |

George Ayittey

Native of Ghana, Economics Professor, Author and President, Free Africa Foundation, in Washington, DC
2,669 followers |

Good Intentions

Tweets about aid/development/nonprofits for the blog Good Intentions are Not Enough -- Because Donor Decisions Do Matter
2,660 followers |

Knowledge for Health

Our mission is to foster collaboration to develop, synthesize, and adapt health information for people who need it the most.
2,653 followers |

Changemakers Africa

Innovations from Africa by Africans!
2,522 followers |

eric gundersen

it is shocking how much open data will fix things
2,500 followers |

Wikipedia Signpost

The Signpost is the English Wikipedia and Wikimedia community newspaper, published weekly since 2005. This feed is maintained by Signpost contributors.
2,496 followers |

Think Africa Press

The pan-African news analysis site. http://www.ThinkAfricaPress.com http://www.Facebook.com/ThinkAfricaPress
2,464 followers |

Water for Africa

Through academic research and capacity building, we address water governance issues which prevent Africa's poorest populations from gaining access to water.
2,430 followers |

AppLab

Transforming Lives through Innovation in Information Access
2,427 followers |

Africa Action

Africa Action's 'tweets' on the struggle for social, political and economic justice in Africa
2,422 followers |

IICD

non-profit foundation that specialises in information and communication technologies (ICT) as a tool for development.
2,419 followers |

CIVICUS

CIVICUS is an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
2,315 followers |

Christian Kreutz

Entrepreneur, lecturer, blogger and open knowledge advocate. Exploring the potentials for social innovation through collaboration.
2,273 followers |

Schipul

Connecting and organizing the world's people with Web Design, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media and Training. Creators of @tendenci
2,260 followers |

Hapee de Groot

open source, development of people and software, webdeveloper, ict4d, drupal, linux, ubuntu, geek, amsterdam, groenlinks, opendata, accountability&transparency
2,259 followers |

IJCentral

A movement to support global rule of law and the International Criminal Court, to end impunity for perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity.
2,253 followers |

TheHub

The global channel for human rights media & action
2,181 followers |

MasterCardFoundation

The MasterCard Foundation's global mandate is to enable people living in poverty to improve their lives by expanding their access to microfinance and education.
2,160 followers |

Sam Gregory

Program Director at WITNESS (witness.org) - thinking, acting around moving images for change.
2,149 followers |

Nathan Freitas

I make, hack, teach, share, secure and create at the Guardian Project and Tibet Action Institute. Happy to meet you.
2,136 followers |

Joshua Wanyama

Entrepreneur, online marketer, web addict, TED Fellow. Passionate about Africa and its future.
2,095 followers |

Bonnie Koenig

Consultant: NGOs engaging internationally and Author: Going Global for the Greater Good
2,067 followers |

Connect4Climate

A global initiative that aims to engage youth in the climate change dialogue & to raise awareness about climate change issues within Africa and globally.
2,043 followers |

Michelle Thorne

I work for the internets. Mozilla Festival Lead. Participation Strategy. Creative Commoner. Free Culture Research. Awesome Foundation Berlin. Maker Lab.
1,997 followers |

FrontlineSMS:Credit

Mobile money management tools for organizations and businesses working at the base of the pyramid.
1,969 followers |

Panos London

Using communication to promote the participation of marginalised people in development debates.
1,954 followers |

2aid.org e.V.

Hier twittern @annavikky, @biancajanz und @marionallard; Infos und News zur Arbeit von 2aid.org (www.2aid.org und www.facebook.com/2aidorg)
1,950 followers |

Dennis Whittle

Founder, The Whittle Group; Co-founder & former CEO of GlobalGiving.org; former Lead Economist and Senior Partner of Strategy and Innovation at World Bank
1,920 followers |

bethkanter

I use this account for stream feeds. If you wanna talk, @kanter me
1,917 followers |

