{"id":773379,"date":"2019-12-29T19:19:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/akon-to-begin-2020-african-tour-with-ghana\/"},"modified":"2019-12-29T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T19:19:57","slug":"akon-to-begin-2020-african-tour-with-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/akon-to-begin-2020-african-tour-with-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Akon to begin 2020 African tour with Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"td_youtube_player\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JNAM5sl1AJI?enablejsapi=1&#038;feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque&#038;vq=hd720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Global music icon, Akon has announced he will be touring the whole of Africa starting with Ghana in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The musician in an interview with Joy News\u2019 Becky revealed the tour aims at projecting Africa and highlighting business opportunities in Africa to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWere putting together a tour all over Africa starting off with Ghana. 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