Label
A.I Records Kenya Limited
Nairobi record company holding a catalogue of East African recordings, 70 per cent owned by Universal Music Group since 2018.
Nairobi, Kenya
Directory
Kenya
Labels, distributors, publishers, studios, promoters and platforms working across African music. Listings are editorial and free, and every one is checked against its sources before it appears.
- 424 companies
- 13 categories
- 49 markets
Live & Events
Africa House
Members club and cultural platform for African and diaspora creatives, run as the culture arm of the Johannesburg talent agency Africa Creative Agency.
Johannesburg, South Africa
africahousemembersclub.com
Distributor
Africori
Johannesburg distributor and rights manager founded in 2009, wholly owned by Warner Music Group since February 2025.
Johannesburg, South Africa
africori.com
Distributor
Believe
French digital distributor and label-services company with named African operations via its TuneCore offices in Lagos and South Africa.
Paris, France
believe.com
Streaming Platform
Boomplay
Africa-focused streaming and download platform launched in Nigeria in 2015, owned by the Chinese joint venture Transsnet Music.
Lagos, Nigeria
boomplay.com
Media
Capital FM Kenya
Nairobi urban music station on 98.4 FM, on air since 1996.
Nairobi, Kenya
capitalfm.co.ke
Distributor
Dapstrem
Nairobi-headquartered digital music distribution and publishing company.
Nairobi, Kenya
dapstrem.com
Distributor
Dapstrem Entertainment
Nairobi digital music distributor and publisher founded by DJ Lytmas (Merrick Alvids Owino), also offering white-label distribution tech to sub-distributors.
Nairobi, Kenya
dapstrem.com
Collecting Society
KAMP Copyright & Related Rights Ltd
Kenya's collective management organisation for sound-recording producers, formerly the Kenya Association of Music Producers.
Nairobi, Kenya
kamp.or.ke
Collecting Society
Kenya Copyright Board
Kenya's government copyright regulator, which licenses and supervises the country's music collecting societies.
Nairobi, Kenya
copyright.go.ke
Live & Events
Live Nation Entertainment
US live entertainment and ticketing group. Its SEC subsidiary exhibits name eleven African-jurisdiction companies across five countries, from Big Concerts in 2016 to Quicket in 2024.
Beverly Hills, California, United States
livenationentertainment.com
Streaming Platform
Mdundo
Nairobi streaming and download platform founded in 2013, listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Copenhagen.
Nairobi, Kenya
mdundo.com
Label
Melodica
Nairobi record shop, label and informal publisher preserving East and Central African recordings from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Nairobi, Kenya
melodica.ae
Collecting Society
Music Copyright Society of Kenya
Kenya's music collective management organisation, established in Nairobi in 1983.
Nairobi, Kenya
mcsk.or.ke
Media
Music In Africa
Pan-African music sector non-profit registered in South Africa and based in Johannesburg, which runs the musicinafrica.net portal and the ACCES conference.
Johannesburg, South Africa
musicinafrica.net
Distributor
ONErpm
Independent global distributor with six staffed African offices, from Lagos to Johannesburg.
New York, United States
onerpm.com
Technology
Quicket
Cape Town ticketing platform, founded 2011, acquired by Ticketmaster in 2024, operating across six African markets.
Cape Town, South Africa
quicket.co.za
Media
Radio Maisha
Kenyan Kiswahili-language music and talk station, launched in 2010 by the Standard Group.
Nairobi, Kenya
radiomaisha.co.ke
Collecting Society
RIKE
Trade association for Kenya's recorded-music producers, distinct from Kenya's royalty-collecting societies.
Nairobi, Kenya
rike.or.ke
Publisher
Room 308
Publishing imprint and joint release vehicle for Kenyan artists Calvo Mistari and Naiboi, used for their collaborative singles ahead of a joint album.
Kenya
Label
Sol Generation Records
Kenyan artist-owned record label launched in Nairobi in 2019 by Sauti Sol.
Nairobi, Kenya
sol-generation.com
Management
Soul HQ
Nairobi artist-management and label-services company founded by Faiza Hersi, now in a distribution partnership with US label Cinq Music Group.
Nairobi, Kenya
soulheadquarters.com
Distributor
The Orchard
Sony-owned distribution and label-services company with offices in Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi.
New York, United States
theorchard.com
Live & Events
Ticketmaster
Live Nation-owned ticket marketplace. Entered the South African market in 2022 and acquired Cape Town platform Quicket in July 2024.
Beverly Hills, California, United States
business.ticketmaster.com
Live & Events
Tukutane Entertainment Kenya Limited
Nairobi-based live events and concert-promotion company founded by Khalani Sichangi, now a subsidiary of his KS Group Africa holding company.
Nairobi, Kenya
tukutane.live
Distributor
TuneCore
Self-service distributor owned by Believe, with offices in Lagos and Johannesburg.
Brooklyn, United States
tunecore.com
Label
Universal Music South Africa
The South African arm of Universal Music Group, based in Johannesburg since 1997.
Johannesburg, South Africa
umgsa.africa
Distributor
Ziiki Media
Johannesburg-based African music distributor and content aggregator.
Johannesburg, South Africa
ziikimedia.com