Music Business News: Africa

Larry Gaaga named Vice President and General Manager, Africa and Dany Neville joins as Vice President, A&R, Middle East

Deals include catalog acquisition of content production and distribution company RE Media, and the catalog of Egyptian rap duo El Sawareekh

Exec was most recently Chief Operating Officer at UMG Sub-Saharan Africa

English language music is becoming statistically less popular on streaming services

Mdundo said it expects to hit 35 million MAUs in FY 2023-2024

Partnership will provide access to 'brand and sync opportunities, and capital' for Sarz' 1789 imprint to develop talent from Africa

MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Wale Davies, Sony Music Publishing's Head of A&R for Africa

Platform launched its Creator App in February 2022