A new licensing agreement will significantly boost the availability of UMG’s African and International repertoire to music fans across Africa. New markets include South Africa, Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, and Senegal with UMG catalog now also widely available across French-speaking territories for the first time. Boomplay, the leading music streaming and download service based in […]
Nasty C is probably on cloud nine after he signed a lucrative deal with an international music conglomerate, Def Jam Recordings. Nasty C through a joint venture with Universal Music Africa has finally shaken hands to an exclusive pact with Def Jam Recordings. The rapper from Durban, who has made the city proud time after […]
Sauti Sol as a group that consists of Delvin Mudigi, Bien-Aimé Baraza, Polycarp Otieno, Willis Austin Chimano has made unprecedented moves over their music career that has seen them not only be a powerhouse, household music band in Kenya but across Africa. The afro-pop band that was formed in Nairobi back in 2005 has worked […]
Universal Music Group has offered Vanessa Mdee a huge lucrative recording contract that she couldn’t say no to. “We’ve seen huge success with Latin music going global and we believe the same can happen with African music,” Adam Granite Universal Music executive VP of market development shared. This signing comes at a time when the […]
