At the digital streaming platform (DSP), Hadley works on bolstering industry connections and listenership, and making Spotify the top choice for artists. These days, given pop’s climate, this task includes a strong emphasis on Afrobeats strategies.
Last Friday in Lagos, Nigeria, at the sidelines of Spotify’s festivities celebrating Afrobeats’ major streaming milestones over the years, a smiling Hadley, after greeting me with a handshake and a compliment on my shirt, tosses me a confident response about the future of global African…