TikTok personality Khaby Lame joins Unicef as goodwill ambassador

TikTok star Khaby Lame after being named Unicef goodwill ambassador in Dakar, Senegal (Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP)

Khaby Lame, the Senegal-born world’s most popular TikTok personality who never says a word in videos watched by millions of followers, addressed the youth in his native country on Friday when he was appointed as a Unicef goodwill ambassador.

The 24-year-old influencer, who has more than 162 million followers, rose to fame with charming videos of his reactions to everyday life in which he never says a word.