MUSIGA PROVIDES DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GHANAIAN MUSIC

In an effort to promote and enhance the internal and external marketing of Ghanaian music, the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has sought the assistance from various partners to build a robust digital portal which will be launched in January 2012. With the support from NORCODE (Norwegian Copyright Organization, a digital meta- data library process is far advance with over five thousand (5,000) songs already digitized.

In order to take this project to the next phase, ECOBANK in collaboration with the World Bank Ghana office and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are supporting the capacity building of MUSIGA in designing a new internet portal which will serve as a platform for reference and marketing of MUSIGA and digitized Ghanaian music.

This project when completed will allow the Ghana Music Industry to participate in the global music market which was estimated at 2.2 trillion United States Dollars in 2010.This project will also be put to the service of the future collective management organization for the music industry.

On behalf of MUSIGA and the entire Music Industry, we will wish to express our most sincere gratitude to ECOBANK and all the other partners for their continuous interest in the Ghanaian Music Industry. MUSIGA by this release is hereby inviting all music right owners to submit their songs at any MUSIGA office nationwide for digitization.