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    Mobilising African music: how mobile telecommunications and technology firms are transforming African music sectors

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    De Beukelaer, C; Eisenberg, AJ
    Date
    2020-04-02
    Source Title
    Journal of African Cultural Studies
    Publisher
    ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    De Beukelaer, Christiaan
    Affiliation
    School of Culture and Communication
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    De Beukelaer, C. & Eisenberg, A. J. (2020). Mobilising African music: how mobile telecommunications and technology firms are transforming African music sectors. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN CULTURAL STUDIES, 32 (2), pp.195-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2018.1546569.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253935
    DOI
    10.1080/13696815.2018.1546569
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    https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:22278/CONTENT/debeukelaereisenberg_mobilisingafricanmusic2018.pdf/
    Abstract
    This paper explores the role of mobile telecommunication and technology firms (MTTs) in the distribution of recorded music in Ghana and Kenya. These countries both have vibrant music markets with weak formal distribution networks. Limited enforcement of copyright regimes and weak market regulation created new entrepreneurial business models. While ‘big tech’ dominates this space elsewhere, in African contexts the main players are mobile service providers (e.g. MTN, Vodafone, Tigo) and digital content firms (e.g. Liberty Afrika, MTech, Cellulant). These transnational players cater to fast-growing consumer markets that do not have easy access to major music distribution platforms such as iTunes and Spotify (which tend to provide very limited access to ‘local’ content, in any case). Despite their particular and increasingly significant roles, very little empirical attention has been paid to the activities of mobile telecommunication and technology firms (MTTs) in music sectors. This paper takes stock of why and how MTTs have entered into the business of recorded music distribution in Ghana and Kenya, and assesses the ramifications of their entry for the music sectors in these and other African countries as part of broader global shifts in the production, distribution and marketing of recorded music.

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