This year has seen a number of music streaming services pop up in Africa. Now a France-based music streaming service is seeking outlets in Africa.
Deezer has partnered with Orange telecom to bring the streaming service to its subscribers in Poland, Mauritius and Ivory Coast.
“Orange is currently the only operator to offer an unlimited music streaming service: Dezeer premium bundle with its internet tariff plans in Mauritius and Ivory Coast. There are the first countries to launch the service in the Middle East and Africa region,” the company said in a statement.
“After France and the United Kingdom, we are very proud to be able to offer our customers access to Deezer Premium services in other countries throughout subsidiaries in Europe and in Africa and soon in the Middle East,” Laurence Le Ny, Director of Music for the Orange Group said.
Deezer has over 18 million tracks to choose from on its site. The music is available on PCs and mobile devices through its apps.
Africa has seen music streaming services sprout up from all corners of the continent. Zikify, a music streaming service from Uganda launched their operations earlier this year.
Spinlet a new Nigerian music streaming app, last month went live on Google Play and can be accessed by Android devices. TruSpot another music app from Nigeria also made a splash entry into the market.
For many years, music from Africa has been given a blind eye by major streaming services such as Spotify,Grooveshark andPandora, but the tide is changing with more international players paying attention to the continent.
