Business Amaka Nwosu Diamond Platnumz’s Label Was Reported to Sign a $5 Million Mziiki Deal in 2021. No Release Since Has Ever Carried the Name. November 9, 2026
Business Kwame Mensah IPNation Launched to Buy Arabic Music IP. The $100 Million Is a Target, Not Money Already Raised. November 8, 2026
Business Amaka Nwosu Sony Music Publishing West Africa Signed Zinoleesky in November 2026. His Master Recordings Already Sit With His Own Label, Not Sony. November 8, 2026
Business Yewande Coker LESCOSAA Promised Lesotho’s Musicians a 2027 Payout and Quarterly Distributions After. Three Weeks Later, the Same Official Named No Date At All. November 8, 2026
Business Amaka Nwosu Liberia Says COSOL Collects Royalties. Twice at Its Own Payout Events, the Agency That Oversees It Called the Money Welfare Instead. November 8, 2026
Business Amaka Nwosu Gambia Called Its Collecting Society “Fully Operational” in 2025. In 2026, a Government Official Called Making It Work a Plan. November 8, 2026
Business Amaka Nwosu BNDA Told Niger’s Musicians a Royalty Payout Was Coming “Soon” in February 2026. Its Next Public Act, in May, Was a Meeting About the Law. November 7, 2026
Business Amaka Nwosu Burundi Widened Its Music Royalty Net in 2023 Because “Authors Earn Nothing.” In 2025 OBDA’s Director Said She Would Tell Artists “As Soon As the Office Is Ready.” November 7, 2026
