New online music store is music to our earsFollowing the launch of the virtual South African Nokia Music Store, music.nokia.co.za, South African's now have access to hundreds of thousands of local and international tracks by a wide range of artists from Beyoncé to Mafikizolo.
 
“South Africans have waited a long time for a local store offering both international hits and local favourites,” said Jake Larsen, Nokia's head of music for Middle East and Africa.

Joyce Schulten, SAMRO’s Executive General Manager: Mechanical Rights, commented: “At SAMRO, we are excited about Nokia’s Music Store initiative, as it not only provides legal easy access to the music we all love but, through our licensing agreement with Nokia, our members are assured of receiving much-needed mechanical rights royalties for any of their works that may be downloaded.” 

Music lovers can access the store via any desktop computer or directly from optimised Nokia devices. Using a variety of payment options such as credit cards or prepaid vouchers, a single track can be bought for R10, while an entire album costs R100.