Music Business News: South Africa News Ghanaian superstar Stonebwoy signs global Def Jam deal with UniversalArtist to work with Def Jam Recordings in the US, Def Jam Africa across Africa and 0207 Def Jam in the UK News Universal launches Blue Note Records Africa to sign jazz artists from across the African continentImprint will launch this Spring with the release of South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini’s new album News Thando Makhunga appointed Managing Director of Downtown subsidiary Sheer Publishing AfricaSheer was acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in 2020 News Kobalt founder Willard Ahdritz invests in $200m fund set up to back African tech start-upsThe fund's founding parter is Niklas Adalberth’s non-profit Norrsken Foundation News Nas joins $20m investment round in Africa-based mobile games publisher Carry1stCompany was founded by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, Tinotenda Mundangepfupfu in 2018 News Warner acquires Africa-based music distributor AfricoriWMG says that Africori will continue to operate as an independent company, with current CEO, Yoel Kenan, remaining in post News The Orchard bolsters artist and label roster in Africa, confirms three executive hiresKey executives named in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria News Downtown Music Services inks global publishing deal for catalog of iconic South African musician Johnny CleggJohnny Clegg's catalog spans more than four decades1 2 … 9 Next
News Ghanaian superstar Stonebwoy signs global Def Jam deal with UniversalArtist to work with Def Jam Recordings in the US, Def Jam Africa across Africa and 0207 Def Jam in the UK
News Universal launches Blue Note Records Africa to sign jazz artists from across the African continentImprint will launch this Spring with the release of South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini’s new album
News Thando Makhunga appointed Managing Director of Downtown subsidiary Sheer Publishing AfricaSheer was acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in 2020
News Kobalt founder Willard Ahdritz invests in $200m fund set up to back African tech start-upsThe fund's founding parter is Niklas Adalberth’s non-profit Norrsken Foundation
News Nas joins $20m investment round in Africa-based mobile games publisher Carry1stCompany was founded by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, Tinotenda Mundangepfupfu in 2018
News Warner acquires Africa-based music distributor AfricoriWMG says that Africori will continue to operate as an independent company, with current CEO, Yoel Kenan, remaining in post
News The Orchard bolsters artist and label roster in Africa, confirms three executive hiresKey executives named in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria
News Downtown Music Services inks global publishing deal for catalog of iconic South African musician Johnny CleggJohnny Clegg's catalog spans more than four decades