Sony Music Entertainment Africa has appointed Christine Mosha, known as “Seven,” to lead Marketing and Artist Development for the East Africa region. Starting with immediate effect, Mosha will build ...

“We had big plans, touring outside the continent and all that, but the pandemic happened and we had to cancel everything,” Faustina Charles alias Nandy (pictured), the Tanzanian pop star who has ...

ViacomCBS' MTV Africa Music Awards will return in February, for the first time in years. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, it will be put on as a virtual event in partnership with Uganda's ...

Artists from the continent are breaking into the Western mainstream. We’ve got a playlist for your weekend cookout. By Desiree Ibekwe This week, The Times published a profile of Tems, a 28-year-old ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 3 (Reuters) - When the biggest names in music gather on Sunday for the industry's top honors at the Grammy Awards, they will hand out a new trophy for best African music performance.

The venture capital scene in Africa has consistently grown, with an influx of capital from local and international investors reaching unprecedented heights in recent years. To understand how much ...

The artist from Benin showed African songwriters how to reach the world. Now they’re repaying the favor. By Jon Pareles Angélique Kidjo, the singer from Benin who has been forging Pan-African and ...

This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July-August issue of the magazine. At Afropunk’s 2019 New Year’s Eve festival in South Africa, DJ Moma was scheduled ...