From Thuso Mbedu to Black Coffee: Mzansi Celebs Land on International List of 100 Most Influential People

From Thuso Mbedu to Black Coffee: Mzansi Celebs Land on International List of 100 Most Influential People

  • The likes of Thuso Mbedu, Black Coffee, Cassper Nyovest and Pearl Thusi made the cut on the list of 100 most influential media personalities in Africa
  • According to Ranks Africa, AKA and Busiswa were also among the top entertainers who influenced the culture and the way of life inthe continent in 2022
  • These South African stars bagged top international awards last year including Black Coffee's historic Grammy win

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Mzansi celebs continue to fly the fly the country's flag high across the globe. They've been putting in the work and many international organisations are recognising their contribution in the international entertainment space.

Black Coffee, Thuso Mbedu and Cassper Nyovest had a good 2022
Black Coffee, Thuso Mbedu and Cassper Nyovest landed on an international list of 100 most influential people in Africa. Image: @realblackcoffee, @thuso.mbedu, @casspernyovest
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Ranks Africa is the latest international body to honour Mzansi A-listers. Taking to their Instagram page, Ranks Africa listed 100 most influential media personalities in Africa and Mzansi was well represented.

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According to ZAlebs, superstars such as Thuso Mbedu, Black Coffee, Cassper Nyovest, AKA , Pearl Thusi and Busiswa made the cut. Ranks Africa said our very own artist were some of the most influential people in the African continent in 2022.

Briefly News took to the page and compiled the list of SA A-listers whose names appeared on the top 100 list of influential figures in Africa. Some of these stars won multiple awards last year and continue to excel in their respective fields.

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Stars such as Thuso won multiple awards for slaying their roles in international movies and Black Coffee put African music on the world map when he bagged a Grammy award.

Thuso Mbedu

Black Coffee

Pearl Thusi

Cassper Nyovest

AKA

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Busiswa

Black Coffee applauded for putting his son on

In other entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Black Coffee was applauded for being a good father. The world-renowned DJ was praised for putting his son, Esona, on.

The Grammy-winning music producer took to his timeline to share a stunning pic of himself and Esona playing a live set together. The Superman hitmaker also put his son on when he was working on Drake's house project. Esona was credited as one of the producers on the Canadian rapper's album.

Peeps took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the pic Black Coffee posted on his timeline. They praised him for making sure that he puts his son's name on the world map.

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Mxolisi Mngadi (Editor) Mxolisi Mngadi is an entertainment reporter. He graduated in 2002 from Damelin with a Diploma in Journalism, majoring in African and International Studies, Journalism and Electronic Media. He then started his journalism career at the Daily Sun newspaper, went on to The Citizen, and worked as a senior reporter at News24. He has been a writer for more than 15 years.