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DJ Sbu in Forbes cover scandal
23 Mar 2015 at 12:28hrs | Views
Forbes Africa has released a statement calling a cover shared by businessman and media personality DJ Sbu aka Sibusiso Leope "fictitious".
The popular media personality shared an image of him on a cover of Forbes Africa, following the mention of his energy drink Mofaya in a Forbes.com article published on 18 March. The image was captioned: "Local Start Up Company #Mofaya gets international recognition from @Forbes USA. For full article click link on my bio. What God bless. No man can deny."
Forbes Africa released a statement:
"On the 20th of March 2015 Forbes Africa was made aware of a fictitious cover being shared on social media of Sibusiso Leope, also known as DJ Sbu. The cover features the entrepreneur and an endorsement of Mr. Leope's locally manufactured energy drink.
"This release is to inform the public at large that the cover in question, depicted above (left), has been fabricated by the Mr. Leope and in no way represents or warrants an endorsement by Forbes Africa or its affiliates.
"The fabricated cover bares resemblance to an October 28 2013 Forbes US cover featuring Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, depicted above (right)."
The popular media personality shared an image of him on a cover of Forbes Africa, following the mention of his energy drink Mofaya in a Forbes.com article published on 18 March. The image was captioned: "Local Start Up Company #Mofaya gets international recognition from @Forbes USA. For full article click link on my bio. What God bless. No man can deny."
Forbes Africa released a statement:
"This release is to inform the public at large that the cover in question, depicted above (left), has been fabricated by the Mr. Leope and in no way represents or warrants an endorsement by Forbes Africa or its affiliates.
"The fabricated cover bares resemblance to an October 28 2013 Forbes US cover featuring Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, depicted above (right)."
Source - online
