Giving back: Spotify makes a cash injection into Ghana’s creator community

Spotify today announced, in the spirit of giving back espoused by the Global Citizen movement, a donation to Surf Ghana in support of the nation’s budding community of creators.

Based in Accra, Surf Ghana is a collective that uses the practice of extreme sports like skateboarding and surfing as a driver for youth development.

The donation, a 2-year-long partnership, will support Surf Ghana in building a community recording studio and providing value-added  services, including mentorship, music production, development, and business education programmes geared towards creators.

With the facility located at the Freedom Skatepark, the Surf Ghana collective seeks to launch a workstation for young creatives in the heart of the city of Accra

What Spotify is doing in partnering with us will go a long way towards helping us fulfil our vision of being an exponentially impactful centre for upskilling and mentoring Ghanaian youth while driving their social inclusion, education and empowerment,” says Sandy Alibo, founder of Surf Ghana.

Since Spotify officially arrived in Ghana, a string of emerging artists (including Moliy, Kofee Bean, Amaarae, Gyakie and Black Sherif) have been featured on-platform through playlisting and exposure to markets outside the country

For Spotify, Ghana is a cultural landmark that remains crucial to the story of modern-day African music and creativity,” says Spotify’s head of music for sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu.