Category archives: Nigeria

Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and Solange, invests in African music streaming startup MePlaylist

Music streaming platform is based in Nigeria
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YouTube pledges support for artists from Nigeria via new emerging talent initiative

Investment will enable artists to shoot videos, record music and get mentoring
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Universal Music Group signs exclusive global deal with Tiwa Savage, one of Africa’s biggest stars

Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed an exclusive global recording agreement with Nigerian singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage, one of Africa’s biggest stars and an artist whose success spans music, fashion, film and television. Under the agreement, her fu…

Universal becomes first major to license Nigeria-based music streaming service, uduX

uduX is Nigeria’s first domestically launched music streaming service
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