Music Business News: Nigeria

African music service uduX launches PopRev, an investment platform that lets fans buy shares in artists’ music

Platform to launch in partnership with Nigeria-based FinTech firm PiggyVest

Why we believe streaming subscription ARPU fell by around 8% globally for the record industry last year

MBW runs the numbers from the IFPI's must-read new Global Music Report covering 2020

ONErpm expands operations into Nigeria

Osagie Osarenz named as Country Manager in Nigeria

African distribution company Freeme Digital launches new services platform for indie rightsholders

Freeme+ will provide A&R, marketing, sync licensing and publishing services for independent African rights holders

Universal and music streaming service Boomplay expand license to cover 47 countries across Africa

New markets include South Africa, Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon and Senegal

TuneCore expands into Africa with new hires in Nigeria and South Africa

Jade Leaf hired as Head of TuneCore, Southern Africa and East Africa and Chioma Onuchukwu named Head of TuneCore for West Africa and East Africa

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

‘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...