EU Clears UMG’s Downtown Acquisition Subject to Full Divestment of Curve
The European Commission has granted conditional approval for Universal Music Group's acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings following an in-depth investigation.
Approval requires the complete...
AFRIMA Business Summit Flags Policy Reform, Technology and Collaboration as Key to Africa’s Music...
The 9th All Africa Music Awards Africa Music Business Summit has identified policy reform, technology adoption and stronger cross border collaboration as central pillars...
YouTube Introduces AI Playlist Generator for Premium Subscribers
YouTube has introduced a generative AI playlist feature for Premium subscribers on iOS and Android. It lets users create custom listening queues via text...
Spotify Reports Strong Q4 2025, Reaching 751 Million Monthly Active Users
Spotify released financial results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2025, citing "exceptional user growth and continued momentum" to close the year. The...
Downtown Music Publishing Africa forges partnership with Arms Production Music
Downtown Music Publishing Africa (DMPA) has forged a strategic alliance with Arms Production Music, a specialist in bespoke, human-composed music for visual media.
The deal...
Mdundo Releases First Half Of The Financial Year 2025/2026 Report
Insights Digest provides in-depth, data-driven insights into Africa’s music industry through reports, analytics, and market data.
Mdundo.com A/S, the African music service, has published its...
Launch Africa Invests in Lounges.tv to Build Creator Monetisation Infrastructure Across Africa
Lounges.tv - Lounges.tv is a global live streaming and creator monetisation platform enabling artists, promoters, and venues to convert sold-out and capacity-limited events into...
Spotify Introduces About the Song, a New Way to Explore the Stories Behind the...
Spotify has launched a new feature called About the Song, which is designed to provide listeners with background information and stories about the tracks they are...
Meta Launches WAXAL, A New Open Dataset for African Speech Technology
Technology company Meta has launched WAXAL, a new open dataset designed to advance speech technology development across Africa. The initiative aims to address a...
Spotify Introduces Page Match Feature To Synchronize Print and Audiobook Reading
Spotify has introduced Page Match, a new feature designed to synchronize reading positions between physical books, e-books, and audiobooks.
Page Match allows users to scan...
