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Indigenous music streaming platform, uduX, in partnership with PiggyVest, has announced a new product called
PopRev that would allow fans to invest in the music catalogues of artistes, and share in their earnings.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of uduX, Chidi Okeke, the programme would be launched in May 2021. He added, “PopRev will give artistes access to funding, with no intention of buying out their master tapes. We are creating a new artiste revenue model driven by fans’ social engagement and the new normal of ‘sharing’. We want to give investors access to metrics and the performance of their investments on demand.”
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A partnership between Nigerian savings and investment startup, PiggyVest, and Nigerian music streaming platform, uduX, has birthed PopRev a product that allows fans on the streaming platform to invest in artistes and earn profit.
Other contributors include King Smade, CEO of SMADE Group and Co-founder, Afronation and YAM Carnival; digital music distributor and aggregator, MAD Solutions led by Bugwu Aneto-Okeke; Kamal Ajiboye’s Made in Africa, a music management solution; and music curator community, Pushing Good Music (PGM) led by Douglas Jekan.
This partnership will see uduX’s subscribers interact with music projects beyond streaming and rating by allowing them to share in the equity each content generates.