The popular Malawian streaming platform Mvelani.com was unavailable early Friday morning due to unprecedent demand pulling it offline. The increasing traffic meant that Malawian music lovers were unable to stream songs from several artist on the platform popular with Malawi diasporas. An earlier statement on the platform’s Facebook page and Twitter account laid the blame for problems […]
The newly released single Ndilibe Problemu by the ruling DPP music group Sendela sisters has become the fastest most listened to song on Mvelani music sharing service clocking over 1,000 plays in less than 24 hours. The song was written and arranged by budding songwriter and artist George Wiseman Gondwe who also features in the song […]
A new music “streaming” platform Mvelani says it does not charge artists to upload or doctor its download numbers to favours others, saying they are more “ethical”, after MalawiZoom.com questioning why Malawian artists have to pay for their music to be on Malawi-music.com, the leading music download site in the country. Since the critical lifestyle […]
Mvelani a streaming music platform for Malawi has now successfully managed to acquire the licence that allows it to stream fast popular Nigerian music. Dumisani Kapanga the CEO of for Mvelani.com told Nyasa Times that he has managed to negotiate successfully terms of the streaming license with Copyright Society of Nigeria (Coson)and in the next […]
There are well over 100 runners in the race to succeed as Africa’s best and biggest online and mobile music platform. Even now there are new entrants waiting in the wings. Russell Southwood looks at why the race to the top is so hard to call. Only a few weeks ago a Malawian music platform […]
One of Malawi’s top entertainment company Ndefeyo Entertainment has signed a partnership agreement with the fastest growing music streaming platform Mvelani.com. Ndefeyo entertainment as a record label has over the years released top selling urban music from Malawi’s cream of urban music – Trumel, Bucci, Maskal, Piksy, Armstrong Kalua, Patience Namadingo, Mada Ngoleka. The new […]
Malawi’s Afro-Soul Gospel musician, Lawi, has asked a new music “streaming” platform launched by a Malawian entrepreneur based in London to stop playing his songs. Dumisani Kapanga recently launched first music streaming platform – Mvelani.com – for Malawi to feature artists. The site – which means “listen” in the national language of Chichewa – is aimed at allowing […]