Kwame Mensah MTN Group Acquired Simfy Africa in November 2018. Its FY2024 Accounts Still Carry the Music-Streaming Company as a 100 Per Cent Subsidiary, Though Neither Consumer App Built on It Has Survived. October 4, 2026
Kwame Mensah Sony and the IFC Named Music a Priority for African Creative Capital. Three Years Later, Zero Music Deals Have Followed October 4, 2026
Kwame Mensah Akazoo Took $54.8m Into Nasdaq on Accounts Carrying a Ghanaian Subsidiary and an Africa Revenue Segment. The SEC Says the Aggregators Behind the Revenue Either Did Not Exist or Had No Relationship With the Company. October 3, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Olley RSA Signed to Gallo Music Publishers on 10 February 2026. Seventeen Days Later His Masters Credit Named Him for the First Time, Licensed to a Company Gallo’s Own Group Partly Owns October 3, 2026
Yewande Coker Spotify Named a South African Subsidiary in Its 2018 SEC Filing. It Has Named No African Entity Since. October 3, 2026
Yewande Coker Neville Records credited as owner of “Machala” master on the single’s September 2022 retail release October 3, 2026
Yewande Coker Warner Music Group Describes Revelator as Already Acquired. No SEC Filing Has Ever Named the Deal, and Its Biggest African Tie Is a Ghanaian Distributor Warner Does Not Own October 3, 2026
Yewande Coker Bruce Melodie’s Masters Carried an S-Curve Records Credit for 15 Months. Every Release Since Names His Own Rwandan Label Instead. October 3, 2026
Kwame Mensah Highvibes Called This a New Audiomack Deal in February 2026. Audiomack’s Own Catalogue Shows a Highvibes Account Since 2019. October 2, 2026
Yewande Coker The Cavemen’s Masters Have Never Belonged to a Label. Freeme Music Licensed One Album in 2020, and RCA Licenses the Rest Since 2025. October 2, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Virgin Named Serge Beynaud a Launch Artist for Its Africa Division in 2022. His Own Catalogue Only Started Carrying the Credit a Year Later, and It Still Comes and Goes. October 2, 2026
Yewande Coker Spinall Signed to Epic Records in June 2023. The Phonographic Credit on Every Release Since Names TheCAPMusic as Owner, Epic as Exclusive Licensee. October 2, 2026
Kwame Mensah Highvibes Signed Beatport in January 2026 for Electronic Releases Only. No Terms Were Disclosed, and No Highvibes Credit Turns Up on Beatport Yet. October 2, 2026
Yewande Coker SOL Distro Signed Its Publishing Administration to Downtown Music Publishing Africa, the Same Universal Subsidiary Labelheaded Used Five Weeks Earlier October 1, 2026
Amaka Nwosu Sheer Signed Iyanya to Publishing Representation in March 2021 While Already Owned by Downtown. The Chain Above That Agreement Now Runs to Universal, and His Masters Never Entered It October 1, 2026
Kwame Mensah Coutts Took a Fixed Charge Over the Fela Kuti Masters Licence in May 2024 and Discharged It in June 2026. The Borrower’s Audited Accounts Say No Money Was Ever Drawn Against It October 1, 2026
Yewande Coker ONErpm Lusophone and Francophone Africa expansion, and the Luanda office, November 2025 October 1, 2026
Yewande Coker Makhadzi Left Open Mic Productions in 2023 but the Masters Did Not Move: Open Mic Still Holds the Phonogram Credit on Four Albums, 74 Tracks September 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Epic Records Never Owned Sho Madjozi’s Masters. Her Own Credit Line Names Black Cinderella, Inc. as Owner and Epic as Licensee, and Since November 2024 It Names Her. September 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Mdundo Varied Its Rights Holder Terms Effective January 2026. Its Audited Accounts Quantify the Margin Effect and Name No Counterparty. September 30, 2026
Yewande Coker SoundExchange Signed Kenya’s KAMP to Reciprocal Rights Agreements in February 2026. Five Months Later, Kenya Suspended KAMP’s Licence to Operate September 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Universal Music Africa Signed Locko in 2018. His Own Phonogram Credits Named a Different Company as the Rights Holder for Three Years September 30, 2026
Yewande Coker Warner Said Africori Would Keep Operating as a Standalone Entity Under Its Founder. The UK Register Dates His Board Exit to 3 April 2026, 77 Days Before Warner Announced It, and Africori Limited’s Two Remaining Directors Are Both in Britain September 29, 2026
Kwame Mensah Chike’s 2016 Universal Deal Was Reported as Nigerian. His Only Release Under It Credits South Africa. September 29, 2026
Yewande Coker Universal’s Kaka Empire Partnership Names King Kaka Personally, Not the Label. Two Releases Carry It, and His Newest Does Not. September 29, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Music Africa Does Not Own Don Laka’s Masters. Its Own Credit Line Says Bokone Does. September 29, 2026
Yewande Coker Odeal’s Masters Are Credited to His Own OVMBR Imprint. Since 2024 LVRN Shares the Line, and the UK Register Shows He Owns No More Than Half of the Recording Company. September 29, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Paid $430m for AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights. Kobalt Kept the Publishing and AMRA. September 28, 2026
Yewande Coker Sony Music Entertainment and Crux Global Signed a Three-Tier Distribution Partnership for Ghana. No Equity, No Masters, No Disclosed Consideration. September 28, 2026
