IFPI opens first office in Africa as industry pushes deeper into the continent
Angela Ndambuki, a lawyer specializing in intellectual property, will lead the office in Nairobi, Kenya.
The IFPI has opened an office in Kenya, its first regional outpost in Africa, at a time when major labels and streaming platforms are increasing their focus on the continent’s music potential., a Kenyan-born lawyer and intellectual property specialist who co-founded the Performers Rights Society of Kenya , after she had a career as a member of the all-girl group Tattu.
Ndambuki will be tasked with promoting the music industry and improving data reporting in a fast-growing region of the world which still suffers from extensive piracy and a patchwork of largely ineffective collecting societies.
African countries face significant copyright challenges, including in South Africa, where an updated copyright law, still unsigned by the president, has faced criticism from the artist community for favoring fair-use exceptions that stand to benefit large tech companies like Google.to expand in the region, including Boomplay, Spotify and Deezer, music revenues are growing. In 2019, recorded music industry revenues for Africa and the Middle East grew by 15.
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