{"id":244293,"date":"2025-11-06T15:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=244293"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:48:18","slug":"nuno-rocha-appointed-head-of-business-development-for-mena-lusophone-and-francophone-markets-at-onerpm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/nuno-rocha-appointed-head-of-business-development-for-mena-lusophone-and-francophone-markets-at-onerpm\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuno Rocha appointed Head of Business Development for MENA, Lusophone, and Francophone markets at ONErpm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ONErpm has appointed Nuno Rocha as Head of Business Development for Portugal, the Lusophone and Francophone African territories, and the MENA region.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly the General Manager of Portugal, Rocha will now lead the company\u2019s expansion across these high-potential emerging markets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__tweeny hidden-xs hidden-ms hidden-sm\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"992 1200 1440\" data-name=\"628x90 Sponsor banner #5 (992+1200+1440)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__banner mb-advert__banner--inline hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"480\" data-name=\"468x60 Sponsor banner #5 (480)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__mobile mb-advert__mobile--inline hidden-ms hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"320 768\" data-name=\"300x50 Sponsor banner #5 (320+768)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>As part of its strategic expansion, ONErpm is opening a new office this fall in Luanda, the capital of <strong>Angola<\/strong>, to further strengthen its presence in the Lusophone music market.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that it is also &#8220;reinforcing&#8221; its operations in <strong>Morocco<\/strong> and <strong>Tunisia<\/strong> while continuing to accelerate growth in <strong>Egypt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #1\" data-params=\"dfp_spu1\" id=\"dfp_spu1\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>ONErpm&#8217;s Portuguese office, in collaboration with the marketing team in Brazil, is actively supporting all Lusophone territories across Africa, the company said on Thursday (November 6).<\/p>\n<p>The company added that &#8220;Rocha will focus on expanding marketing infrastructure across the MENA region to deliver tailored solutions for artists releasing music in these markets&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #2\" data-params=\"dfp_spu2\" id=\"dfp_spu2\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>Before joining ONErpm, Rocha owned DJ Selektion, a label under Vidisco, where he collaborated with artists such as Fat Joe, Fatman Scoop, Vitor Kley, Mc Fioti, DubVision, Daniel Santacruz, Pedro Cazanova, and Boy Teddy, supporting them through management, booking, or both.<\/p>\n<p>He also played a key role in organizing some of Portugal\u2019s most prominent music festivals, including RFM Beach Power, in partnership with the country\u2019s largest radio station. Rocha began his career at Portugal Telecom, where he managed national sales teams.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cManaging and leading the Lusophone, Francophone, and MENA regions means embracing multicultural dynamics, building strong and strategic partnerships, and fostering sustainable development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nuno Rocha<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cManaging and leading the Lusophone, Francophone, and MENA regions means embracing multicultural dynamics, building strong and strategic partnerships, and fostering sustainable development,\u201d said Rocha. \u201cEvery encounter is an opportunity to pave the way for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rocha, according to ONErpm, has &#8220;been instrumental in signing top talent&#8221; to the company, including MAGIC, Yuri de Cunha, Firebeatz, and Badoxa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Under his leadership, H\u00e9lio Batalha earned three major awards at the 2025 Cabo Verde Music Awards, while Portugal\u2019s Badoxa surpassed <strong>90 million<\/strong> YouTube views and <strong>60<\/strong> <strong>million<\/strong> streams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">VIZINHOS, meanwhile, a Portuguese band formed in 2025, has &#8220;quickly become one of the country\u2019s biggest breakout acts&#8221;, said ONErpm, amassing over <strong>90 million<\/strong> streams across platforms and holding the No.1 spot on Spotify Portugal for more than 100 days with their hit single <em>P\u00f4r do Sol,<\/em>\u00a0while their two follow-up releases also secured positions in Spotify Portugal\u2019s Top 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Angola, ONErpm says it has &#8220;played a pivotal role in developing the local music industry and helping artists generate meaningful revenue&#8221;. The company cites &#8220;standout success&#8221; Chelsea Dinorath, who joined as an emerging artist and has racked up more than <strong>36 million<\/strong> YouTube views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Egypt, Rocha now joins forces with Nayrouz Abouzid, who ONErpm says, &#8220;has been a driving force behind some of the country\u2019s most exciting artists&#8221;, including Shahyn, who performed at the first international event of his career; <strong>DJ Mubarak<\/strong>, whose streams ONErpm says &#8220;skyrocketed by 760,000% in just five months&#8221;; and Mond, who reached <strong>61 million<\/strong> streams in four months, becoming the No.1 artist in the Mcompany&#8217;s MENA office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company expands with new office in Luanda, Angola<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":244295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244293"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244299,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244293\/revisions\/244299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}