Investor
Coutts & Company
London private bank, listed here as the secured lender named on a charge registered against a music company.
London, United Kingdom
coutts.com
Directory
United Kingdom
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.
- 622 companies
- 13 categories
- 57 markets
Management
DC Talent Agency Ltd
UK-incorporated talent and booking agency founded by Camillo Doregos, ex-manager of Mr Eazi, and named rights holder on the Warner-licensed phonogram credit for Pheelz's 'Finesse'.
London, United Kingdom
dctalentagency.com
Label
emPawa Africa Music Services Limited
The UK company in the emPawa group, Companies House number 12412587, controlled by Mr Eazi and recorded by a US court as the registered owner of the "Empty My Pocket" copyrights litigated against Bad Bunny.
Pinner, United Kingdom
empawaafrica.com
Streaming Platform
IROKING Limited
Dissolved UK company that ran iROKING.com, a Lagos-run African music streaming service, from 2011 to 2018.
London (registered office); Lagos (operations), United Kingdom
Holding company
IROKO Limited
UK holding company, founded 2010 by Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter, for the Lagos-based iROKOtv streaming group.
London, United Kingdom
irokotv.com
Label
Kalakuta Sunrise Limited
London company holding an exclusive licence to the master recordings of Fela Kuti, which it does not own.
London, United Kingdom
Publisher
Kobalt Music Group
Global music-publishing administrator, founded by Willard Ahdritz, now majority-owned by Primary Wave Music, with publishing joint ventures across Nigeria's independent sector.
New York, United States
kobaltmusic.com
Label
NWS Music Group
London independent label, publisher and sync arm; holds the phonogram credit on Spyro's breakout 2022-23 singles.
London, United Kingdom
nwsmusicgroup.com
Label
Olodum Ent Limited
London-registered sound recording and music publishing company, incorporated in January 2026.
London, United Kingdom
olodument.co.uk
Label
PLAYY. Records
London record label, part of a UK music company spanning PR, promotion, events and a label. Holds the phonogram credit on Prince Kaybee releases from June 2026.
London, United Kingdom
theplayground.co.uk
Collecting Society
PRS for Music
UK collective management organisation for songwriters, composers and music publishers. Licensed its repertoire for the African continent through Orfium in a partnership announced in April 2023.
London, United Kingdom
prsformusic.com
Label
Rain Labs
Music marketing and distribution company based in Accra and London.
Accra, Ghana
rainlabs.co
Label
Starboy Entertainment Limited
Wizkid's recording and rights-holding company, dissolved by UK regulators in 2026.
London, United Kingdom
Publisher
The Maestro Online Ltd
UK online music education company and exam board that owns South African sheet music publisher African Composers Edition.
Yarm, United Kingdom
the-maestro-online.com
Label
World Circuit Limited
UK world-music label behind Ali Farka Toure, Oumou Sangare and Orchestra Baobab; catalogue and publishing sold to BMG (Bertelsmann) in 2018.
London, United Kingdom
worldcircuit.co.uk