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.
Media
Pan-African music sector non-profit registered in South Africa and based in Johannesburg, which runs the musicinafrica.net portal and the ACCES conference.
Publisher
The non-profit trade association representing music publishers in South Africa, based in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Live & Events
Nonprofit jazz-education festival held annually in Makhanda since 1992, run alongside the National Arts Festival.
Distributor
Independent global distributor with six staffed African offices, from Lagos to Johannesburg.
Label
South African record label named in High Court proceedings as phonogram owner of Jerusalema, licensed to Warner Music France.
Distributor
Apple-owned artist-services and distribution company with named African bases and roster.
Live & Events
Nightclub and live-event venue in Pretoria Central, South Africa, open since 2019.
Technology
Cape Town ticketing platform, founded 2011, acquired by Ticketmaster in 2024, operating across six African markets.
Collecting Society
Trade association for South African record companies, based in Randburg; runs the SAMAs, the Official SA Charts and sales certification.
Collecting Society
South Africa's collective management organisation for needletime (neighbouring) rights.
Distributor
South African record label and imprint associated with artist Tellaman.
Publisher
South African music publisher founded in 1996, acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in 2020.
Live & Events
Cape Town live-events producer and musical theatre promoter, founded in 1970 by Hazel Feldman and independently owned.
Label
South African record label and lifestyle brand co-founded by rapper K.O in 2014, distributed via Universal Music Africa.
Distributor
South African music distribution and artist-services platform launched by Slikour OnLife in 2025.
Label
Recorded music arm of Sony Group, operating Sony Music Entertainment Africa from Johannesburg, Cape Town and Lagos.
Label
South African repertoire imprint of Sony Music Entertainment Africa (Pty) Ltd, described as a division by the label itself and as a subsidiary in trade coverage.
Collecting Society
The United States collective management organisation designated to administer the section 114 sound recording licence, and SAMPRA's US counterparty for neighbouring rights.
Collecting Society
South African collective management organisation administering needletime rights for recording artists and labels.
Collecting Society
South Africa's performing rights collecting society, founded in 1961 and owned by its 15,000+ composer, author and publisher members.
Collecting Society
South Africa's largest music collecting society, formed in Johannesburg in 1961.
Distributor
Independent US distributor with named South African and West African teams.
Label
Nasty C's Johannesburg label, relaunched in 2025 as a self-service distribution and royalty platform for independent artists.
Live & Events
Conferencing and events venue in Fourways, Johannesburg, also used for large concerts and festivals.
Live & Events
A live jazz venue, bar and restaurant in Durban's Point Precinct, founded by architect Ndabo Langa in 2014.
Distributor
Sony-owned distribution and label-services company with offices in Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi.
Live & Events
Outdoor entertainment venue on Cape Town's Ostrich Ranch, host to Ultra South Africa and Black Coffee's Cape Town weekender.
Live & Events
Live Nation-owned ticket marketplace. Entered the South African market in 2022 and acquired Cape Town platform Quicket in July 2024.
Technology
Live Nation Entertainment's ticketing platform in South Africa, launched in Cape Town in April 2022.
Distributor
Self-service distributor owned by Believe, with offices in Lagos and Johannesburg.
Media
isiZulu-language SABC station, founded in 1960 and among Africa's largest by listenership.
Label
Universal Music Group's South African subsidiary, headquartered in Johannesburg since 1997.
Label
Recorded music and publishing group running Universal Music Nigeria, Universal Music Africa and Def Jam Africa, and majority owner of Mavin.
Label
The South African arm of Universal Music Group, based in Johannesburg since 1997.
Live & Events
Live-music venue and bar in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Label
Recorded music and publishing group controlled by Access Industries, running Warner Music Africa and owning Africori outright.
Technology
South African online and in-store event-ticketing platform operating since 2007, covering concerts, festivals and attractions across five Southern African countries.
Label
Imprint name appearing only in the Apple Music phonogram line of Masterpiece YVK releases from 5 June 2026, in the form "YVK Records/ Universal Music (Pty) Ltd". No registration, no announcement, no other registry entry located.
Distributor
Johannesburg-based African music distributor and content aggregator.
Label
South African amapiano imprint founded by DJ/producer DBN Gogo in 2022, run in partnership with Universal Music Group Africa.
