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Audio streaming service Spotify launches in East Africa

The opening numbers are displayed on the floor during the Spotify IPO at the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, 2018 in New York. PHOTO | AFP

By  ADONIJAH NDEGE

Swedish audio streaming service Spotify has launched in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

East Africans will now join the over 345 million monthly active listeners who stream popular music and podcasts on the platform for free.

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