Music Business News: South Africa News Manusha Sarawan promoted to Managing Director of Southern and East Africa at Universal Music GroupExec was most recently Chief Operating Officer at UMG Sub-Saharan Africa Analysis News English language music’s popularity on streaming services is shrinking in the US… and globally.English language music is becoming statistically less popular on streaming services News PRS for Music strikes partnership with music tech startup Orfium for licensing across AfricaOrfium was founded in 2015 in Los Angeles by Drew Delis and Chris Mohoney and is led by CEO Rob Wells Interviews How independent South African music company The T Effect plans to ‘create a new wave of African Global Superstars’The T Effect's co-founders Tshiamo Letshwene and Nhlanhla ‘Nivo’ Ndimande tell us about the company's global ambitions News Warner launches OUT OF ORDER, an emerging markets-focused record label led by Selina ChowdhuryLabel will highlight music from regions including Africa, India, the Middle East, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Analysis News African music service Mdundo’s monthly active users reach 21.5m, up 107% YoYMdundo has published its quarterly report for calendar Q3 2022 News African Music service Mdundo reached 20.3m Monthly Active Users last month, up 74% since June 2021Mdundo's biggest country for Monthly Active Users is Nigeria, with a total of 4.9m 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 UK1 2 … 9 Next
News Manusha Sarawan promoted to Managing Director of Southern and East Africa at Universal Music GroupExec was most recently Chief Operating Officer at UMG Sub-Saharan Africa
Analysis News English language music’s popularity on streaming services is shrinking in the US… and globally.English language music is becoming statistically less popular on streaming services
News PRS for Music strikes partnership with music tech startup Orfium for licensing across AfricaOrfium was founded in 2015 in Los Angeles by Drew Delis and Chris Mohoney and is led by CEO Rob Wells
Interviews How independent South African music company The T Effect plans to ‘create a new wave of African Global Superstars’The T Effect's co-founders Tshiamo Letshwene and Nhlanhla ‘Nivo’ Ndimande tell us about the company's global ambitions
News Warner launches OUT OF ORDER, an emerging markets-focused record label led by Selina ChowdhuryLabel will highlight music from regions including Africa, India, the Middle East, Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
Analysis News African music service Mdundo’s monthly active users reach 21.5m, up 107% YoYMdundo has published its quarterly report for calendar Q3 2022
News African Music service Mdundo reached 20.3m Monthly Active Users last month, up 74% since June 2021Mdundo's biggest country for Monthly Active Users is Nigeria, with a total of 4.9m
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