Africa’s Boomplay announces licensing deal with Warner Music

The partnership will allow Boomplay to distribute Warner Music’s to its listeners in ten countries. [Photo: Courtesy]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Boomplay, the largest music streaming and download service in Africa, has signed a direct licensing agreement with Warner Music to bring the record company’s diverse global roster of music to the region.

The terms of the partnership allow Boomplay to distribute Warner Music’s extensive catalogue of more than one million songs to its community of listeners in ten countries: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.