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Thandiwe Mokoena

Thandiwe Mokoena covers the money for Afrobeats Wire: per-stream payouts, the cost structure of independent labels, catalogue values and what a rights deal is worth once the arithmetic is done. She works from statements and filings, and shows the workings.

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Who owns what, who got paid, and who is about to. The business behind African music, told like it is actually interesting (because it is).

  • The deals and catalogue sales nobody put out a press release for
  • Chart moves and streaming numbers we actually fact-checked (wild, we know)
  • Fresh names added to the directory, vetted before you ever see them

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