Gauri Salokhe

IKM Officer @ #UNFAO, Social media, knowledge sharing, KM,organizational skills dev, food security, hunger, environment, green issues etc. Thoughts R my own!
1,916 followers |

mikel

1,909 followers |

maker faire africa

Celebrating African ingenuity, innovation and invention.
1,896 followers |

ncho

I'm the Director of Technology @ Ignite Social Media -- http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com
1,894 followers |

newtactics

Updates on the New Tactics in Human Rights online community of human rights practitioners. Let's talk strategy and tactics.
1,859 followers |

Aid for Africa

Aid for Africa is a unique partnership of select charities dedicated to helping children, families, and communities throughout Africa.
1,849 followers |

Mifos Initiative

Grameen Foundation initiative uniting global community to build software and an open technology platform to unlock potential of microfinance. Tweets by @edcable
1,827 followers |

Hope Phones

Old phones save lives. Donate yours to a medical clinic in a developing country today. Our efforts directly fund the work at Medic Mobile @medic.
1,819 followers |

io ventures

We're a San Francisco based seed fund. We're very hands on and have mentors that founded companies such as Youtube, Myspace, Bittorrent, Yelp, Paypal, etc.
1,766 followers |

BarCamp Africa

A hub for all African barcamps.
1,736 followers |

Open Society Jobs

Employment and opportunities at the Open Society Foundations.
1,701 followers |

CivicActions

Geeks For Good. Open Source Web and Mobile Technologies to Empower Non-Profits, Foundations & Mission-Based Companies.
1,697 followers |

Transparency Germany

Die Koalition gegen Korruption
1,690 followers |

crystalsimeoni

daughter of Africa, citizen of the world!
1,690 followers |

Kaushal Jhalla

Consultant, Governance and Innovation - Banki kuu ya Dunia
1,673 followers |

CHANGE

Advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls worldwide
1,650 followers |

ndesanjo macha

politics, technology, citizen media, e-governance, cyber-activism, local content
1,642 followers |

WorldAffairsCouncil

The World Affairs Council provides a hub for all things international and enriches Seattle's civic and cultural conversation with world perspectives.
1,611 followers |

craigconnects

Help me make a difference - connect the world for the common good. Together, let's identify, connect & protect organizations. -Craig
1,574 followers |

Marten Schoonman

Online & digital communication, Project Management, ICT4D, @snvworld, Photography, Netherlands, Kenya
1,573 followers |

Tariq Khokhar

Open Data Evangelist at The World Bank. Technology, poverty, development, design and data. Some statistics and swearing.
1,562 followers |

Rob Baker

ICT4D developer and trainer working with @TechChange, @Ushahidi, @OpenStreetMap on web and mobile mapping projects. Never satisfied, rarely serious.
1,488 followers |

Highway_Africa

Since 1996 Highway Africa has been at the centre of Africa’s debates on journalism & new media. Conference is the world’s largest gathering of African journos.
1,485 followers |

TrustAfrica

Independent foundation. Led by Africans. Securing the conditions for democracy and development.
1,476 followers |

Landesa

Our work = Improving land rights for rural families. Tweets = Insights on how secure #landrights address poverty, hunger, the environment, & gender equality.
1,471 followers |

billzimmerman

A software engineer, ex-Microsoftie, co-founder of @ActivSpaces in Cameroon and @VC4Africa. Drawn to innovation, creativity & all things tech. Bike lover.
1,465 followers |

Ben

Exploring the link between technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. Founder of VC4Africa.biz, a platform for connecting entrepreneurs and investors.
1,445 followers |

One Percent Club

1%CLUB is the platform that connects smart development projects with people, money and knowledge around the world. YOU make it work. By @smusyoka and @NieJa
1,442 followers |

Kubatana.net

Kubatana.net shares civic and human rights information on Zimbabwe
1,424 followers |

web2fordev

1,396 followers |

Mary_Joyce

digital activism believer, co-founder of DigiActive & Meta-Activism Project, formerly New Media Ops Mngr for Obama campaign
1,390 followers |

BBC SuperPower

Season of programmes investigating impact of the internet around the world. The season is now over but we tweet occasionally highlighting World Service content.
1,372 followers |

