Nigerian record label Mavin pushes to unlock Africa’s touring market – Semafor

The musician, representing the vibrant Mavin label, performs energetically on stage wearing sunglasses and a patterned jacket, holding a microphone.

Leading Nigerian record label Mavin is trying to unlock Africa’s music-touring potential by developing regional performance circuits and breaking into a global market dominated by Western nations.

The global rise in popularity of African music in recent years has seen successful homegrown artists gross of dollars in touring revenues — mostly in markets outside the continent, particularly in North America and Europe.

Mavin, in which Universal Music Group last year in a deal estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars, partnered…