Directory
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.
Live & Events
Members club and cultural platform for African and diaspora creatives, run as the culture arm of the Johannesburg talent agency Africa Creative Agency.
Distributor
Johannesburg distributor and rights manager founded in 2009, wholly owned by Warner Music Group since February 2025.
Label
Falz's own recording imprint; no independent company registration or website located.
Distributor
French digital distributor and label-services company with named African operations via its TuneCore offices in Lagos and South Africa.
Label
Lagos recording imprint launched under Mavin Records in 2019 by producer Baby Fresh, home to Crayon until 2025.
Streaming Platform
Africa-focused streaming and download platform launched in Nigeria in 2015, owned by the Chinese joint venture Transsnet Music.
Label
Nigerian record label and imprint founded by artist Tekno in 2019, now a joint venture with Mr Eazi's emPawa Africa.
Label
Nigerian music group founded in Abuja in 2005, spanning label, management, publishing, distribution and events.
Label
Lagos-founded rights-holding entity behind Nigerian artist CKay's recordings since his split from Warner Music Africa.
Management
Lagos company through which musician D'Banj operates C.R.E.A.M, a talent-discovery and creator-monetisation platform.
Label
Independent Nigerian label founded by Bella Shmurda in 2021; no company registration or website located.
Media
Music-video production arm of Dapper Group, Lagos.
Label
Lagos entertainment conglomerate founded in 2018 by Damilola Akinwunmi, spanning a record label, publisher, live-events arm and music-video house.
Live & Events
Live-events division of Dapper Group, producer of the Guinness World Record-holding Trench Symphony concert.
Label
Lagos record label, the flagship of Nigeria's founder-owned Dapper Group.
Label
Record label of Dapper Group, home over the years to Shallipopi, Seyi Vibez and T.I Blaze.
Label
Davido's Nigerian record label, founded 2016 and headquartered in Lekki, Lagos.
Distributor
UK independent distributor operating as Ditto Music Africa from South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria.
Label
Lagos-based imprint of Nigerian artist Timaya, CAC-registered, releasing his catalogue since 2007.
Distributor
Lagos-based intellectual-property valuation and rights-administration company for African music catalogues.
Label
Nigerian record label founded by producer Nelson Brown, home to Plantashun Boiz from 2000 until the group split in 2004.
Distributor
Nigerian digital music distribution and marketing company, the distribution arm of Dapper Group.
Distributor
Lagos label-services and talent-incubation company founded by Mr Eazi in 2018.
Label
Nigerian record label owned by Prince Okwudili Umenyiora, in a decade-long contract dispute with Runtown.
Holding company
Nigerian estate that owns the master recordings of the Afrobeat bandleader Fela Kuti.
Live & Events
Lagos live-entertainment company behind Flytime Fest and Rhythm Unplugged, founded in 2004.
Distributor
One of Nigeria's longest-running music distributors, founded in Lagos in 2013 by Michael Ugwu.
Distributor
Lagos digital music distribution platform co-founded by Fred Oyetayo, delivering African artists' music to major DSPs and Nigerian blogs.
Label
Nigerian artist-owned record label founded by Asake in 2025, distributed via EMPIRE.
Label
Lagos label owned by Patrick Anyaene (King Patrick), best known for signing and later disputing rights to artist Peruzzi.
Publisher
Lagos music publisher founded in 2025, which signed a Nigerian market-entry deal with Kobalt later that year.
Media
Nigerian music technology title covering streaming, distribution, royalties and AI for artists and labels.
Distributor
Port Harcourt direct-to-artist distributor delivering to more than 220 services, with automated splits and masters retained by the artist.
Media
Round-the-clock radio stream and live DJ programming, the radio and DJ-culture arm of The InterSpace Group.
Distributor
J. Sam Industry — self-serve Nigerian music distribution platform with naira payouts, sourced only to its own site.
Streaming Platform
Nigerian audio-streaming platform for African and diaspora repertoire, partnered with Sony Music Entertainment since April 2026.
Label
Nigerian record label and artist-management outfit founded by Joy Tongo, trading as JTON Entertainment Limited in Lagos.
Label
Nigerian music distribution and infrastructure group, founded 2012, headquartered in Owerri.
Label
London company holding an exclusive licence to the master recordings of Fela Kuti, which it does not own.
Label
Lagos independent label co-founded in 2017 by Valentine Ngaji and Marshall Onaemo, credited alongside Sire Records on Omah Lay's catalogue.
Live & Events
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.
Live & Events
Lagos live events and experiential production company founded in 2014, behind Livespot X Festival and Entertainment Week Africa.
Label
Lagos street-pop label founded by Naira Marley in December 2019, home to Zinoleesky and formerly MohBad.
Label
Lagos record label founded in 2012 by Don Jazzy, majority-owned by Universal Music Group since 2024.
Streaming Platform
Nairobi streaming and download platform founded in 2013, listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Copenhagen.
Label
Defunct Lagos label co-founded by Don Jazzy and D'banj in 2006, home to D'banj, Wande Coal and Dr SID before its 2012 split.
