Music Business News: Ghana

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Ghanaian superstar Stonebwoy signs global Def Jam deal with Universal

Artist to work with Def Jam Recordings in the US, Def Jam Africa across Africa and 0207 Def Jam in the UK

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Kobalt founder Willard Ahdritz invests in $200m fund set up to back African tech start-ups

The fund's founding parter is Niklas Adalberth’s non-profit Norrsken Foundation

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Music service Boomplay and Merlin expand licensing deal to 47 countries across Africa

Boomplay has over 60m Monthly Active Users and a catalog of over 65m tracks

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Gresham Rights Management expands into five new markets in West Africa

Firm is owned by Gresham Music Group, one of the largest independent music companies in Africa

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Spotify to expand into over 80 new markets across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America

New markets include Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

Interviews

‘Streaming’s growth in Africa is already exciting, but there’s so much more we can do’

Zimbabwean, British-raised exec Sipho Dlamani is heading up Universal Music Group in much of Africa. He forecasts a big future for the region and its impact around the world...