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The founder and CEO of Freeme Digital, Michael Ugwu, has been re-elected to the Merlin board for a second term.

Merlin 2024 board have been announced, with the digital indie prioritizing "Meaningful, sustainable and value-driven member growth" this year.

Discover the people who have created the new NFT paradigm brick by digital brick in part two of our three-part Artnet NFT 30 report.

Share The Zimbabwe National Team responsible for the elaboration of the Zimbabwean Music Strategy met virtually for a peer-to-peer exchange with the Nigerian music experts on 11 May 2021. Experts form the renowned Nigerian Music stakeholders inclusive of the Nigerian Copyright Commission, Universal Music Nigeria, Free Me Digital, The Light, iManage Africa, Chocolate City and Megalectrics, shared their experiences and advice on how the music industry in Zimbabwe can be improved considering the N...

> An aspiring Nigerian musician named Wisekid copied an album from one of Africas biggest artists Wizkid, reportedly passing it off as his own. By uploading the pirated album to music services such as Apple Music, Amazon and Tidal, the scammer appears to have earned substantial revenue. Legal streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music have been the music industry’s most effective weapon against piracy. Many people don’t even bother ripping or downloading albums of tracks nowadays...

Wisekid, whose stage name is an imitation of Wizkid’s, released an album with the title ‘Lasgidi Made’, a localised alteration of the ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner’s album title. He then went ahead to dub the names of Wizkid’s tracks. In the wake of the heated criticism that trailed Wisekid, Pollock took to her Twitter handle on Wednesday to point out that calls to address the issue have not gone unnoticed. Advertisement Pollock, who doubles as the mother of the singer’s third son, said h...

How Wizkid’s impersonator reportedly made N30 million monthly from replica album Wisekid released an album titled Lasgidi Made but uploaded Wizkid’s Made In Lagos album with a rearranged tracklist. ADVERTISEMENT An up-and-coming Nigerian artiste, Wisekid, has allegedly made N30m monthly since October 2020 by cloning Wizkid’s Made in Lagos album on Apple and Amazon. According to African Facts Zone, who broke the news on Twitter, the alleged impersonator has raked so much cash from digital ...

Music Business Worldwide March 17, 2021 Michael Ugwu, founder and CEO of Freeme Digital, former General Manager of Sony West Africa and current Merlin board member Nigeria-based music distribution company Freeme Digital is launching a new platform called Freeme+ to provide A&R, marketing, sync licensing and publishing services for independent African rightsholders. The platform will operate under Freeme Digital’s new premium label services and distribution arm Freeme Music, working in tandem ...