Africa Archives

Deezer’s Podcast tab now available in Asia, Africa and Oceania

20/04/2021

Deezer’s Podcast tab now available in Asia, Africa and Oceania. The Podcast tab, previously called ‘Shows’ helps audio fans find their favourite podcasts in one convenient place. Podcasts are now available for all Deezer users in over 180 countries. Audio fans can discover shows across 15 categories and sub-genres. These include themes like self-help, business news, cooking, music and talk shows. The Podcast tab is also home to local shows such as “Podcast and Chill with […]

Apple Music creates African Legends hub

06/07/2019

Apple Music creates African Legends hub featuring playlists, albums and charts from the African continent’s greatest artists. Originally launched to coincide with this year’s Africa Day the hub contains the African Legends playlist with Fela Kuti’s funky Afrobeat, Brenda Fassie’s vivacious Afropop, Youssou N’Dour’s thrilling mbalax and Angélique Kidjo’s richly textured world fusion amongst other notable African artists. The African Legends hub consists of Essentials Playlists, Essentials Albums, Classic Singles, A Spotlight On and a […]

Boomplay raises $20 million funding

11/04/2019

Boomplay raises $20 million funding to fuel Boomplay’s continued expansion, with a focus on content acquisition, product optimization, recruitment, and a further consolidation of its position as the leader in the African market. The additional capital has been provided by Maison Capital and followed by Seas Capital and other strategic investors. Boomplay offers both an ad-free paid subscription and a free ad-supported streaming service. In February 2019, Boomplay had acquired over 42 million users and […]

Boomplay and Warner Music Group Licensing deal

Boomplay does licensing deal with Warner Music

17/03/2019

Boomplay does licensing deal with Warner Music adding Warner Music’s extensive catalogue of more than one million songs to its users in ten countries – Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Boomplay currently has 5 million songs in its catalogue with 42 million users. Claiming to be Africa’s largest music and streaming and download service this deal follows on from Boomplay’s recent licensing arrangement with Universal Music Group in […]

Boomplay and Universal Music Group form African partnership

14/11/2018

Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming and download service and Universal Music Group (UMG) form African partnership with the signing of a landmark licensing agreement covering multiple markets within Africa. UMG is the first major music company to license its catalogue to Boomplay, which has 36 million users and claims to be the most popular music streaming service in Africa. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement Boomplay will distribute music from UMG’s labels through its […]