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Founder of the One Africa Music Fest, Paul Okoye (Popularly known Paul O), has apologized to Sarkodie,his team and all his fans for the incidents that led to Sarkodie not performing at the recent concert in Dubai.

 He wrote on Instagram:
"On November 16, 2017, One Africa Global (OAG), held the fifth installment of the One Africa Music Fest (OAMF) in Dubai, thanks to Pepsi, the Dubai Tourism Board and our other sponsors it turned out to be a hugely successful event that was enjoyed by a sold out crowd at the Madinat Jumeriah, and was also live streamed to millions of fans around the world. 

As we continue to build our brand, we hold ourselves accountable to the highest esteem of professionalism and integrity to both our fans and artists and will continue to reach across all cultures, boundaries and understandings that collectively form One Africa. At the same time we call on all performing artists and fans alike to embrace that they appear as ambassadors of our culture and genre of music, and as such they must equally be held accountable for their behavior when attending one of our events, especially with regards to artists who are judged not only in their individual capacity but also on the actions and inactions of their entourage.

The irony being no matter how well behaved an artist is, if a member of your entourage acts up the law, the press and the media only know you (the artist). We full heartedly thank all the artists that performed at OAMF Dubai. 

However we would like to offer our sincerest apologies to Sarkodie, his team and all his fans that came out to see him, due to management miscommunication, that led to him not performing and we regret that we missed out on his performance. 

We at OAG are personally accountable on delivering on all our commitments, and as such take it to heart when commitments are not fulfilled to either the artist or the fans. As we continue to improve our platform and the experience shared by the artist and fans our goals remain undeterred bringing Afrobeats enthusiasts under one roof, one shared love, one family, One Africa. 
Thank you. 
Paul O"

Ghanaian Rapper Sarkodie who was the only Ghanaian artiste billed to perform at the One Africa Music Fest in Dubai, did not perform.

Sarkodie and his team arrived in Dubai on Wednesday morning November 15 and attended the pre-event party on Wednesday evening.

He went for sound check ahead of the concert on Thursday evening and arrived at venue on time ready to rock the stage but for some reason, the Ghanaian Rapper never mounted the stage.

During the concert, Nigerian Singer Wizkidayo made an unplanned surprise appearance on stage during Tiwa Savage's performance, which changed the entire performance arrangements.

Sarkodie was supposed to perform after Tiwa Savage but because of Wizkid’s surprise appearance, which was not part of the running order, Wizkid performed after Tiwa because he was already stage when Tiwa.

Teckno came on stage after Wizkid and according sources Sarkodie was rescheduled to perform after Teckno but that couldn’t also happen.

Host of the show Banky W, announced Sarkodie as the next act on stage after Teckno's performance and Sarkodie's DJ, DJ Mensah mounted the stage but Banky W came back to announce Davido's name after someone whipped to him on stage that Davido was next.

The show started at about 9:30pm and ended at about 2:45am and all the artistes numbering about 20 from different African countries (Kenya, Angola, South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzanian, Nigeria etc) performed with the exception of Ghana's Sarkodie.

This left Ghanaians and Sarkodie's fans that paid to come watch their star perform, very angry and obviously disappointed.