Music Business News: South Africa 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 Analysis News From the ‘fair use’ win for Reuters to ByteDance building an AI music beast… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… News Warner Music Group completes full acquisition of Africa-based music distributor Africori Company represents more than 7,000 artists. 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 Reservoir acquires rights to catalog of Grammy-winning Lion King composer Lebohang Morake South African composer strikes music rights deal with Reservoir Media News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa News SoundExchange strikes royalty agreement with SAMPRA, opening new revenue streams for US and South African artists SAMPRA represents over 75,000 recording artists and 11,000 record companies in South Africa Interviews ‘This is just the beginning. There’s still so much potential for Afrobeats and Amapiano in the coming years.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Camillo Doregos and Mark Mac, co-founders of Africa focused management and booking company, DC Talent Agency1 2 … 12 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
Analysis News From the ‘fair use’ win for Reuters to ByteDance building an AI music beast… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Warner Music Group completes full acquisition of Africa-based music distributor Africori Company represents more than 7,000 artists.
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 Reservoir acquires rights to catalog of Grammy-winning Lion King composer Lebohang Morake South African composer strikes music rights deal with Reservoir Media
News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa
News SoundExchange strikes royalty agreement with SAMPRA, opening new revenue streams for US and South African artists SAMPRA represents over 75,000 recording artists and 11,000 record companies in South Africa
Interviews ‘This is just the beginning. There’s still so much potential for Afrobeats and Amapiano in the coming years.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Camillo Doregos and Mark Mac, co-founders of Africa focused management and booking company, DC Talent Agency