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Universal International Music B.V.

Dutch Universal Music Group entity named as the acquirer of a 70 per cent stake in the Nairobi label A.I Records in 2018.

Universal International Music B.V. is the Dutch entity named in trade reporting as the Universal Music Group company that acquired a 70 per cent stake in the Nairobi label A.I Records in March 2018. It appears in the African record almost entirely through that transaction.

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