{"id":8365,"date":"2018-06-08T05:07:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T04:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8365"},"modified":"2018-06-08T05:07:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T04:07:15","slug":"i-was-contacted-for-forbes-list-of-30-african-creatives-stonebwoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8365","title":{"rendered":"I was contacted for Forbes\u2019 list of 30 African creatives \u2013 Stonebwoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8366\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stonebwoy-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stonebwoy-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stonebwoy-5-410x273.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Stonebwoy-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stonebwoy has revealed that he was considered for Forbes\u2019 list of 30 young game changers in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The dancehall act told Jessica Opare-Saforo on Citi FM\u2019s \u2018Taffic Avenue\u2019 that somebody from Forbes Africa asked him to send his particulars\u00a0for the project.<\/p>\n<p>He said he did not hear from him again even after he had sent information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got message and everything, we got selected but I did not hear from them again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the message sent to him from the Forbes Africa official, his name was recommended and he was being considered for the list.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 Forbes Africa 30 under 30 which was recently released, has Ghana\u2019s rap maestro, Sarkodie \u2013 the only Ghanaian who made it to the list.<\/p>\n<p>The list was compiled across different industries including music, art, media, film and fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, had nine showbiz personalities in the list: Wizkid, Davido, Yemi Alade, Falz and others.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 FORBES AFRICA Under 30 is a list of Africa\u2019s most promising young change-makers.<\/p>\n<p>The 30 people are game-changers, all under the age of 30, in each the three sectors \u2013 business, technology and creative arts.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes Africa: \u201cwe put in months of rigorous research, sifting through over 600 nominations, vetting them for weeks, verifying and investigating them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stonebwoy will be performing at the 2018\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/06\/ghana-meets-naija-stonebwoy-patapaa-back-home-to-rock-on-saturday\/\">Ghana Meets Naija concert<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>scheduled for Saturday, 9th June, 2018 at the Fantasy Dome in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stonebwoy has revealed that he was considered for Forbes\u2019 list of 30 young game changers in Africa. The dancehall act told Jessica Opare-Saforo on Citi FM\u2019s \u2018Taffic Avenue\u2019 that somebody from Forbes Africa asked him to send his particulars\u00a0for the project. He said he did not hear from him again even after he had sent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I was contacted for Forbes\u2019 list of 30 African creatives \u2013 Stonebwoy - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I was contacted for Forbes\u2019 list of 30 African creatives \u2013 Stonebwoy - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stonebwoy has revealed that he was considered for Forbes\u2019 list of 30 young game changers in Africa. 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