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A scene from the event<\/strong><\/p>\n lovers and patrons of this year\u2019s Global Citizen Festival held at the Black Star Square in Accra on Saturday were left in absolute awe as they were thrilled with performances from artistes drawn across the world.<\/p>\n The event, which was to mark the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival celebration, was full of glamour, featuring the American singer, Usher Raymond.<\/p>\n He shared the stage with other chart-topping artistes such as Stormzy, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, American songstress SZA, Gyakie, Tems, Tiwa Savage, Pheelz, Oxlade, Yaw Tog and Kwesi Arthur, who put up pulsating performances to entertain the crowd at the event.<\/p>\n Usher, who was the headline artiste for the festival, was the last to perform for about an hour. Among the hit songs he performed were \u201cParty\u201d featuring Chris Brown & Gucci Mane and \u201cYeah\u201d featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris.<\/p>\n He performed the songs with Ghana\u2019s talented dance group; DWP Academy led by Dancegod Lloyd, leaving the fans screaming for more dance moves.<\/p>\n The icing on the cake was when Usher introduced Nigerian artistes\u00a0Oxlade, Pheelz and Tiwa Savage one after the other\u00a0as surprising acts of the evening,<\/p>\n \u201cACCRA!! \u2026thank you for rocking with me at @GlblCtzn #globalcitizenfestival tonight! @TiwaSavage @oxladeofficial @Pheelz @dwpacademyworld my stage is your stage,\u201d Usher tweeted after his performance.<\/p>\n But the night was not all about Usher, as Stormzy and the other artistes also gave a great account of themselves with their performances. The height of the UK rap giant\u2019s performance was bringing his young brothers Yaw Tog and Kwesi Arthur to join him to perform the remix version of their song titled \u2018Sore\u2019.<\/p>\n Sarkodie got the fans screaming all the time he was on stage. Stonebwoy, Tems and Gyakie also did amazingly well.\u00a0\u00a0SZA was not only beautiful but phenomenal on stage.<\/p>\n \u201cI was scared ya\u2019ll wouldn\u2019t know my music,\u201d she said when she paused her performances to speak. However, it turned out that some of the audience knew her music. It was after her performance that Usher was introduced.<\/p>\n The Global Citizen Festival is a celebration of music and social change that brings together artistes, activists, world leaders, and Global Citizens to demand urgent change on the world\u2019s biggest issues.<\/p>\n The Global Citizen Festival stage provides a platform for world leaders, business leaders, and philanthropists to make commitments in the mission to end extreme poverty and drive real, lasting change.<\/p>\n The Saturday night programme was also meant to raise issues on health, education, water and sanitation, climate change and girls\u2019 empowerment.<\/p>\n Several dignitaries including\u00a0President Akufo-Addo attended the festival on Saturday.<\/p>\n Nana<\/strong><\/p>\n He congratulated the organisers for choosing Ghana to stage the festival.<\/p>\n \u201cI thank the Global Citizen team for holding this fantastic and impactful festival in partnership with the Government of Ghana here at the Black Star Square, a place symbolising national unity, freedom from oppression and justice for all.<\/p>\n \u201cA big Ayeekoo also goes to all artistes, partners and sponsors of the festival,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n President Akufo-Addo called on the youth to support the government in order to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a limited window of opportunity to act decisively to lift millions of people out of poverty, promote inclusiveness and equality and safeguard the health of our planet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The President announced the launch of a $1 billion fund known as \u201cthe African Prosperity Fund\u201d to undertake development on the continent.<\/p>\n The project areas include infrastructural development, financial access and participation of women and youth, education, healthcare, technology and sustainability so that we leave no one behind in Africa.<\/p>\n By Francis Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A scene from the event lovers and patrons of this year\u2019s Global Citizen Festival held at the Black Star Square in Accra on Saturday were left in absolute awe as they were thrilled with performances from artistes drawn across the world. 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