Music Business News: Nigeria News Warner Music Africa Francophone hosts songwriting camp in Abidjan The camp took place months after Warner Music launched WM Africa Francophone, operating in France and French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa News Streaming service Mdundo reports 45% surge in subscription revenue as it sets sights on users outside Africa The company now counts 38.8 million monthly active users, up by 26% over the past year News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch: 2025: Shallipopi, Diss Gacha, TZ da Coronel The final three Next Big Things to feature on Vevo's DSCVR Artists To Watch 2025 list... News Sony Music pulls catalog from Africa-focused music streaming service Boomplay Sources tell MBW that concerns have been growing at other rightsholders over late royalty payments from the platform News Emerging markets-focused label Heatwave strikes publishing joint venture with Kobalt Heatwave was launched by ex-Syco Music MD Tyler Brown and Harold Serero, a former senior A&R executive at Ultra Music Publishing Analysis News The 21 biggest music business deals of 2024: From Irving Azoff to Daddy Yankee, Hipgnosis, and Queen. The year's biggest deals were dominated by private equity, securitization of music assets, and some blockbuster acquisitions by Sony Music News Ikenna Nwagboso, co-founder of Mr Eazi’s emPawa Africa, to step down Exec to step down from his role effective January 2025 News Tega Oghenejobo promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Nigeria’s Mavin Global Universal Music Group acquired a majority stake in the Lagos, Nigeria-based music company in February1 2 … 13 Next
News Warner Music Africa Francophone hosts songwriting camp in Abidjan The camp took place months after Warner Music launched WM Africa Francophone, operating in France and French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
News Streaming service Mdundo reports 45% surge in subscription revenue as it sets sights on users outside Africa The company now counts 38.8 million monthly active users, up by 26% over the past year
News Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch: 2025: Shallipopi, Diss Gacha, TZ da Coronel The final three Next Big Things to feature on Vevo's DSCVR Artists To Watch 2025 list...
News Sony Music pulls catalog from Africa-focused music streaming service Boomplay Sources tell MBW that concerns have been growing at other rightsholders over late royalty payments from the platform
News Emerging markets-focused label Heatwave strikes publishing joint venture with Kobalt Heatwave was launched by ex-Syco Music MD Tyler Brown and Harold Serero, a former senior A&R executive at Ultra Music Publishing
Analysis News The 21 biggest music business deals of 2024: From Irving Azoff to Daddy Yankee, Hipgnosis, and Queen. The year's biggest deals were dominated by private equity, securitization of music assets, and some blockbuster acquisitions by Sony Music
News Ikenna Nwagboso, co-founder of Mr Eazi’s emPawa Africa, to step down Exec to step down from his role effective January 2025
News Tega Oghenejobo promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Nigeria’s Mavin Global Universal Music Group acquired a majority stake in the Lagos, Nigeria-based music company in February