{"id":14870,"date":"2020-05-24T23:24:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T23:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=14870"},"modified":"2020-05-24T23:24:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T23:24:36","slug":"akufo-addo-anas-named-among-top-50-african-disruptors-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=14870","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo, Anas named among top 50 African disruptors for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and ace Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas have been named among the top 50 Africans, who are \u2018shaking up the status quo\u2019 on the continent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Akufo-Addo is named alongside Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast in a joint position for their role in cocoa and a single currency for West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Ghanaian who did the country&nbsp; proud is Nelson Boateng of \u2018 plastic bricks\u2019. He placed 44th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exclusive ranking of Africa\u2019s Top 50 disruptors is based on three factors: innovation, disruption and heft. These criteria take into account how new the idea is, how big the change is and how many people are impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others on the \u2018To 50 Disruptors\u2019 include: 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Abiy Ahmed, President of Ethiopia; Aliko Dangote a businessman and a reformist, the\u00a0 Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o of Angola; Koos Bekker, a Tech king based in South Africa; Anas Aremeyaw Anas, an investigative journalist bent on naming, shaming and jailing corrupt officials of government, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:MyNewsGh.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and ace Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas have been named among the top 50 Africans, who are \u2018shaking up the status quo\u2019 on the continent. 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