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Arena Holdings

Johannesburg media group whose Music Arena division owns Gallo Record Company and Gallo Music Publishers, wholly owned by Lebashe Investment Group.

Johannesburg, South Africa arena.africa

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

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Wesbild, Inc.

Private Vancouver holding company that is the largest shareholder in Reservoir Media, with 44 per cent of its common stock.

Vancouver, Canada wesbild.com

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