Roxanna Samii

Development worker, KM practitioner, social media strategist, interested in potential of mobile telephony and how web2.0 tools can help eradicate poverty
1,346 followers |

Restless Development

Restless Development, the youth-led development agency. Putting young people at the forefront of change and development. Ben is tweeting for us!
1,325 followers |

Rolf Kleef

Internet trailblazer. Weaving the web to help humanity. Implementing open data, open organisation and online collaboration in civil society.
1,320 followers |

ICT-KM of the CGIAR

Collaborate, Create, Communicate - a unit of the CGIAR
1,302 followers |

NABUUR

Volunteer online, for communities around the world. Everybody has something to offer. Do you have a little spare time and the desire to make a difference?
1,291 followers |

Idasa

Idasa is an independent public interest organisation committed to building sustainable democratic societies in collaboration with African and global partners.
1,281 followers |

CiviCRM

contact, fundraising, event management system that allows you to record and manage information about your various constituents
1,276 followers |

Groundwire

we build sweet internet things to help people help the environment
1,275 followers |

apps4africa

calling all citizens and developers! Join us!
1,257 followers |

Text to Change

Mobile Phones - Health, Education, Economic development, Transparency - Specialized in Interactive and Incentive based SMS Programs - Africa & South America
1,244 followers |

David Pidsley

I'm a young social entrepreneur & open data analyst. I collaborate with the *superheroes* of open civil society on projects for a post-bureaucratic UK :)
1,229 followers |

Jose M. Alonso

embarked on Open Data adventures in Government worlds @webfoundation; also serving on @ICANN's Nominating Committee; opinions are mine and mine alone!
1,198 followers |

OneWorldUS

OneWorld is an online hub publishing news on global issues and providing support to non-profits helping to create a better world.
1,165 followers |

Kathryn Becher

Committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children. Friend of @AfCiC. Trustee of @streetaction. Work for @savechildrenuk. All views are my own!
1,154 followers |

Jenny Ambrozek

1,143 followers |

ICT Update

ICT Update is a bimonthly magazine focusing on the use ICTs in agriculture in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
1,138 followers |

christopher fabian

co-lead of tech4dev team at unicef nyhq. interested in the (opensource) overlap of design, development, private sector and academia.
1,107 followers |

Kuweni Serious

We believe Kenya can be a better country. Do you?
1,106 followers |

Frederick Noronha

Journalism, Free Software, non-fiction, ICT4D, books, alternative publishing, photography, copyleft, cyberissues, book reviews.
1,093 followers |

Firoze Manji

Editor in Chief, Pambazuka News & Pambazuka Press
1,076 followers |

km4dev

Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) is a global Community of Practice that learns and shares on the same.
1,063 followers |

Mari Kuraishi

Co-Founder and President of GlobalGiving. Recovering Japanese Sovietologist. Enthusiastic foodie.
1,039 followers |

mlearningafrica

News, projects and research about mobile learning in Africa
1,038 followers |

Amazee Labs

Making Your Web Work! We're a leading team of Drupal developers with a passion for engaging web design. Find us in Zurich and San Antonio.
1,025 followers |

Africa Confidential

The world's leading fortnightly newsletter on African politics and economics since 1960.
1,025 followers |

iSophus

digital communications manager @Oxfam_DE, co-founder of @socialbar, member of @recampaign team
1,024 followers |

Brewster Kahle

Digital Librarian http://openlibrary.org http://brewster.kahle.org http://archive.org @internetarchive @openlibrary
1,019 followers |

Paul English

cto/cofounder of kayak.com
982 followers |

managingnews

Open source news and data aggregation + visualization engine, with some nice workflow tools
982 followers |

TeachWithAfrica

Teach With Africa is a non-profit organization empowering students and teachers by bringing educators to Africa to teach and learn.
973 followers |

Voices of Africa

Voices of Africa Organization. Focused on information #empowerment for #sustainabledevelopment and #fairtrade using #ICT4D in #Africa
970 followers |

