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‘It will never cover what’s authentic’: African music industry weighs up AI risks and rewards

globalApril 29, 2026
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‘It will never cover what’s authentic’: African music industry weighs up AI risks and rewards
Delegates at event in Cape Verde highlight opportunities from tech while stressing AI is no replacement for talentLast July, the Nigerian singer-songwriter Fave found herself caught up in a
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Delegates at event in Cape Verde highlight opportunities from tech while stressing AI is no replacement for talent

Last July, the Nigerian singer-songwriter Fave found herself caught up in a viral moment: an unauthorised version of a track featuring an AI choir had been released, quickly becoming an internet sensation. To get ahead of the situation, she recorded her own remix that integrated the AI-assisted song and added it to her discography.

“In my view, [that] was smart and very business aware,” Oyinkansola Fawehinmi, a Lagos-based entertainment lawyer, observed a few months later. “She essentially reclaimed the ‘AI version’ and released it as her own official expression.”

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Source: Guardian - World News

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