Music Business News: South Africa News Ticketmaster acquires self-service ticketing platform Quicket, bolstering presence in AfricaSouth Africa's Quicket has built a self-service ticketing platform serving Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and beyond Analysis News Amapiano streams exploded by 5,668% on Spotify between 2018 and 2023Spotify credits pandemic lockdowns for the sudden success of this South African musical genre News Recording Academy to expand in Africa and Middle EastThe expansion aims to provide educational resources, advocate for intellectual property rights, and celebrate the musical heritage of these regions News AI ‘will bring the biggest revolution the creative sector has seen,’ Björn Ulvaeus says in CISAC’s latest annual reportThe global umbrella group of collection societies is urging rightsholders to fight for their rights in the age of AI News Nick Ghelakis and Nicole Thomas named Co-Country Managers of Virgin Music Group, South AfricaSouth Africa is the largest recorded music market in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region News Africa-focused streaming service Mdundo reports 41% jump in active users, as Nigerian currency crisis pressures revenueThe Nigerian naira fell 38% in Q1, putting pressure of Mdundo's revenue even as user growth continued unabated Analysis News Amapiano and Afrobeats videos saw nearly 4 billion global views on Vevo in 2023Music video network Vevo recorded a 56% YoY increase in viewership of Afrobeats and Amapiano videos globally in 2023 News South African music industry veteran Chris Ghelakis dies, aged 70Ghelakis founded Electromode in 2001, which was acquired in 2021 by Universal-owned Ingrooves (now Virgin Music Group)1 2 … 11 Next
News Ticketmaster acquires self-service ticketing platform Quicket, bolstering presence in AfricaSouth Africa's Quicket has built a self-service ticketing platform serving Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and beyond
Analysis News Amapiano streams exploded by 5,668% on Spotify between 2018 and 2023Spotify credits pandemic lockdowns for the sudden success of this South African musical genre
News Recording Academy to expand in Africa and Middle EastThe expansion aims to provide educational resources, advocate for intellectual property rights, and celebrate the musical heritage of these regions
News AI ‘will bring the biggest revolution the creative sector has seen,’ Björn Ulvaeus says in CISAC’s latest annual reportThe global umbrella group of collection societies is urging rightsholders to fight for their rights in the age of AI
News Nick Ghelakis and Nicole Thomas named Co-Country Managers of Virgin Music Group, South AfricaSouth Africa is the largest recorded music market in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region
News Africa-focused streaming service Mdundo reports 41% jump in active users, as Nigerian currency crisis pressures revenueThe Nigerian naira fell 38% in Q1, putting pressure of Mdundo's revenue even as user growth continued unabated
Analysis News Amapiano and Afrobeats videos saw nearly 4 billion global views on Vevo in 2023Music video network Vevo recorded a 56% YoY increase in viewership of Afrobeats and Amapiano videos globally in 2023
News South African music industry veteran Chris Ghelakis dies, aged 70Ghelakis founded Electromode in 2001, which was acquired in 2021 by Universal-owned Ingrooves (now Virgin Music Group)