Amaka Nwosu Msaki Is the Named Phonogram Holder on Her Own Albums. On Both Synthetic Hearts Records the Holder Is Nø Førmat!, and the Sleeve Credits the Publishing to the Label Too November 15, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Elaine Self-Released Elements in 2019. Columbia Replaced It With a New Product in October 2020, and the Phonogram Owner Never Changed: Elaine Music, Pty Ltd. November 14, 2026
Yewande Coker Darkoo Owns Her Masters and Licenses Them to Her Manager’s London Company. It Told Companies House It Was Dormant in the Year It Released Her Biggest Single, and the Registrar Moved to Strike It Off on 1 September 2026. November 14, 2026
Kwame Mensah Sony Signed Asomacy Through The Pep Entertainment in July 2024. Its Only Credited Release Came Four Months Later, and Six Singles Since Name a Different, Unregistered Company Instead. November 14, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Gyakie’s 2026 Releases Credit Only Her Own Label. The 2021 to 2025 Recordings Still Credit a Sony West Africa Licence, and Three Registries Do Not Agree on That Licensee’s Name. November 14, 2026
Yewande Coker King Promise’s Masters Credit Named No Licensor From 2020 to 2024. Two Releases in Autumn 2026 Name One: 5 Star Entertainment, Licensing to Sony Music Entertainment West Africa. November 14, 2026
Kwame Mensah CANEX Creations’ D’Banj Equity Stake Was Formalised in Lagos on 6 November 2026. No Source, Including Afreximbank’s Own Newsroom, Names the Size, Price or Whether 2025’s Conditions Were Met. November 14, 2026
Amaka Nwosu IDOL Signed Afro B to a Global Artist Services Deal in July 2023. His Catalogue Credit Still Reads Differently Across Retailers. November 13, 2026
Reservoir and PopArabia Announced Full Rights to Omar Kamal’s Catalogue in March 2025. Reservoir’s Own SEC Filings for the Same Quarter Call It Both a Publishing Signing and a Catalogue Acquisition. November 13, 2026
Kwame Mensah Dadju Has Carried Universal’s Capitol Music France as Label Since 2017. The Phonogram Credit on Every One of His Own Albums Names His Own Company Instead. November 13, 2026
The Olamide, Asake and Fireboy DML Albums Were Pledged as Loan Collateral in August 2025. The Borrower Was Tasjeel LLC, and No Register Says Who That Is. November 13, 2026
Since ’93 Called Solana a New Signing on 11 November 2026. Her Own Catalogue Credit Named the Label, Under Exclusive Licence From Her, Five Months Earlier. November 12, 2026
Warner Records Announced a “Worldwide Joint Venture” With Marc Byers’ Protect The Culture for African Repertoire. It Has Two Records to Its Name. November 12, 2026
World Go Round Launched With a Believe Distribution Deal in June 2025. Companies House Dissolved Its UK Company by Compulsory Strike-Off on 3 November 2026, Nine Days Before This Record. November 12, 2026
A Johannesburg Court Dismissed Ami Faku’s Interdict Against Her Label Owner on 1 July 2026. Two Outlets Say the Costs Order Ran Against Him, Not Her November 12, 2026
Afreximbank Committed $75 Million to Nigeria’s Development Bank on 11 November 2026. Both Parties’ Own Statements Name Music as a Target, Where the Sibling $30 Million NEXIM Facility Did Not. November 12, 2026
Wizkid’s First Two Albums Were Re-Delivered in June 2022 Crediting Empire Mates Entertainment Alone. The Rights Registry Names Starboy Entertainment on the 2014 Ayo Release Too. November 12, 2026
Fourteen of Kizz Daniel’s Pre-EMPIRE Recordings Changed Stated Phonogram Owner Between 22 and 27 September 2026. The One Album He Said He Recovered in 2025 Still Reads G-Worldwide, With a Fresh 2025 Copyright Year. November 11, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Eswatini’s High Court Threw Out ICON PB’s Claim to Own Sands’ Masters. It Never Ruled Who Does, or Who Gets the Disputed E411,053.80 November 11, 2026
Kwame Mensah Virgin Music Group Completed Its Downtown Music Holdings Acquisition on 20 February 2026. Neither Party’s Statement Names the $775 Million Trade Press Reported, or the Five African Deals Already Running Through Its New Subsidiaries. November 11, 2026
Apple Music Credited Davido’s Debut Album to HKN Music Until August 2024. The Entry Live Since 21 February 2025 Names Davido Music Worldwide as Owner, Under Exclusive Licence to Universal’s Virgin Music Nigeria. November 11, 2026
Afreximbank’s US$30 Million NEXIM Facility Is Counted Inside a US$118 Million Creative-Economy Total. NEXIM’s Own Statement of the Terms Names Manufacturing and Commodity Processing, Not Music. November 11, 2026
Botswana’s Regulator Stipulates a 70:30 Royalty Split. COSBOTS’s Own Signed Minutes Record 61:39, and BWP 6 Million “Pending, Sony’s Payments”. November 11, 2026
NASCAM Called Namibia’s N$2 Royalty Rate “Not a Set Figure” in March 2026. Four Months Later, Its Own Board Chair Put Administrative Costs at 62 Percent. November 10, 2026
Universal Announced Signing Keemlyf in March 2025. His Own Label’s Name Disappeared From the Credit Line a Month Later. It Had Been There on 33 Releases Since 2021. November 10, 2026
MASA Paid Two-Thirds of Its Mauritian Members Under Rs 500 in Its July 2026 Distribution. A Separate Rs 95 Million Has Sat in Its Accounts Since at Least 2025, Under a Forensic Audit Due Early 2027. November 10, 2026
Skydance’s $110bn Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Quietly Made It the New Top of Anghami’s Ownership Chain November 10, 2026
Lyta’s Masters Have Named Five Different Owners Since 2018. He Has Publicly Denied Signing With Two of Them. November 10, 2026
Mdundo Disclosed a Non-Binding Bid for Up to 40% of the Company in April 2026. Six Months, an Annual Report and an AGM Later, No Filing Has Named the Bidder. November 10, 2026
BURIDA Called Its New Mandate “Transparent” on 7 May 2026. Three Weeks Later, Its Own Members Split Over Who Lost Them 2 Billion FCFA. November 9, 2026
