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Madness Entertainment

Independent Lilongwe label and management company founded by Kelvin Ngumuya; manages Afro-piano artist Joe Ikon.

Based in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Founded
January 2015, per its Malawi-Music.com profile.
Founders
Kelvin Ngumuya (performs as Jaa Kev), per its Malawi-Music.com profile.

Madness Entertainment is an independent record label and artist-management company based in Lilongwe, Malawi, founded by Kelvin Ngumuya (who also performs as Jaa Kev) around January 2015. Its roster has included Charisma, Donzo, Bwaxy, Mordcash, Versho, Pro Aziz and Spidoe, and it manages Afro-piano artist Joe Ikon.

Ngumuya was named Chief Executive Officer of Madness Entertainment by The Maravi Post and Nation Online, who quoted him in 2026 criticising COSOMA, Malawi’s copyright collecting society, over a lack of transparency in royalty distribution.

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