Hi there.. I hope that this finds you well. About a year ago we launched Waabeh, guided by a radical idea that African musicians could finally control their destiny,reap from their labor of love all the while giving their fans a place where they could listen to and download their favorite music. Our promise was a solution that empowered the artists with simple upload and distribution over the internet and mobile apps, gave them a higher sales royalty as compared to the /telcos /that were keeping up to 85% [Waabeh keeps 30%] in addition to giving their fans easy and familiar payment options such as mobile money [MPesa,] and credit cards. As one whose opinion we really value, we present to you our annual report card, on what we have accomplished so far. We have passed over /10, 000 downloads/ and serving over /330,000/ streams. Waabeh has expanded beyond it's initial base of Nairobi, Kenya , we are now serving musicians and their fans from all across the world in such varied places like The Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and even Japan! It has been a tough yet fruitful year and we are glad to be part of the larger African tech community offering working solutions to uniquely local problems. Please find an infographic of some of our last years highlights as well as a photo of Karun <http://blog.waabeh.com/2014/01/waabeh-first-year-report-card/>, one of Kenya's biggest break-out acts for 2013, receiving a royalty cheque for the last quarter. We still on the lookout for more great music, podcasts, audiobooks as well as content partners, so please do not hesitate to let us know on how we can collaborate by going here <http://waabeh.com/about>. Regards /*Tim Rimbui*/ /C.E.O , Co-Founder/ */e :/*/<mailto:jeff@waabeh.com>rimbui@waabeh.com <mailto:rimbui@waabeh.com>// /*/t :/*/ (+254) 728-306-630 /Waabeh is Africa's Audio Market; fully stocked with the freshest sounds coming out of the Africa. We are hear, to love
Great infographic. Well done, hope 2014 is even better. On 15 January 2014 12:05, Tim Rimbui <rimbui@waabeh.com> wrote:
Hi there.. I hope that this finds you well.
About a year ago we launched Waabeh, guided by a radical idea that African musicians could finally control their destiny,reap from their labor of love all the while giving their fans a place where they could listen to and download their favorite music. Our promise was a solution that empowered the artists with simple upload and distribution over the internet and mobile apps, gave them a higher sales royalty as compared to the *telcos *that were keeping up to 85% [Waabeh keeps 30%] in addition to giving their fans easy and familiar payment options such as mobile money [MPesa,] and credit cards.
As one whose opinion we really value, we present to you our annual report card, on what we have accomplished so far. We have passed over *10, 000 downloads* and serving over *330,000* streams. Waabeh has expanded beyond it's initial base of Nairobi, Kenya , we are now serving musicians and their fans from all across the world in such varied places like The Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and even Japan! It has been a tough yet fruitful year and we are glad to be part of the larger African tech community offering working solutions to uniquely local problems.
Please find an infographic of some of our last years highlights as well as a photo of Karun<http://blog.waabeh.com/2014/01/waabeh-first-year-report-card/>, one of Kenya's biggest break-out acts for 2013, receiving a royalty cheque for the last quarter.
We still on the lookout for more great music, podcasts, audiobooks as well as content partners, so please do not hesitate to let us know on how we can collaborate by going here <http://waabeh.com/about>.
Regards
*Tim Rimbui*
*C.E.O , Co-Founder*
*e :** <jeff@waabeh.com>rimbui@waabeh.com <rimbui@waabeh.com>* *t :* * (+254) 728-306-630 *Waabeh is Africa's Audio Market; fully stocked with the freshest sounds coming out of the Africa. We are hear, to love
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This is really great and a great way to promote musicians. It is true from the Math and taxes, the Telcos give the musicians less than Ksh.1 per download. Keep up the good work !
Hi Tim, I have always wanted such a service for many years and blogged repeatedly about it such as here : http://markmwangi.me.ke/local-artistes-and-missed-opportunities/ . The problem has always been making payments super easy and pricing the content right so that users prefer buying than hunting it down on illegal download sites. Good initiative and hope it grows. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:47 PM, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen@gmail.com>wrote:
This is really great and a great way to promote musicians. It is true from the Math and taxes, the Telcos give the musicians less than Ksh.1 per download.
Keep up the good work !
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