17
Oct
Vice President and NPP flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that Ghana will launch its first local music streaming platform in November. Addressing stakeholders in the creative arts sector, Dr Bawumia emphasized the need for a homegrown solution to help Ghanaian musicians reap better financial rewards from their work. “Spotify and other platforms are externally owned, so it’s not surprising that the payments to our musicians are very little,” he said, stressing that current platforms don’t provide substantial returns for artists in Ghana. “The issue for us has been to ensure we have a local streaming platform where we can…