Three Companies Control 75% of Nigeria’s Streaming Revenue
Creator Economy IQ music industry report examining Nigeria and South Africa's streaming markets has found that local content dominates consumption, but control of value concentrates among a small number of global players at the...
Apple Music Introduces AI Transparency Tags for AI-Generated Music
Apple Music has implemented a new metadata requirement for its streaming service, asking labels and distributors to identify releases where artificial intelligence played a significant role in creation. However, the system relies entirely on...
How Festivals and Funding Platforms Are Unlocking Capital for Africa’s Creative Economy
Africa’s creative economy is attracting growing investor attention, but financing the sector has traditionally been viewed as high-risk.From music and film to fashion and digital media, creative businesses often rely on intellectual property rather...
Warner Music Group Outlines Strategy to Grow Music Value Amid Industry Shift
Warner Music Group has laid out a comprehensive strategy to expand music's value, arguing the sector is better positioned than film and television to weather current media industry turbulence.
Warner Music Group has laid out...
Tiwa Savage Partners With Berklee for Lagos Intensive Program
Tiwa Savage has established the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation, a new nonprofit initiative focused on expanding music education access for emerging African professionals through education, mentorship, and access to global industry opportunities.
The foundation's flagship...
Africa’s Music Goes Global But Royalties Fail to Return Home
Sub-Saharan Africa was the fastest growing music market in the world in 2024. Recorded music revenues rose 22.6 percent to reach $110 million, nearly five times the global average growth rate of 4.8 percent. Afrobeats, Amapiano, and regional genres are gaining traction both domestically and internationally.
Spotify Marks Five Years in East and West Africa with User and Listener Data
Spotify is commemorating five years of operations in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, releasing figures that detail user behavior and platform growth since its 2021 entry into the three markets.
The streaming service launched in Sub-Saharan...
Virgin Music Group Closes Downtown Acquisition
Virgin Music Group has completed its acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings, finalizing the deal on February 20, 2026. The transaction brings together two major players in the independent music services sector.
The closure follows European...
Audiomack Lets Listeners Become Creators With Audiomod
Global streaming service Audiomack reports that its built in remix feature, Audiomod, has powered the creation of more than 260 million fan generated plays since its launch in February 2024.
The tool has been...
Abuchi Peter Ugwu On Ownership, Infrastructure And The Next Phase Of Africa’s Music Boom
Leaders Digest examines the views and decisions of executives and industry leaders through reporting, interviews, and opinion-led analysis.
“The future of African music is not merely in its cultural reach but in its sustainable economic...
Sony Group Develops Tech To Identify Original Music In AI Songs
Sony Group has created a technology capable of detecting the underlying musical works used in AI generated songs, potentially enabling copyright holders to claim compensation when their compositions are utilized in machine learning and...
Kenya High Court Suspends MCSK Royalty Collections After Licence Lapses
The High Court has barred the Music Copyright Society of Kenya from collecting royalties following the non renewal of its operating licence by the Kenya Copyright Board.
A ruling delivered on Friday affirmed that MCSK...
SonicMark to Protect Unreleased Music With Inaudible Audio Fingerprinting
Music technology company VeriTune has launched SonicMark, an audio watermarking and fingerprinting tool designed to help creators protect unreleased music before it reaches streaming platforms.
VeriTune was founded by Wes Pendleton, who previously co-founded the...
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 divestment of Curve, a Downtown data analytics unit that handles...
AFRIMA Business Summit Flags Policy Reform, Technology and Collaboration as Key to Africa’s Music Growth
The 9th All Africa Music Awards Africa Music Business Summit has identified policy reform, technology adoption and stronger cross border collaboration as central pillars required to accelerate the growth of Africa’s music industry. (Vanguard...
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 or voice prompts entered directly into the app.
Functionality sits within...
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 company met or exceeded its guidance across all key performance...
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