EITI International

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is an international standard for transparency in the extractive sector.
958 followers |

Nathaniel James

consultant, information & communications tech, arts & philanthropic sectors; community builder & innovation nerd. Dean of Awesome, Seattle.
949 followers |

Map Kibera

Started w/the 1st open digital map of Kibera. We now increase influence & representation of marginalized communities thru creative use of digital tools 4 change
943 followers |

Jeroen de Lange

PvdA Tweede Kamer-lid. Woordvoerder Internationale Samenwerking. Voormalig senior economist Wereldbank, diplomaat en mensenrechtenactivist. Vader van drie.
929 followers |

Theresa Sondjo

Technologist. Diplomat-in-training. Awesome sauce. Not an official representative of anything. Yet.
906 followers |

SV Human Rights Con

Focusing on how the tech industry can better plan for & manage the human rights implications of its decisions. Join us October 25-26, 2011.
902 followers |

IATI

The International Aid Transparency Initiative #IATI is an initiative which aims to make information about aid spending easier to access, use and understand.
882 followers |

jay walsh

communications thing for Wikipedia/Wikimedia Foundation and general bandwidth waster
867 followers |

lucky

Marriage to a Viking Princess. CIO at Global Viral Forecasting. I'm lucky to study w/some amazing people big data, network theory and pandemics...
859 followers |

socialcamp10

Geek meets Treehugger
839 followers |

The Kuyu Project

We are a digital literacy initiative aimed at teaching African High school students how to use social media and other digital tools in social change processes.
835 followers |

Freedom Fone

Voices bridging the information divide: Automated, interactive two-way information shared through phone networks via SMS, voice messages & voice menus (IVR).
815 followers |

Ruthie Ackerman

Award-winning journalist writing about women, politics, finance, and the things that come into my head. Founder of @Digitistas.
812 followers |

Chris Rottler

Web Strategist @ForumOne interested in leveraging #ICT4D for #GlobalHealth. Blogger, activist, dork. My tweets are my own.
811 followers |

kamusi.org

The Kamusi Project - Online learning and dictionary resources for African languages
790 followers |

Philipp Schmidt

Education hacker at large. P2PU co-founder. Mustard maker.
786 followers |

Simon Columbus

Student at Amsterdam University College. On a quest to understand cooperation. Interested in ICT4D, Internet Studies, Neuroeconomics.
783 followers |

TChenya

ICT4D | Kenya | News | Me |
768 followers |

ActivSpaces

An open collaboration space, innovation hub and startup incubator for African techies.
766 followers |

Twaweza - ni sisi

Twaweza means 'we can make it happen' in Swahili. It's a citizen-centered initiative, focusing on large-scale change in East Africa.
757 followers |

Wikimedia Foundation

Human Resource Updates Job Openings, Hire Announcements, Contracts and more...
752 followers |

samuel klein

R.I.P. Ilya Zhitomirskiy. About me: wikipedia, olpc, berkman, harvard; dimension, ideonomy, language, magnetars, math, music, pattern, physics.
744 followers |

Partos Plaza

On international cooperation by NGOs, with focus on developments in effectiveness, transparency and learning,
709 followers |

Adebowale Ojo

iResearch ~ iTeach ~ iLiveLife ~ #Informatics #HealthInformatics #ICT4D #Infopreneur
706 followers |

PambazukaPress

This account is closing shortly. Visit @pambazuka for the latest in pan-African news and publications. Thank you!
700 followers |

CatalyticCommunities

Rio de Janeiro-based 501[c][3] org, NGO Catalytic Communities: Empowering Rio's communities to make strategic use of social media. Portug/local tweets @comcatrj
699 followers |

petecranston

Freelance, social media4social change, father, ICT4D, KM4Dev, swimmer, digital strategy, chocaholic, digital inclusion, evolving, Web 2.0, NfP Communications
690 followers |

