African artists yet to reap from growing digital music revenues

Eunice Njeri

The digital content firms provide customised ringtones, ringback tones, music downloads and music streaming

Last year was a good one for the music recording industry. After years of decline 2018 marked the fourth consecutive year of growth in music industry revenues. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, this was driven by a significant rise in “digital” revenues which accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the total.