Spotify
29 Nov
*Demand for local grows by 284% Spotify has unveiled this year's edition of Wrapped, its highly anticipated yearly recap of listeners' musical journeys. This immersive experience provides users with a comprehensive overview of their year in music, allowing them to reflect on their preferences and discover hidden gems. This year's Wrapped showcases the remarkable diversity…
18 Nov
Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy has over 20 years of experience in business development, content creation, journalism and digital skills training. She is the Managing Director, Spotify Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining Spotify, she was the Strategic Media Partnerships Manager for Facebook (now meta), Sub-Saharan Africa. A true pan-Africanist, the multilingual Rwandan and Burundian was born and raised in Ethiopia, lived in South Africa, Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire.
29 Oct
United Kingdom-based IT consultant, author and politician, Yetunde Elebuibon, has begun a podcast on Spotify called, Life Lessons with Eltey.
17 Oct 2023
Music lovers were treated to a fine live performance recently as Spotify brought together celebrities, podcasters, influencers, music executives, media personalities and music fans in celebration of Afrobeats.
30 Sep 2023
With a commitment to making music lovers have a great time, Spotify is leveling up with Jam, a personalised, real-time listening session for any group to tune in together.
17 Aug 2023
The popular streaming platform, Spotify, has partnered with Giants of Africa for its 20 years anniversary to bring together music and sports, as a way to inspire the next generation of African youth.
11 Aug 2023
An online streaming platform, Spotify, has revealed that Nigerian artistes made over N11 billion from the streaming platform in 2022.
10 Aug 2023
With the aim of delivering the right piece of music for the exact moment in time, and even connecting music lovers with their next favourite artists in the process, Spotify has rolled out DJ, in Beta, to Premium users in Nigeria. This is because the music streaming platform is taking personalization to the next level…
1 Jul 2023
In an extraordinary achievement, global music sensation Rihanna has set a groundbreaking record by becoming the first female artist in history to have ten songs each amass over 1 billion streams on the popular music streaming platform, Spotify. The Barbadian singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur has once again demonstrated her unrivaled talent and enduring impact on…
16 Jun 2023
The multi-million-dollar deal that a media group run by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle has had with streaming giant Spotify is ending by mutual agreement, the two parties said Thursday.
16 Jun 2023
A well-known Hong Kong protest anthem was removed from online platforms such as Spotify and Apple's iTunes days after the government took legal action to ban the song from being publicly performed.
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