Meet Hawanatu Konneh Fofanah, One of Sierra Leone’s Biggest Social Media Influencers
Born on February 25, 1990, Hawanatu Konneh Fofanah known popularly as Hawanatu Konneh Blog is a Sierra Leonean social media influencer, Brand strategist, Advertiser, blogger, founder of the HK SL Marketing Company, head of Hawanatu Konneh Blog married with two children. She goes by the username @Hawanatu Konneh Blog. In 2019, Hawanatu Konneh came in contact with Sierra Leonean blogger who inspired her to go into blogging, since then, she has been working hard to carve a niche for herself in the content creation industry.
Hawanatu Konneh Fofanah is an alumnus of IPAM – the University of Sierra Leone and Milton Margai College. Before then, she attended the Dele Preparatory School for her primary education, Browndel High School, and John F Kennedy International where she did her secondary and senior secondary education. She later enrolled at the Milton Margai College where she studied Business Studies and later moved to Ipam where she did a degree in Business Administration. She is currently enrolled at the Fourah Bay College in her final year pursuing her master’s of arts in Mass communication.
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Hawanatu KonnehMrs. Hawanatu Konneh Fofanah started in 2019 as a social media influencer. Her Facebook page began to gain traction in early 2019. With over thousands of followers now, she began performing influencer functions through promotion and championing appeal for fund cases for the needy and sick. She has since through her platform garner ambassadorial deals and sponsorships from notable companies including Ordusu Natural food hair product, Unimax SL, Express Ticket, BnB Sierra Leone, Argetam.com, and many others.
Abiding by her inspiration of putting smiles on people’s faces by any means possible, her accounts are well known for creating humorous content and apt reportage.
In 2020, Hawanatu Konneh Fofanah was nominated for best online blogger of the Year by the National Entertainment Awards, she was also nominated for the 50 most influential organized by the Kids Advocacy Network and won the award
