Abena Soreno 👑

Cover Girl for New Music Friday, Ghana and for +233 Bars!!!! Thank you so much @SpotifyAfrica @Spotify for the support! This is absolutely insane! 🔥🔥

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone. first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay. we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly. i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures. a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers. we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold. to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward. to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow. jack

Hon. Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui, the Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya West, has reported that more than 50 Ghanaian fishermen are believed to have been kidnapped in a pirate attack off the coast of Senya Beraku in the Central Region. The Ghana Navy and Marine Police have been dispatched to the area to pursue the attackers and ensure the safe release of the fishermen.

These viral videos are really disturbing 😳 What makes it even worse are the subtitles, and the craziest part is that he’s recording them without their consent.

@mistameister Nope they’re not aware

Is this Russian man thing scripted for adult content or it’s legit that they are unaware ? Isn’t that criminal ?

@zubaidah_x No waay. That sucks

@Soreno_ ☹️

The nnennab babe on IG who’s always posting about being celibate turned out to be a loser. Sad because I liked her content.

Dear God, some of us only have you, don’t let us down

I was privileged to deliver a health talk at #KalysHouse . It was a rewarding experience. My sincere appreciation to @gyaigyimii for the opportunity. Host: @Soreno_

@enochowusu1911 @gyaigyimii @kalyshouse @Enilart 🤍🤍

@Soreno_ @gyaigyimii @kalyshouse @Enilart So beautiful

Thank you for having me @gyaigyimii . I had so much fun in @kalyshouse and left with a lot of goodies ☺️☺️. See you tomorrow for the final stretch.

@Tumiwuramie @gyaigyimii @kalyshouse @Enilart Thanks champ 🤍

@Soreno_ @gyaigyimii @kalyshouse @Enilart First time watching you..you have great personality..Great submissions.I just love your gestures.See you at the top

@freesxsha Good day to you too❤️

i wish @Soreno_ a good day wherever she is

Happily married people will always gate keep Because if they say the things they do you’ll call the women pick mes and the men simps

@zubaidah_x I need to experience the New York they go to. From transportation to food to hotels…etc. New York is so expensive

Accra is really expensive but it is absolutely not more expensive than New York👀

I Had so much fun! See you real soon❤️.

@actuallysedz Girl!! 😂😂😂

@JayJ_Yankey Behave 😂😂

@Soreno_ Grandmas 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾 sleeping early.

@jdadoosey 😂😂

Bro she no get problem again so why she go pray? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@xorlaliplange Congratulations Xorla❤️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

This week I start a dream position in an HBCU Assistant Professor - tenure track 👌 I will be teaching Costume Design and Oral Communication in the school of Liberal Arts and Education. I am also hoping to have my own lab, where I can teach historical garment construction.