5 African Presidents who gave us some of the best memes

david nganga

October 4, 2017 4:25 PM

Get treated to some hilarious memes from these African heads-of-state

The concept of the Internet meme dates all the way back to mid 70's, but it’s only in the decade of the 90s that meme culture really slipped into online habits.

Memes make part of our day lives and and a day hardly passes by without one encountering a hilarious one on social media.

Now, in as much memes are made up of people or characters we are probably aware of, African Presidents have also treated us to some entertaining memes.

One of the most famous ones was where Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (who was the then African Union Chairman) tripped and fell off the podium moments after addressing supporters upon his return from an AU meeting in Ethiopia. The Internet had a field day trolling him using the hashtag #MugabeFalls.

Business Insider SSA looks at some of the African Presidents who treated us to a whole load of memes:

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe

The Robert Mugabe fall, need I say more?

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenyans have for long trolled President Uhuru Kenyatta for his insatiable love for alcohol. He was once pictured ogling at a champagne bottle during a Barclays sponsored golf tournament in 2016.

The photo later on went viral and sparked a couple of memes.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni

Museveni was once pictured making an important phone call while sitting on a portable chair at the side of the road....

....and Twitter was awash with memes:

South African President Jacob Zuma

Well, nothing unique or exciting in this photo of Jacob Zuma seated in what appears to be an office with his hands outstretched and index fingers brought together. The picture however set off a firestorm of memes and you'll not miss it on Twitter once in a while.

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo

The photo of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Earnest Shonekan fixing their caps during the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari went viral as it looks like the duo were shocked.

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