Ni Sisi

heshima.diversity.Ni Sisi!
653 followers |

Doug Ragan

I worked for 25 years heading a NGO working with marginalized urban communities. Now doing my PhD in Urban Planning and Consulting with UN-HABITAT.
653 followers |

Till Behnke

Till Behnke, Founder of betterplace.org - Find our betterplace tweets here: http://twitter.com/betterplace_org
649 followers |

Alison Carlman

Unmarketing Manager at @GlobalGiving. I tweet about #intldev, #socent, #socmedia, #ict4d, #SAfrica, #MandE my life and community. And @LogansCircle.
639 followers |

Women of Uganda Netw

WOUGNET’s vision is a society in which women are empowered through the use of ICTs for sustainable development. Our mission is to promote and support the use...
625 followers |

KOMAZA

A non-profit social enterprise working to end rural poverty by developing economic opportunities for smallholder farmers in East Africa
617 followers |

Anna McDonnell

Founder of 5 for Fairness, a non-profit community dedicated to making the world fair for girls. We award $5000 grants to organizations that share our goal.
615 followers |

Jaroslav Valuch

Social media for positive social change, digital activism, youth engagement, crisismapping, crisis response 2.0
604 followers |

oreoluwa somolu

My work involves encouraging girls and women to use information and communication technology. http://www.w-teconline.org
603 followers |

pelleaardema

International Development 2.0, freelance consultant, online communities & social media for non profits, #opendata, NABUUR.com - NABUUR.org
602 followers |

LEDNA Team

The Local Economic Development Network of Africa. LEDNA is an initiative of African local governments (UCLGA) whose mandate is to promote LED across Africa.
589 followers |

InterConnection

Seattle-based non-profit InterConnection Computer Reuse and Learning Center. Sharing technology, creating opportunity.
585 followers |

Pamela_McLean

Helping people in UK and Africa to connect, to learn from each other, and work together on all kinds of stuff
567 followers |

Akili Dada

A leadership incubator empowering the next generation of African women leaders by investing in high-potential adolescent girls from underprivileged families.
563 followers |

bantalabs

Drupal development and training in France and Senegal.
556 followers |

Africa Women in Tech

Bringing together women working in tech across the continent.
553 followers |

Ahmet Emre Acar

design thinker, communication scientist, internet guy
546 followers |

telecentre.org

telecentre.org is a community of people and organizations working together to improve the social and economic impact of grassroots telecentres.
523 followers |

PamojaMedia

Digital agency working with organizations and companies to help them achieve their goals and make money online.
510 followers |

icipe Africa Science

African Insect Science for Food and Health; research on pests, vectors and beneficial insects, human, animal, plant, environmental health.
509 followers |

BarCampAfrica UK

We are excited to announce BarCampAfrica http://barcampafrica.com/uk
505 followers |

Pierros Papadeas

Mozillian, wannabe Architect, Foss enthusiast and Jack of all trades :)
474 followers |

Marc Maxson

Perennial Nanowrimo novelist, GlobalGiving Innovation Consultant, & Science for Africa Enthusiast
444 followers |

Jaume Fortuny

Vision, Commitment, Leadership, Innovation and Technology. A mix to make the world better than I found. Increasingly interested in empowerment through ICT.
430 followers |

Lauren Rosenberg

studying sustainable development. preoccupied with thoughts on cities,social justice,grace,coffee and cultural rhetoric. mildly obsessed with Ban Ki-Moon.
428 followers |

Kathelyne

Live Love Life | Work@Akvo
427 followers |

Proverbs of Africa

A window to African Oral Literature and African culture. The base of information includes a collection of proverbs from 45 countries.
423 followers |

Lumana

Lumana provides financial services to rural Africans living in poverty with the mission of helping them reach their personal and financial goals.
421 followers |

GPPAC

417 followers |

Africamp

The hub for all African BarCamps and unconference events. Sign up here to contribute: http://j.mp/B9dV2
410 followers |

CamillaWiser

Online community building/outreach for WiserEarth.org, a web 2.0 project attempting to connect people working to create a just & sustainable world.
409 followers |

