Music Business News: Nigeria 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 News Recording Academy to expand in Africa and Middle EastThe expansion aims to provide educational resources, advocate for intellectual property rights, and celebrate the musical heritage of these regions News Warner Music to expand into Lagos with its first fully-owned office in NigeriaCompany met with government officials in Nigeria's capital, Abuja last week and outlined plans to establish a creative hub in Lagos News Africa-focused streaming service Mdundo reports 41% jump in active users, as Nigerian currency crisis pressures revenueThe Nigerian naira fell 38% in Q1, putting pressure of Mdundo's revenue even as user growth continued unabated Analysis News Amapiano and Afrobeats videos saw nearly 4 billion global views on Vevo in 2023Music video network Vevo recorded a 56% YoY increase in viewership of Afrobeats and Amapiano videos globally in 2023 News Live Nation among backers of new 12,000-seat, $100m arena in LagosThe $100-million development comes amid a boom in the popularity of West African music News Universal Music Group buys majority stake in Afrobeats label MavinTPG has fully exited the business, while Kupanda Capital will a remain minority investor and strategic adviser Interviews ‘Independent artists and record labels in Africa can now match and surpass their counterparts in more developed markets.’MBW’s World Leaders series meets Osagie Osarenz, Director of African Operations at ONErpm1 2 … 12 Next
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
News Recording Academy to expand in Africa and Middle EastThe expansion aims to provide educational resources, advocate for intellectual property rights, and celebrate the musical heritage of these regions
News Warner Music to expand into Lagos with its first fully-owned office in NigeriaCompany met with government officials in Nigeria's capital, Abuja last week and outlined plans to establish a creative hub in Lagos
News Africa-focused streaming service Mdundo reports 41% jump in active users, as Nigerian currency crisis pressures revenueThe Nigerian naira fell 38% in Q1, putting pressure of Mdundo's revenue even as user growth continued unabated
Analysis News Amapiano and Afrobeats videos saw nearly 4 billion global views on Vevo in 2023Music video network Vevo recorded a 56% YoY increase in viewership of Afrobeats and Amapiano videos globally in 2023
News Live Nation among backers of new 12,000-seat, $100m arena in LagosThe $100-million development comes amid a boom in the popularity of West African music
News Universal Music Group buys majority stake in Afrobeats label MavinTPG has fully exited the business, while Kupanda Capital will a remain minority investor and strategic adviser
Interviews ‘Independent artists and record labels in Africa can now match and surpass their counterparts in more developed markets.’MBW’s World Leaders series meets Osagie Osarenz, Director of African Operations at ONErpm