Tag: nigeria

The number of internet users in Nigeria is soaring. Could this mean a boost to digital music in a country where streaming income is still very low?

Its main office will be in Lagos, Nigeria, with plans to operate across countries including Ghana, South Africa and the Ivory Coast.

African service Mdundo has published its latest financial results, revealing that it added seven million monthly users during the period.

Wizkid was one of the early Afrobeats artists to gain prominence globally, both through collaborations with western artists and through organic growth of his own fanbase.

We're teaming up with iManage Africa's Godwin Tom for the British Council's Creative Enterprise Support Programme for Music, for existing and potential music entrepreneurs in Nigeria.

Chocolate City music is an industry leader in the African music and seeks to provide a world-class service designed to help artists grow their careers We also provide Label Services under the umbrella of Alternative Distribution...

Streaming service Audiomack has been setting its sights strongly on Africa in recent times, and its latest deal continues that expansion. The company is working with telco MTN Nigeria on an ‘Audiomack+MTN Data Bundle’...

The latest controversy around ‘fake’ albums is kicking up a rumpus in Nigeria. An artist called Wisekid released an album called ‘Lasgidi Made’, which started generating millions of streams. The only...

Freeme - pronounced “free me” - is an independent distributor & label services company based in Lagos. Founder and CEO Michael Ugwu has international industry experience: he was previously general manager at Sony Music...

In January 2019 during a panel on Africa’s music industries at NY:LON Connect, Chocolate City group’s Aibee Abidoye talked about one of the challenges in Nigeria: competing collecting societies causing confusion...

Apple Music was the first global music streaming service to have its own live radio station built in. Now expanded to a suite of stations, some of its shows are now being syndicated to traditional radio stations. Well, one...

Recorded music revenue in Nigeria will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 5.6% over the next five years to reach $40m in 2023, according to PwC, which is tipping the country to be the world’s fastest-growing Entertainment...