A.T.T.I

Africa Technology & Transparency Initiative. Interests: Tech & media platforms for transparency & accountability. An Omidyar Network and Hivos Initiative.
408 followers |

AdvocacyProject

We seek to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, to become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice.
407 followers |

Ruth del Campo

Working on ICT government issues. Currently developing a Fulbright research in NY in #OGovernment. All tweets are my own personal opinion.
398 followers |

Humboldt-Viadrina

Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance. thinking.acting.achieving
397 followers |

wquiviger

Mozillian working with other Mozillians to help make the web better. When not hunched over a computer, I like to eat, to sleep and to listen to jazz.
385 followers |

CKAN

The open source open data platform provider. Powering numerous datahubs around the world including http://data.gov.uk & http://thedatahub.org. An OKFN project.
383 followers |

lettera27

non-profit foundation: access to knowledge, educationl interfaces, ICT, mobile-tech in Africa and developing countries
381 followers |

German Doctors

Ärzte für die Dritte Welt - German Doctors e.V. bietet humanitäre medizinische Hilfe in Ländern der Dritten Welt.
380 followers |

Krista Brenner

interested in gov 2.0, Sunlight, @ReinventAlbany, NY Politics and new media, fundraising, data management
363 followers |

kjantin

Online Community Builder for @newtactics at the Center for Victims of Torture
349 followers |

Liquid Democracy eV

Liquid Democracy e.V., E-Democracy, E-Participation, Demokratie an sich
345 followers |

Claudia Schwegmann

Founder of OpenAid, promoting aid transparency and open data. Love to explore social media for social change and feedback processes in aid!
342 followers |

Voice of Kibera

Kibera, aggregating and mapping local citizen reports, community media and other relevant news and info
331 followers |

Don Osborn

Africa, agriculture, Baha'i, China, development, environment, ict4d, justice, L10n, language, policy, rural, security, systems
321 followers |

Open for Change

Network for Transparency, Collaboration & Impact in development //Partos//#opendata//#openforchange// twts by @pelleaardema @gjvantveen @rolfkleef @partosplaza
310 followers |

I-VISSION INT.

Non Profit Organizationdedicated in bringing ICTs to the center of social development.. We empower, protect and connect
309 followers |

FOSSFA

FOSSFA is the premier organization devoted to the promotion of free software and open source software in Africa.
306 followers |

Loe Schout

Communication and media professional, passion for music, film and history. Working for international agency Hivos
306 followers |

Kadir Topal

Applying linguistics on innocent conversations; leading the Firefox support community
282 followers |

Zac Mutrux (Sarai)

Offering computer services to small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. On site and remote tech support, system admin, etc.
244 followers |

Dwayne Bailey

I work for Translate ensuring that technology speaks everyones language.
234 followers |

mwixxy7

Reader*Blogger*Singer/MusicJunkie*EventPlanner*Tea-lover*SocialJusticeCampaigner*God'sGal
233 followers |

Kevin La Grand

if you can't beat yourself, join him ;)
211 followers |

WhereCampAfrica

199 followers |

We The Change

198 followers |

ROCARE / ERNWACA

Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa
195 followers |

Nynke Kruiderink

Edtech Teamleader at UvA. Innovator & enthusiast in the fields of social media, online knowledge sharing, information management and educational technology.
184 followers |

Steve Waddell

Large systems change and network development
182 followers |

Fuse IQ

Fuse IQ strategizes, designs and develops websites and applications for startups and nonprofits.
180 followers |

African Pixel

A smartphone applications design and development company from Africa - Kenya
179 followers |

Michau

Nonprofit technology freak, involved with CiviCRM
176 followers |

MGEF

The Maasai Girls Education Fund strives to improve the literacy, health and economic well-being of Maasai women in Kenya.
169 followers |

Tech-In Series

A quarterly unusual event aimed at harnessing the power of technology for economic development in Nigeria.
147 followers |

Eremipagamo Amabebe

Cinephile, blogger, rookie cyclist. Covers Nigeria for @globalvoices, among other things...
140 followers |

