As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture.

A new year in Rwanda's music industry carries significant promise as fresh talents continue to emerge and reshape the soundscape.With 2025 delivering an abundance of quality music, it is evident that ...

Welcome to our weekly music post, where we spotlight our favorite new songs and albums. Hop in the comments and tell us: What new music are you listening to? Spelling’s music is generally lush and ...

When Amapiano first emerged, before it was polished and musical, the signature 'ghetto' log-drums sounded like a producer had sampled the thud of car tires hitting township speed humps; it was a true ...

Africa’s largest fintech company, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal valued between $25 million and $40 million, according to people familiar with the ...

Millions of people sing it each year at the stroke of midnight, some beaming with joy and others overcome with emotion as they bid goodbye to the year that has passed. But what does the New Year’s ...

ATLANTA — The New York Times on Wednesday published a phone call, its first apparent public availability, between President Donald Trump and late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston made during the ...

When South Africa took over the annual presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), a bloc of the world’s major economies, in December 2024 it created a valuable opening for Africa on the global stage.

London, UK – 15/12/2025 – The UK government has laid out its new ‘Africa Approach’, encompassing aid, migration, health, climate and peacebuilding. Reacting to a speech today by the International ...

South Korea-born entertainment giant HYBE has been rapidly growing its geographic footprint beyond its home market over the past few years. The move represents HYBE’s latest regional expansion as it ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...

This review was written prior to Stern's death on November 27. As far as great endings go, it’s hard to compete with the final line in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, where the narrator, ...