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.
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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
Label
Black Market Records
US-founded record label (Sacramento, 1989) whose African arm, based in Kenya since c.2018, signs Gengetone and Arbantone acts including Mbuzi Gang and Fathermoh.
Kenya
blackmarketrecords.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
Label
Kaka Empire
Nairobi label credited as copyright claimant on King Kaka's recorded catalogue; ownership not established from any filing.
Nairobi, Kenya
Collecting Society
KAMP Copyright and Related Rights Ltd
Kenyan collective management organisation for music producers, incorporated 2003, whose 2026 operating licence has been contested before Kenya's Copyright Tribunal.
Kenya
kamp.or.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
Streaming Platform
Mdundo Limited (Kenya)
Nairobi-founded, Nasdaq First North-listed streaming and download platform for African music, active across 15+ sub-Saharan markets.
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
Streaming Platform
Mziiki (Spice VAS Africa)
Johannesburg-headquartered African music streaming app run by Spice VAS Africa under India's DiGiSPICE group, dormant since about mid-2023.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Label
Ogopa Deejays
Independent Kenyan production house and label founded in Nairobi by brothers Francis and Lucas Bikedo in the late 1990s.
Nairobi (South B), Kenya
ogopadeejays.co.ke
Distributor
ONErpm
Independent global distributor with six staffed African offices, from Lagos to Johannesburg.
New York, United States
onerpm.com
Collecting Society
PAVRISK
Kenyan collective management organisation for performers and audio-visual rights holders, renamed from PRISK, now the lead collector under a contested 2024 KECOBO restructuring.
Kenya
pavrisk.or.ke
Collecting Society
Performing and Audio-Visual Rights Society of Kenya
Kenyan collective management organisation licensed by KECOBO to collect and distribute music and audiovisual royalties, amid a contested multi-year CMO licensing dispute.
Kenya
pavrisk.or.ke
Label
Quality Control Music
Atlanta label behind Migos and Lil Baby, reported acquired by HYBE America in February 2023. Signed Kenya's Bien as its first African artist in October 2026.
Atlanta, United States
qualitycontrolmusic.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
Label
Recording Industry of Kenya
Kenya's national trade association for recorded-music producers, registered 2022.
Nairobi, Kenya
rike.or.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
Nairobi-based concert and festival promoter founded by Khalani Sichangi, who also founded parent group KS Group Africa.
Nairobi, Kenya
tukutane.live
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 Group East Africa
Universal Music Group's East Africa division, led by Chinasa Udeala; announced a Kaka Empire partnership in March 2026.
NOT ESTABLISHED., Kenya
Label
Universal Music Kenya Limited
Label of record on two 2026 King Kaka releases per MusicBrainz; relationship to Universal Music Group not independently confirmed.
NOT ESTABLISHED., Kenya
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