P4C KENYA

The mission of the Partnership for Change is to advance the strategic use of non-violent action in calling upon the Kenyan Citizen to demand the End of Impunity
138 followers |

UgaBYTES Initiative

UgaBYTES Initiative is a not-for profit telecentre support network.
128 followers |

Valery Colong

http://agro-hub.com http://activspaces.com http://zingersystems.com
124 followers |

SocialCamp

Das BarCamp für NGOs. 2. Auflage am 3.-4.10.09. Wieder in Berlin.
124 followers |

Adel El Zaim

http://www.elzaim.net
116 followers |

Jessica Ingari

Mom, wife, Kenyan by marriage, web developer, UX enthusiast. Living near Boston but Nairobi is home.
112 followers |

A12n list feeds

A12n='Africanization' of ICT. This Twitter shares posts from A12n-collaboration, A12n-policy, and Unicode-Afrique
111 followers |

Katherine Marshall

110 followers |

Fortunato Vega

Enjoying life and connecting people, resources and expertise to achieve whatever one wants to accomplish.
110 followers |

mnjonjo

In God we trust; all others bring data. InterestsT4T, data,Kenya.Opinions are mine.
102 followers |

Mobenzi Intelligence

Mobenzi Intelligence enables any organisation to outsource tasks to mobile workers, solving real-world challenges and creating employment.
101 followers |

Janet Feldman

Health and Development professional, special interest in arts and media.
101 followers |

Laney Strange

Troublemaker
97 followers |

Rudi von Staden

Disruptive technology and innovative business models creating a better Africa.
91 followers |

TRAC

TRAC FM is an SMS software platform for FM radio that enables citizens to monitor service delivery in Uganda. Tweets by Wouter Dijkstra - TRAC FM coordinator.
88 followers |

Dharmatech

Engineers with a soul
84 followers |

Breaking The Ice

81 followers |

Lieke Verhelst

I am a researcher in intelligent web/semantic web/linked data. I have an interest in finding new and hidden information, time and location related.
80 followers |

iScale

iScale is a social enterprise network of organizations and people that develops, promotes, applies, and shares innovations for scaling impact.
74 followers |

trueheroes&media

“Human Rights & (New) Media”, April 19-20. Human rights activists from all over learn to use (new) media to make their struggle more effective and less risky
74 followers |

Eduglu

Drupal-based social learning platform
71 followers |

Peter Burgess

Interested in making technology improve community level knowledge and metrics of socio-economic progress and performance.
70 followers |

Duncan Pruett

69 followers |

The Ndoto Project

Our mission is to open doors to higher education for young people in Kenya. Our vision is an empowered youth and a more hopeful future for East Africa.
68 followers |

Federica Armstrong

54 followers |

Dadamac

UK - Africa Connections, news updates feed. For conversations follow @Pamela_McLean, @dadamacN and #dadamac
39 followers |

Kontax Mobi

An m-novel for teens in English and isiXhosa
38 followers |

fabfiwireless

Building networks and communities in the hardest places on earth.
37 followers |

SlashOpen

Open Data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone. Show the world your Data by adding a /open page to your site.
37 followers |

Sylvie Niombo

35 followers |

Peter Eigen

34 followers |

W. Anthony B. Belem

24 followers |

Change Development

Tweets by @tobiaseigen
23 followers |

philippeboucher

cyberjournalist, blogger, communication consultant, family man
22 followers |

ictp-sdu

openEyA - Enhance your Audience with Linux (A Tool for Academic Webcasting)
21 followers |

WRONG @ictlogist

Please subscribe to @ictlogist
19 followers |

Randall B. Kemp

nonprofit information organization, environmental sustainability. The Information Steward at Innovations for Scaling Impact (@iScale).
19 followers |

robinroskind

16 followers |

Sanaga Ventures

An early stage seed investor in African technology startups.
14 followers |

Ibrahim Oyekanmi

12 followers |

Nicholas Migot

10 followers |

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