Universal Music Group parent Vivendi has launched a series of initiatives in Africa, including the staging of a major Ebola virus awareness-raising concert in Guinea's capital Conakry in September; the construction of a new concert venue and a recording studio in Conakry; and a new label, Island Africa, based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.

On September 26, about 25,000 people are expected to gather for the festival 'Ebola: All Together towards victory,' to be staged at the ...