Music Business News: South Africa 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) Interviews Key Songs in the Life of… Denzyl FeigelsonThe founder of Platoon (and AWAL, and a key architect of Graceland), Denzyl Feigelson, maps out his life and career in seven songs 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 ambitions1 2 … 10 Next
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)
Interviews Key Songs in the Life of… Denzyl FeigelsonThe founder of Platoon (and AWAL, and a key architect of Graceland), Denzyl Feigelson, maps out his life and career in seven songs
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