Tag: Music Reports Africa news
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
