Entries Tagged to 'Music'
Beth Achitsa, Ongea talks about: what music industry event Ongea is and what it does; her role as a tour booker and the acts she's been booking this year (2017); the relationship between pop music and the roots of African music; the rise of Nairobi Underground and promoting women DJs.
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January 20, 2018
Sarah Jane Nicholson, SJN talks about: what SJN does; what the artist manager helps artists do; her work with Micasa and their creative collaborations with Sauti Sol and Eddie Kenzo; the ringback tones sales for Micasa's last single; digital platforms and the success of Early Hours' single on Sound Cloud; and which artist not on her label that she finds exciting.
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April 26, 2017
Gillian Ezra and Phil Moore, Deezer talk about: the extent of Deezer's roll-out in Africa; how it makes sure it carries local music and the percentage of it; who its users are; and two ways in which the models for music streaming in Africa need to change.
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March 27, 2017
Warrick Percy, Capasso talks about: what Capasso does and how African songwriters and composers benefit; the increases in its collection revenues over the last 3 years; the split between analogue and digital revenues; why Capasso calls itself the African Mechanical Rights Hub; and its spiky relationship with the mobile operators.
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February 28, 2017
Tsholo Moraba, General Manager, Gallo Music Publishers talks about: the label and publishing acquisitions Gallo has made; the opening of a rights office in Kenya; selling rights across the continent; his involvement on the board of SAMRO; its implementation of a digital rights management system and the increase in revenues achieved through it.
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April 27, 2016
This video opens with a clip from the documentary Wahenga and then director Amil Shivji talks about: what Zilipendwa music is; the connection between the music and the socialist policies of the 1970s and 1980s; and the state of the film industry in Tanzania.
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March 29, 2016
Amaru da Costa, Soulistic Music talks about: how he became Black Coffee's Manager; the artists on Soulistic Music; the digital success of Pieces of Me; what Black Coffee has been doing since his last album; the barriers to people buying digital music; and what it will look like in 5 years time.
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January 30, 2016
Julian Von Plato, founder, PockitTv talks about: the video services it's currently offering on mobile in South Africa; its expansion into the rest of Africa; its Nigerian music service; why hyper-local works; data bundling plans; its business model; and the type of content it's looking for.
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January 9, 2016
Deon Maas, Meerkat Productions talks about:how punk made its way to Southern Africa; the problems punks faced under the Apartheid regime in South Africa; and the influence of Ska on the music
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July 20, 2015
Andrew Eborn, Octopus TV talks about: the origins of holograms; creating a live experience with a hologram; examples of performing holograms; the business model; potential in Africa; and the cost of doing them.
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April 27, 2015
Emma Kaye, founder, Bozza on: how Bozza has pivoted; the number of artists and users of the current platform; how users make payments and a more favorable revenue share; the wide range of music, video and poetry content on the platform; and its current equity crowdfunding campaign with www.emergingcrowd.com
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April 27, 2015
Dumisana Kapanga, founder of Malawian music platform Mvelani talks about: how he got the idea for the platform; the level of traffic it's getting; the kind of music on the platform; the recent deal signed for Nigerian music; how it will roll out mobile apps; its discussions with mobile operators and the poor deal terms; and its ambition to be a Pan-African platform.
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April 20, 2015
Stephen Lee, Tigo Music talks about: the success of its Latin American mobile music operations; the differences in mobile music terms between Africa and Latin America; the increasing use of smartphones; the countries Tigo Music has been rolled out in and its future plans; its mega-concerts in Ghana and Tanzania ("a bit like the Woodstock of Tanzania"); and its different competitors.
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April 20, 2015
Nigerian Afro-Fusion/Urban RnB artist Jay Bleeng talks about: why he's living in St.Louis, Missouri; his musical influences; his plans to visit Nigeria; how he makes a living from his music; and the digital platforms his latest single One time is available on.
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April 20, 2015
Hypolite Bouabre, Sales Manager, BeBlack TV on: what BeBlack TV is and what it's trying to achieve; where it's available; and the investor behind it, Ivorian music producer David Monsoh.
