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Africa tour: Ghana grants citizenship to US YouTuber IShowSpeed
['Moronfolu Adeyemi', 'Adenle Ahmed Abiola']
The Eagle Online
Ghana has granted citizenship to US YouTuber IShowSpeed as the influencer wraps up a month-long tour of Africa.
Its Foreign Minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, announced the development in an X post on Monday.
He noted that following “confirmation of the irrefutable ties of IShowSpeed to Ghana”, his government “has approved the issuance of a Ghanaian Passport to IShowSpeed”.
“Keep making our great nation, Ghana, and our beloved African continent proud.
The 21-year-old African American IShowSpeed — born in Cincinnati, Ohio as Darren Jason Watkins Jr. — is one of the most-followed influencers on the planet.