Geez Creative
Ethiopian digital distributor connecting local artists to international royalty bodies including ASCAP and Sentric Music.
- Based in
- Ethiopia
Geez Creative is an Ethiopian digital music distributor whose chief executive, Dawit Solomon, says the company has formed direct arrangements with international royalty bodies, including ASCAP and Sentric Music, to collect and pay out royalties Ethiopian music earns abroad. Under the arrangement described by Solomon, artists receive 80 percent of collected international royalties after the foreign partners take their share, and the company charges a one-time distribution fee.
The company is also reported to be building a domestic royalty-collection system and a streaming app dedicated to Ethiopian music. No ownership, incorporation or founding-date record has been located; this profile rests on a single trade-press account.