Cruel Santino’s Masters Carried Monster Boy and Interscope for Two Years. His 2026 Catalogue Names Neither. November 9, 2026
Bayanni’s Masters Have Named Mavin Global Holdings Since 2022. Apple’s Own Credit Line Added “Ltd” in Early 2024. November 9, 2026
Mavin Signed Boy Spyce in April 2022. Every Dated Catalogue Credit Since, Across 24 Releases, Still Names the Same Company. November 9, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony and Bertelsmann Named Ten South African Acts in the SEC Filing That Completed Sony BMG on 5 August 2004. The ℗ Line on Those Records Changed Twice in Eight Years. November 9, 2026
Zolani Mahola’s “Global Partnership” With Virgin Music Group Named No Deal Type. Two Releases Since Carry Neither Company’s Name. November 8, 2026
Business Kwame Mensah IPNation and Influence Media Partners Launched a $100 Million Target for MENA Music IP in August 2026. Neither Side Has Said How Much Actually Moved. November 8, 2026
Sony Music Publishing West Africa Signed Zinoleesky in November 2026. His Master Recordings Already Sit With His Own Label, Not Sony. November 8, 2026
LESCOSAA Promised Lesotho’s Musicians a 2027 Payout and Quarterly Distributions After. Three Weeks Later, the Same Official Named No Date At All. November 8, 2026
COSOL Cited Liberia’s Copyright Act to Threaten a Lawsuit in 2022. Its Overseeing Agency Has Twice Called the Same Payouts Welfare, Not Royalties. November 8, 2026
An NCAC Official Called Gambia’s Collecting Society “Fully Operational” in February 2025. The Tourism Ministry Said in June 2026 It Still Had to Operationalize It. November 8, 2026
BNDA Said Niger’s Artists Would “Soon” Share a Five-Year Win Over Transport Firms. Its Own Next Public Step, Three Months Later, Was a Meeting, Not a Payment. November 7, 2026
Burundi Widened Its Music Royalty Net in 2023 Because “Authors Earn Nothing.” In 2025 OBDA’s Director Said She Would Tell Artists “As Soon As the Office Is Ready.” November 7, 2026
Kwame Mensah Malagasy Artists Demanded OMDA’s Independence From the Ministry in 2022. The Ministry’s Own Culture Director Chaired Its Board for Four More Years. November 7, 2026
Yewande Coker Chad’s Artists Got Paid From Bar and Restaurant Fees in January 2025. The State Broadcaster That Owes Them the Most Still Hasn’t Chipped In. November 7, 2026
Kwame Mensah Rwanda Confirmed Its Only Music Royalty Collector Was Shut Down in April 2025. Fifteen Months Later, Its Own Record Shows No Successor Has Collected a Royalty. November 7, 2026
Yewande Coker Tunisia’s Parliament Voted 76-1 to Make Telecom Companies Fund Musicians’ Copyright. Six Months Later, No Rate Has Been Set, and the Law Does Not Name OTDAV November 7, 2026
Kwame Mensah Cecil Hammond Called Flytime Records’ Virgin Deal Global Distribution. Three 2026 Credit Lines Name an Exclusive License to Virgin Music Nigeria Instead. November 6, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Universal Music Called Joyous Celebration’s 2021 Deal a New Recording Home. By 2024, the Group’s Own Catalogue Credit Carried Neither Universal’s Name Nor Motown’s. November 6, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Kalawa Jazmee Calls DJ Tira’s Afrotainment Exit a Licensing Deal. Big Nuz’s 2008 Debut Album Still Credits Kalawa and Universal Music Together. November 6, 2026
Kwame Mensah Tuned Global Said It Was Powering a WAW MUZIK ‘Relaunch’ for Orange in November 2021. The App’s Own Legal Registry Shows a French Company That Had Been Losing Money Since 2017. November 6, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Stay Low Announced a Label Partnership With Priddy Ugly’s GAS in March 2021. The Credit Line Carried It for Three Months, Then Dropped It. November 6, 2026
Kwame Mensah Black Market Records Signed Three East African Artists to Exclusive Deals. A Ugandan Court Has Voided One Contract, and Kenya’s Copyright Tribunal Has Frozen the Other Two. November 6, 2026
Kwame Mensah Trace Signed an $8.4 Million DRC Royalty-Platform Contract in November 2023. Its Own Reply a Year Later Confirmed the Copyright Half Still Had Not Shipped November 5, 2026
Kwame Mensah Morocco’s Copyright Office Described a 70-Year Cutoff for Public-Domain Music in December 2025. A New Law Gives It the Opposite Eight Months Later. November 5, 2026
Kwame Mensah Congolese Courts Have Ruled Four Times Who Controls SOCODA. A Government Report Says $25 Million Meant for Its Artists Is Still Unaccounted For. November 5, 2026
Amaka Nwosu UNESCO Gave ESWACOS E1.5 Million to Fix Eswatini’s Copyright System. Weeks Earlier, the Country’s Own Minister Told the Senate No Disbursements Had Been Made. November 5, 2026
Amaka Nwosu SAMRO Told Members in 2023 Its Royalty Pool Had Fraud In It. It Took Until 2025 for Sony, Universal and Sheer to Be Named. November 5, 2026
Kwame Mensah Chocolate City Denied a Universal Music Group Affiliation in September 2026. Its Statement Did Not Mention the Warner Loan a UK Court Says Could Convert Into a 60 Percent Stake November 5, 2026
Kwame Mensah Universal Music Group, Sewasew Multimedia and Tuned Global: The Deal Record November 4, 2026
