Dancehall artistes, Stonebwoy has revealed why he didn’t appear in the Forbes Africa 30 under 30’s list.
When the Forbes “Africa 30 under 30 list” was dropped, there was only one Ghanaian musician, Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known as Sarkodie present on the list.
According to Stonebwoy, he was contacted by the compilers but as to why he did not feature in the final list, he had no idea.
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Stonebwoy, in an interview on Accra-based Radio, Citi FM said he was told to send his particulars, which he heeded, but received no feedback.
“We got message and everything, we got selected but I did not hear from them again,” he said.
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The list was compiled across different industries including music, art, media, film and fashion. Nigeria, had nine showbiz personalities in the list: Wizkid, Davido, Yemi Alade, Falz and others.
The 2018 Forbes Africa Under 30 is a list of Africa’s most promising young change-makers. The 30 people are game-changers, all under the age of 30, in each of the three sectors – business, technology and creative arts.
According to Forbes Africa: “we put in months of rigorous research, sifting through over 600 nominations, vetting them for weeks, verifying and investigating them.”