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
Nigerian record label founded in 2005 by Audu Maikori, Paul Okeugo and Yahaya Maikori, now distributed through Warner Music Group.
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.
Label
Universal Music Group's African Def Jam label, launched 26 May 2020 with offices in Johannesburg and 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.
Label
Lagos-based label services and talent incubation company founded by Mr Eazi in 2018, running the emPawa 100 artist grant programme.
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.
Label
Lagos record label founded in 2010, releasing KCee's catalogue under the Five Star Music imprint.
Live & Events
Lagos live-entertainment company behind Flytime Fest and Rhythm Unplugged, founded in 2004.
Technology
Independent recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria, founded 2015 by Ejikemuwa Odoh.
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
The artist-owned imprint of the Nigerian singer Orezi, holding the phonogram rights to his recordings since 2016 and licensing them to ONErpm.
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.
Live & Events
Lagos underground-music and creative-talent showcase, running the annual Greencamp Festival at Freedom Park since 2017.
Publisher
Lagos music publisher founded in 2025, which signed a Nigerian market-entry deal with Kobalt later that year.
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.
Music group
Lagos talent management and recording group founded by Anthony Egwu; its recording arm has held the phonogram credit on Lojay's catalogue since 2022.
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.
