Audiomack has launched a new Swahili podcast which will aim at highlighting the musical talents hailing from East Africa. The podcast will be hosted by radio personality Lil Ommy, also known as the King of Interviews. Swahili Radio will also feature live performances, exclusive interviews with East Africa’s biggest musicians, and much more. The premiere [...]
Telkom has introduced its new music streaming platform ‘’Telkom Music’’ in South Africa. Introduced in collaboration with Tencent-owned JOOX, the platform is available on the Huawei AppGallery and Google Play Store. Telkom stated that the landscape of music streaming is evolving and highlights that the main feature of its music app is the fact that [...]
Huawei users across MENA can enjoy unlimited music streaming with over 12M popular songs, music videos, and podcasts in over 20 languages. AppGallery, Huawei’s official app distribution platform, has recently expanded its streaming app offering through a partnership with Hungama Music, one of India’s leading music streaming services. This partnership places Hungama Music on the [...]
CANAL+ is partnering with Universal Music Africa (UMA) to celebrate music and introduce Digster Africa, UMA’s 100% African streaming platform, to its subscribers in Africa. From 1 to 31 July, each Canal+ Bouquets subscriber who renews their subscription will receive 1 month of free access to the Digster Africa application, in order to discover and [...]
Audiomack has announced a new partnership with Ziiki Media which will give access to artists via Ziiki Media’s platform. This new collaboration will take effect soon and will be available in 54 African countries. Charlotte Bwana, Head of Business Development and Media Partnerships for Audiomack Africa said, “At Audiomack, we constantly work to identify challenges [...]
Boomplay and Airtel Nigeria have announced a strategic partnership that will offer subscribers access to more affordable streaming via the music streaming platform. General Manager, Boomplay Nigeria, Oladele Kadiri stated “We are very optimistic about the partnership with Airtel, which will enhance music streaming and downloading for our users, through affordable data packages, while also [...]
Anghami has announced its new partnerships with telco partners across KSA, UAE, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria in H1 2021. Anghami has bulit a big network over these nine years of telco partnerships across the MENA region. Choucri Khairallah, Anghami’s VP of Business Development, said: “We’re delighted to be teaming up with our strategic partners across [...]
The new music streaming platform, Naijatastic, based in Nigeria, enables independent artists to showcase their music talents, connect with fans and also collaborate with other artists. Since its establishment in 2017, Naijatastic has gained big support from large independent musicians and has a fan base of more than 200,000 active monthly listeners. Registration and creation [...]
In 2021, YouTube launched a $100 million #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund in an effort to help equip Black musicians with the resources and support to enable them to thrive and invest in work that amplifies the voices, perspectives and stories of all Black artists around the world. YouTube Music announced the expansion of the fund scholarship [...]
Anghami, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest streaming platform, has introduced it’s first-ever Live Radio feature allowing users to create and contribute to a social music-sharing experience. It will enable users to talk whilst streaming songs, playlists and podcasts, creating a real-time experience of a podcast but along with real-time user engagement. Anghami also [...]