Wande Coal, Olamide, Dammy Krane, others thrill at the launch of the Etisalat-Spinlet Digital Music App

June 18, 2013 |

June 18, 2013

(L-R): Chief Executive Officer, Spinlet Group, Mr. Neil Schwartzman; Manager, Digital Media, Etisalat Nigeria, Mrs. Chinenye Faleye; and Director, Business Segments, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Lucas Dada at the Etisalat Spinlet Music App Launch Concert held at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos on Friday June 14th — (L-R): Chief Executive Officer, Spinlet Group, Mr. Neil Schwartzman;
Manager, Digital Media, Etisalat Nigeria, Mrs. Chinenye Faleye; and
Director, Business Segments, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Lucas Dada at the
Etisalat Spinlet Music App Launch Concert held at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos

by Isi Esene

Music-loving subscribers of Etisalat Nigeria were treated to a night of music, dance and comedy on Friday, June 14 at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, in celebration of the newly launched first Nigerian branded and biggest music application called the Etisalat Spinlet Digital Music App. This is in partnership with international digital music download service, Spinlet.

The Etisalat Spinlet Digital Music App is designed to enable Etisalat customers download and share a broad collection of local and international songs directly to their mobile devices.

(L-R): Director, Business Segments, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Lucas Dada; Nigerian Rap/Hip-hop Artiste, JJC; and Chief Marketing Officer, Spinlet, Mr. Mark Redguard at the Etisalat Spinlet Music App Launch Concert held at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos on Friday June 14th — (L-R): Director, Business Segments, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Lucas Dada;
Nigerian Rap/Hip-hop Artiste, JJC; and Chief Marketing Officer, Spinlet,
Mr. Mark Redguard at the Etisalat Spinlet Music App Launch Concert

The event witnessed performances from top Nigerian music artistes including Wande Coal, Olamide, Skales, Dammy Krane, Show Dem Camp, JJC; DJs Xclusive and Neptune; Nigerian Idol winners – Mercy Chinwo and Moses as well as several other upcoming acts such as female rapper Coco Ice, Lace, Sean Tizzle, Frank D Nero, Falz, Ketchup and Jhybo. Guests were also treated to rib cracking jokes by comedian MC Bash who teamed up with Jimmy of Beat FM as hosts for the night.

Speaking on the launch of the App, Chief Commercial Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Wael Ammar, said the application was yet another innovative service from Etisalat to bring personalization and interactivity to its customers. “Our customers can now download or share tracks and albums from a limitless library of musical content on the go. We have also made the application very affordable and easy to use. To start enjoying the music app, music lovers are required to download and install the Etisalat Spinlet Digital Music app to a mobile phone or any other internet-enabled mobile device. The appropriate charges will be deducted from airtime balance during subscription. Customers will also enjoy bonus data,” he said.