Yewande Coker Sony Cleared Universal’s 1996 ‘Ameno’ Master for Nektunez’s Amapiano Remix and Signed Him to B1 Recordings. No Consideration Disclosed. October 12, 2026
Yewande Coker CANEX Creations Backs a 230-Song Afrobeats Publishing Catalogue It Will Not Name October 11, 2026
Yewande Coker Downtown Music Publishing Africa Took On the Arms Production Music Catalogue for Representation, With No Transfer of Ownership and No Territory Stated October 11, 2026
Yewande Coker Blue Note and Universal Music Group Africa Announced the Blue Note Africa Imprint in April 2022. One Release in the Rights Registry Carries Its Name, and That Recording Is Owned by Universal Music (Pty) Ltd South Africa. October 11, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Rema’s “Calm Down” Producer Signed a French Publishing Joint Venture in 2022. The Companies Register Shows It Was Dissolved by an Owner Nobody Named. October 11, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Rockstar Put a 1984 Ghanaian Highlife Record on GTA VI. The Rights Credit Names a London Label That a Montreal Company Has Majority-Owned Since 2021. October 11, 2026
Yewande Coker Atlantic’s Own Barcode Prefix Is on 12 FAVE Releases. Atlantic’s Name Is on None of Them. October 10, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Zuchu’s Masters Have Carried Seven Different Rightsholder Names Since Her 2020 WCB Wasafi Signing. One Was a UK Company Dissolved in 2021 and Still Credited in 2024 October 10, 2026
Yewande Coker Skepta’s Own Imprint Has Named Itself Owner of His Masters Since November 2023. It Has Filed Dormant-Company Accounts the Whole Time. October 10, 2026
Yewande Coker Wizkid Stopped Controlling the Company Credited With His Masters on 8 August 2018. His Manager Has Held 75 Per Cent or More of the Shares Since, and the Company Has Been Dissolved Since 16 June 2026. October 10, 2026
Yewande Coker Cinq Music Group Holds D’Banj’s Recordings Under Exclusive Licence, Not Ownership: 28 Releases Name His Own Imprints as Owner October 10, 2026
Yewande Coker Nigeria’s House of Representatives Ordered a Four-Week Probe Into a N1.2 Billion Copyright Levy in June 2026. The Deadline Passed With No Report, and the Group That Demanded the Probe Lost Its Own Case in July. October 9, 2026
Yewande Coker MusicNation Signed a Neighbouring-Rights Mandate With Mohamed Ramadan in September 2026. It Transfers No Master, and Only One of Its Two Claimed Partner CMOs Confirms the Relationship October 9, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Music Entertainment France Has Never Owned ElGrandeToto’s Masters. Its Named Role Changed From Distributor to Exclusive Licensee Between November 2024 and December 2025. October 9, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Sony Signed C4 Pedro to a Two-Year Deal in 2016. Universal Has Distributed Nearly Everything He’s Released Since October 9, 2026
Yewande Coker Chocolate City’s October 2013 Injunction Barred Brymo From Recording for Anyone Else. The Federal High Court Lifted It Five Months Later, and No Final Ruling on His Contract Has Surfaced Since October 9, 2026
Yewande Coker Kenya’s High Court Has Barred MCSK From Collecting Royalties at All. The Question of Whether That Was Lawful Still Has Not Been Heard. October 8, 2026
Yewande Coker BMG Owns the World Circuit Catalogue of African Masters and Publishing. The UK Register Dates Control to 5 October 2018, Ten Days Before the Announcement October 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Himra’s Master Credits Left Warner’s Distribution Pipeline for Sony’s in May 2026. The Album Names 1X and Slimak Production as Owners, and Epic Records Nowhere At All. October 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Zinodict Music Named Waziyung Its First Signing on 1 October 2026. The Single That Followed Names Zinodict as the Master Owner on Apple, and Deezer’s Label Field for the Same Track Reads “Independent” October 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Strictly Entertainment Music and Sub Sahara Entertainment Announced a Joint Venture Label in Nairobi. A Year On, No Equity, Consideration, Rights Transfer or Registered Entity Has Been Shown. October 8, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Music Licensed Its Catalogue to Boomplay in 2019. In December 2024 It Pulled Every Title, Orchard and AWAL Releases Included, Over Royalties Neither Side Will Confirm October 7, 2026
Yewande Coker Mr Eazi’s UK emPawa Company Allotted 48,304 Shares at GBP 17.76 on 14 November 2022. The Filing Recording It Arrived in February 2026. October 5, 2026
Yewande Coker 88 MPH LIMITED Held 100,000 Shares in Mr Eazi’s UK emPawa Company and Transferred Every One of Them on 5 June 2023 October 5, 2026
Amaka Nwosu TikTok’s 2021 Licensing Deal With SAMRO and CAPASSO Reaches Composers in 58 African Territories. No Source Shows a Matching Deal for the People Who Recorded the Songs. October 5, 2026
Yewande Coker IROKO’s Music-Streaming Arm Was Struck Off in March 2018. Jason Njoku Puts the Loss at Roughly $2m. Its UK Parent, Backed by Tiger Global and Canal+, Has Not Filed Accounts Since 2019 October 5, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Mama Dance of Cape Town Appointed a Canadian Agent in 2006 That Took 20 to 50 Per Cent of Every Licence Fee It Placed. The Terms Exist Only in Three SEC Annual Reports October 5, 2026
Yewande Coker Nigeria Committed $200m of Afreximbank Money to Its Creative Sector in 2024. Its Own Minister Says It Has Still Not Been Disbursed. October 5, 2026
Kwame Mensah Kenya’s President Said Sony, Universal and Warner ‘Agreed to Establish a Presence in Nairobi.’ Two of the Three Already Had One. October 4, 2026
Kwame Mensah Chocolate City Group puts $1m into startups through convertible notes, not equity, as Founders Fund Africa goes quiet past its deadline October 4, 2026
