Millicom debuts digital music initiatives for Africa

Stockholm, 24 September, 2014 – Millicom (Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the
international telecommunications and media company, announced today two
initiatives to introduce its digital music experience in Africa.
Tigo Music comes to Africa: a first in its markets

Tigo Music launches across Millicom’s African operations, starting in Ghana in
Q4. Bundled as part of pre-paid data plans, the service will offer unlimited
music streaming with instant access to a library of more than 30 million songs.
It will be the first of its kind.

Today, Tigo Music is already a great success in Latin America with 600,000
subscribers in place and having emerged as the largest source of digital
revenues for the music industry in Colombia.

Africa Music Rights: growing the continent’s digital music market

Millicom has formed a partnership with one of Africa’s leading digital music
companies, Africori, to fund, acquire and manage music rights through “Africa
Music Rights” (AMR) to which Millicom will contribute a significant majority of
the initial investment.

AMR will serve the whole continent, where 70% of music consumed is locally
produced, and will invest in rights directly from artists, writers, micro-labels
and others. Key areas for growth include South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya as well
as Millicom’s six Tigo markets.

Africori contributes to the venture Coolspot, one of South Africa’s leading
independent labels.  It has a catalogue of over 11,000 songs spanning 25 years
and includes more than 70 gold and platinum releases from high-profile South
African legacy artists such as Oleseng and Sammy Malete.

Millicom’s CEO and President, Hans-Holger Albrecht, commented “Africa’s digital
music market is taking off fast with online and mobile penetration growing
strongly. Tigo Music gives us a first-mover advantage, reinforces our strategic
shift from voice to data and extends the digital lifestyle. AMR complements this
by exploiting the huge opportunity to serve the rising demand for digital music
across the continent. Together they make Millicom a music powerhouse for
Africa.”

Africori’s CEO, Yoel Kenan commented “With the sheer wealth of music emerging
from Africa, supported by the timely market growth of digital sales, right now
Africa is undeniably the most exciting region for the music business globally.
We’re excited to be partnering with Millicom, a company which shares our passion
and vision for the region, as we continue to shape the music business in Africa”
For more please visit: www.millicom.com or contact

Press Enquiries:

Julian Eccles, VP, Corporate Communications + 44 7720 409374; press@millicom.com

Investor Enquiries:

Nicolas Didio, Director of Investor Relations

+44 203 249 2220; investors@millicom.com
About Millicom

Millicom is a leading international telecommunications and media company
dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. Millicom sets the
pace when it comes to providing digital lifestyle services to the world’s
emerging markets, giving access to the world, primarily through mobile devices.
Operating in fourteen countries, primarily using the Tigo brand, Millicom offers
innovative and customer-centric products. Millicom employs more than 10,000
people and provides mobile, cable, broadband, TV content, online and financial
services to over 50 million customers. Founded in 1990, Millicom is
headquartered in Luxembourg and listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the symbol
MIC. In 2013 Millicom generated revenue of $5.16 billion and EBITDA of $1.9
billion.

About Africori

Founded in 2009, Africori is the leading digital music company operating in
Africa, dedicated to developing infrastructure by providing solutions for
content owners, rights holders and consumers. Operating on both a local and
international scale, Africori has offices in Johannesburg, Lagos and London, and
representation in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda.
Africori offers digital distribution, licensing and rights management services
to artists, labels and producers across the African continent.

Music in Africa Facts

The market for digital entertainment services is fast evolving in sub-Saharan
Africa. Music is already the second most popular feature on mobile phones, with
half of smartphone users and one third of feature phone users listening to music
on the go every day.

- 75% of mobile subscriptions in Sub-Sahara Africa will be 3G/4G by the end of
2019 (Ericsson Mobility report 2014)

- There will be 412 million smartphones in Sub-Sahara Africa by the end of 2018
(Informa Telecoms & media 2013).  Smartphone penetration is forecast to double
from 12% of handsets in 2013 to 26% in 2018.

- 70% of African music revenue and consumption is driven by local African
repertoire (Informa Telecom & media 2013)

- Mobile music revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa are predicted to grow from $150m
in 2013 to $470m by 2016 (Informa Telecom & media 2013)