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April 10, 2015
Martin Nielsen, Mdundo talks about: why it launched Mdundo; the number of users on the platform; the types of music it features; the payment strategy it will use; and the music magazine it offers.
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March 29, 2015
Sune Mushendwa, founder of Tanzanian music downloads service Mkito.com on: the growth in the number of its users since its launch in July 2014, the proportion of free to paid-for downloads; how is ad-funded free model works; the attitude of users to the adverts; the advertisers it works with and the launch of its new SMS service.
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February 19, 2015
Arun Nagar, CEO, Spice VAS Africa, the company that has launched Mziiki talks about: its initial launch into East Africa; the artists available on the platform;the number of regular users of the platform; the business model it will develop; and its launch into Southern Africa and video in 2015.
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February 1, 2015
Eban Oliver, Skyroomlive talks about: the size of the live music touring circuit in South Africa and the acts that play it; its portal for livestreaming concerts; the different models it's using for livestreaming; livestreaming 3D footage; and the 3D viewers it's selling.
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January 18, 2015
Olivier Laouchez, CEO, Trace Group talks about: the global reach of the group's music and sport channels; how his Caribbean background gives him a unique position to understand global music; its expansion into radio in Africa in 2015; giving a voice to the young African generation through radio; its massive African talent competition launched in partnership with Airtel; and its soon-to-be launched digital offering.
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November 23, 2014
Michael Akindele, Director of Experience Planning and Head of Digital Media, Solo talks about: Solo as a start-up device manufacturer and digital content company; its new Android app and where it will be available; the kind of movies users can watch on a pay for basis and its pricing; its download hot-spots at dealers; how it plans to extend its content offer to games; and the handsets it offers in its range.
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November 9, 2014
Harael Salkow, CEO, Soul Candi Records on: how the label came out of selling records; the roster of artists and DJs on the label; what sales numbers are; the scale of the House scene in South Africa; digital downloads and the slow pace of take-up; and who it competes with.
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October 18, 2014
Michael, Special Projects Manager, Premier Records on: how the label was founded in 1953; the artists on the label; the 50th anniversary of the label; the number of records sold by artists; how many digital downloads sold; and the label's future expansion plans.
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October 4, 2014
Nkiru Balonwu, CEO, music streaming and downloads platform Spinlet talks about: how many people use Spinlet; the music it offers; how it offers both streaming and downloading and what it costs; payment methods and the deal with the mobile operators; and the barriers to success.
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August 18, 2014
Gillian Ezra, COO, Simfy Africa talks about: how Simfy Africa emerged from the decline in the ringtone market; its operations in Nigeria and South Africa; the cost of the service to the consumer; the size of the catalogue and its local content; the players in Africa's digital streaming apace; and its expansion plans.
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July 15, 2014
Antos Stella, Managing Director and shareholder in Content Connect Africa (CCA) talks about: what CCA does as a music agency; its country coverage across Africa; the deals it does with artists, including recording them; international music platforms coming to Africa; the investment by MTN; and whether subscriptions or live streams are the best business model.
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June 11, 2014
Jason Njoku, CEO, iROKO talks about its online music platform will be making a transition in the next couple of years. He talks about: iROKING going from being a content aggregation service to being the "sound cloud for Africa"; the scale of music downloads on the platform against the number of film downloads on iROKO TV; and the current level of downloads and his predictions for future growth
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March 23, 2014
Yoel Kennan , Africori talks about: why it bought Cool Spot Records; the music catalogue the company has; the growth strategy for its music investments; moving Cool Spot to Maboneng; the re-launch of online music platform Tavoom and its user numbers; and the role of the major record labels in Africa.
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September 13, 2013
Jim Chuchu, The Nest talks about the the Virtual Fashion Week it ran and the upcoming online music event.
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July 14, 2013
Jane Lewisohn, Research Associate, Department of Music, SOAS, University of London and Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University talks about: the Flowers (Golha) radio show which ran in Iran from 1956 until the start of the Islamic revolution; the founder of the programme Davoud Pirnia; the success of the programmes with the public and their impact on Iranian culture, particularly music and poetry; the flowering of a Persian identity; and the changes in the programme when Davoud Pirnia retired.
See: www.golha.co.uk
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April 29, 2013
