Music Business News: Africa

Welcome to Spotify Supremium: Higher-priced ‘Platinum’ subscription tier arrives in India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and UAE

In India, Spotify's new 'Premium Platinum' tier is more than twice the price of today's 'Individual' tier

Nuno Rocha appointed Head of Business Development for MENA, Lusophone, and Francophone markets at ONErpm

Company expands with new office in Luanda, Angola

Recording Academy to stage Grammy House Giza event in Egypt

The Academy has previously held Grammy House events in Los Angeles and New York but hasn't taken the concept outside the US until now.

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Virgin Music strikes distribution deal with Ghana’s MiPROMO, expanding footprint in Africa

MiPROMO handles digital and video distribution for Ghana artists, along with digital and video distribution, social media marketing, web publishing, branding and event activation.

Interviews

‘You cannot sell what you don’t understand or don’t believe in.’

Ronami Ogulu, co-manager (and sister) of Burna Boy talks about breaking artists, defying expectations and working with family

Interviews

‘We are the home for the modern African music entrepreneur.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Olukorede 'Kay' Ikazoboh, Head of Nigeria for Virgin Music Group

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African music enjoys breakthrough on Shazam’s Global Top 200 Chart

Twelve tracks by African artists reached the Shazam Global Top 10, with three reaching the No. 1 position.

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TikTok integrates another streaming service into Add to Music App feature, with Anghami partnership

TikTok users in the Middle East and North Africa can now save tracks from TikTok straight to their music libraries on streaming service Anghami. The platform has become the latest to sign up to TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature, which lets TikTok users save the songs they discover on the social app directly to … Continued