{"id":753273,"date":"2019-11-27T16:33:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T16:33:15","slug":"stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"421\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-308-696x421.png\"   alt=\"Akon\" title=\"Akon\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senegalese-American singer, Akon has advised Ghanaians living in the diaspora, especially the United Kingdom, to wake up from their slumber and invest in their country. <\/p>\n<p>The musician, who shot to fame with his \u201cLonely\u201d song in 2004, said it\u2019s crucial that Ghanaians living in the Diaspora cast their minds back home because \u201cAfrica is the new future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invest everything in Africa; that\u2019s where everything should be invested cos you get your money back. Y\u2019all sleeping, especially Ghanaians in the UK. If you guys are not investing right now you\u2019re missing the opportunity. By the time you will figure it out, it will be too late,\u201d he told the host.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine New York City before it became New York City. All those buildings and land they invested is paying off today cos the Rockefeller family got it early and invested,\u201d he reminded the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhanaian have that access now and the property rate is going up and you have the access. That\u2019s the only place you need to develop. Trust me, you need to buy a land from Africa ASAP. Don\u2019t even wait,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akon Senegalese-American singer, Akon has advised Ghanaians living in the diaspora, especially the United Kingdom, to wake up from their slumber and invest in their country. The musician, who shot to fame with his \u201cLonely\u201d song in 2004, said it\u2019s crucial that Ghanaians living in the Diaspora cast their minds back home because \u201cAfrica is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":753274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians - Ghanamma.com<\/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.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Akon Senegalese-American singer, Akon has advised Ghanaians living in the diaspora, especially the United Kingdom, to wake up from their slumber and invest in their country. The musician, who shot to fame with his \u201cLonely\u201d song in 2004, said it\u2019s crucial that Ghanaians living in the Diaspora cast their minds back home because \u201cAfrica is [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-308.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-27T16:33:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/image-308.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/image-308.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-27T16:33:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/27\\\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/image-308.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/image-308.png\",\"width\":777,\"height\":470},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Akon Senegalese-American singer, Akon has advised Ghanaians living in the diaspora, especially the United Kingdom, to wake up from their slumber and invest in their country. The musician, who shot to fame with his \u201cLonely\u201d song in 2004, said it\u2019s crucial that Ghanaians living in the Diaspora cast their minds back home because \u201cAfrica is [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-308.png","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians","datePublished":"2019-11-27T16:33:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/"},"wordCount":204,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-308.png","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/","name":"Stop sleeping and invest in your country \u2013 Akon tells UK-based Ghanaians - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-308.png","datePublished":"2019-11-27T16:33:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/stop-sleeping-and-invest-in-your-country-akon-tells-uk-based-ghanaians\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-308.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/image-308.png","width":777,"height":470},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}