Ghana Needs Her Own Digital Streaming Platforms - Okyeame Kwame

Okyeame Kwame is of the opinion that a local streaming platform made in Ghana for Ghanaians will do a lot of good to the music industry in Ghana.

A local digital content platform would help artists generate income for themselves and the government, he noted.

The 'Rap Docta' highlighted the advantages, especially in the new age of social media where artists profit a lot from streaming services.

“I believe it is significant for Ghana to have its own Spotify, Amazon and other digital platforms so that when artistes create content, we can put them on our platforms and the money will stay in Ghana."

"More important is the need for the government to support us who are creating content for these platforms so that we can keep the money at the in-market economy because it takes money for me to create content and put it on Facebook,” he noted.

These services, he argued, would be a primary source of revenue for the government.

Okyeame Kwame then insisted that all African countries should have local streaming platforms instead of relying on foreign platforms. 

“Because of my content, people come on Facebook and when they do, Facebook will advertise to them and take all the money and not give me and also not give the government,”

He used the opportunity to introduce his own streaming platform called 'Trendsquare'.

“I’m starting my own digital media platform for Africans to curate content. It’s called Trendasquare. We need to let the world know that we can do our own thing. We must lower the dependence on the West so that they will respect us.”