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Africa

Warner Music Group invests in major African digital music distributor

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Warner Music Group has made an investment in Africori, a digital music distribution company operating across Sub-Saharan Africa. Africori has worked with more than 6,500 artists and 700 labels, offering music rights management and artist development services as well as distribution. Continue Reading →

News Africa, Warner Music Group

Tencent eyeing Africa as the next frontier for Joox streaming service

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Tencent may be focusing on Africa as the next market for its Joox streaming service. The platform is already very popular across Asia, including in some emerging markets such as Indonesia and Thailand. Continue Reading →

News Africa, Joox, South Africa, Tencent

Boomplay Music teams with MUSO to reduce piracy in Africa

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Anna Washenko

Boomplay Music has partnered with MUSO for an effort to reduce piracy in Africa. The streaming service is owned by China-based Transsnet Music Limited but focuses on listeners in African countries. Continue Reading →

Copyrights & Legal Africa, Boomplay Music, MUSO, piracy

African music platform Boomplay lands licensing deal with Sony

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Sony has secured a licensing deal with Boomplay Music, a Chinese-owned music platform operating in Africa. This means that Boomplay now has agreements with all three of the major labels to bring their catalogs to its streaming and download platform. Continue Reading →

Copyrights & Legal Africa, Boomplay Music, Sony Music Entertainment

Quick Hits: Apple Music interviews, podcast recs on social, and Africa insights

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Leading Apple Music’s next act. Podcast recommendations by DM. Streaming growth is still slow in Africa. Continue Reading →

News Africa, Apple Music, Quick Hits

Quick Hits: Analyzing Africa. Podcasts vs radio. Podcasts and crowdfunding. A suddenly famous snore.

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Billboard on Africa’s early streaming moves. Radio + podcasts + promotion. Why podcasts can’t rely on ads. What a snore! Continue Reading →

News Africa, Quick Hits

Ethiopian telecom to co-launch streaming music app

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Several new music services have emerged to secure footholds in Africa’s nascent streaming market. The latest is based in Ethiopia and backed by a telecom. Ethio Telecom has partnered with Awtar Multimedia to unveil a service called Awtar Music. Continue Reading →

News Africa

Universal Music Group signs with uduX streaming service in Nigeria

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Universal Music Group has inked a licensing agreement with uduX, a streaming music service based in Nigeria. The deal will bring uduX listeners access to UMG’s catalog of Nigerian and international artists. UMG is the first major to sign with this service. Continue Reading →

News Africa, Universal Music Group

Boomplay Music raises $20 million

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Anna Washenko

Boomplay Music, a streaming platform serving Africa, announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The financing will support the company’s expansion efforts across Africa. The company currently has more than 44 million downloads of its app and is adding an average of 2 million new subscribers monthly. Continue Reading →

News Africa, Boomplay Music

Tuned Global to partner with Tunelet for new African streaming service

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Tuned Global has partnered with Tunelet to help the startup launch of a new music service in Africa. Tuned Global provides music streaming solutions with consumer engagement and its past clients include Samsung Mobile, Coca-Cola, and Line Music. Continue Reading →

News Africa, Tuned Global, Tunelet

LyricFind inks blanket licensing deal in Africa

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Anna Washenko

LyricFind has entered a deal with South African mechanical rights organization Composers, Authors and Publishers Association (or CAPASSO). The blanket deal will see songs fully licensed and monetized by LyricFind’s lyric licensing platform across 38 countries in Africa. Continue Reading →

Copyrights & Legal Africa, LyricFind

Universal Music Group licenses library to Africa’s Boomplay Music

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Anna Washenko

Universal Music Group has licensed its catalog to Boomplay Music, a top streaming service in Africa. Boomplay will add UMG’s library to its current catalog of 2 million tracks. The company currently boasts more than 36 million listeners across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. Continue Reading →

News Africa, Boomplay, Universal Music Group

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