{"id":2980,"date":"2012-08-27T04:43:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T04:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/50-cent-appeals-to-young-african-entrepreneurs\/"},"modified":"2012-08-27T04:44:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T04:44:51","slug":"50-cent-appeals-to-young-african-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/50-cent-appeals-to-young-african-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Cent Appeals to Young African Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1606 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/SK-ENERGY-BOTTLES.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{U.S. Rapper 50 Cent is looking for business partners from Africa, to be the sole distributors of his energy drink SK in their respective countries.}}<\/p>\n<p>His intention is to choose a partner in every country in Africa, to work closely with him on marketing and selling the brand in their respective state.<\/p>\n<p>SK, which stands for Street King, is an energy drink developed by the musician and businessman to not only provide a body boost, but also raise cash for starving populations in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving back to hungry children with every shot we sell is only part of the story. I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to travel across Africa, and one thing I\u2019ve learned is that it is filled with vibrant, young entrepreneurs who are eager to cultivate a sustainable business sector that will fuel growth for their future. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m giving African entrepreneurs the chance to bring SK to their country,\u201d said the rapper in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>50 Cent recently visited Somalia and Kenya, where he toured schools in Somalia and Kibera slum  Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone thought that we would expand immediately to Europe or South America. But if you know SK, you know the vision has always been to support my roots in Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had so much interest coming from Africa since I\u2019ve launched SK. That\u2019s why I\u2019m opening up submissions to entrepreneurs across the continent to become distribution partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{U.S. Rapper 50 Cent is looking for business partners from Africa, to be the sole distributors of his energy drink SK in their respective countries.}} His intention is to choose a partner in every country in Africa, to work closely with him on marketing and selling the brand in their respective state. SK, which stands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[75],"byline":[334],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-homenews","byline-igihe-reporter"],"bylines":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2980"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2980"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}