{"id":2331,"slug":"catalogue-deal-structure-summary","title":"Summary: what changed hands in 21 verified African-linked music deals, by category","source":"Computed from this desk's catalogue-deal-structure dataset (21 rows, afw_deal register, 15 May 2018 to 30 June 2026).","source_url":"","source_type":"computed","method":"Row counts and share of the 21-deal population by category, tallied directly from catalogue-deal-structure. share_pct = count \/ 21 * 100, to one decimal place.","unit":"count","license":"Afrobeats Wire's compilation and analysis are licensed CC BY 4.0. Rights in the underlying source data remain with the source named above.","confidence":"high","retrieved":"2026-08-23 07:43:10","n":4,"first_party":0,"columns":[{"key":"category","label":"Category","type":"text"},{"key":"count","label":"Deals","type":"number"},{"key":"share_pct","label":"Share of 21","type":"number"}],"rows":[{"category":"Corporate equity (company changed hands, not an itemised catalogue)","count":14,"share_pct":66.7},{"category":"Undisclosed structure (no party named what type of deal this was)","count":3,"share_pct":14.3},{"category":"Distribution or admin services only (no ownership change)","count":2,"share_pct":9.5},{"category":"Asset transfer (named masters or publishing catalogue changed hands)","count":2,"share_pct":9.5}]}