!K7 Music GmbH
Berlin label group (!K7 Records, Strut, DJ-Kicks) founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller, acquired by Create Music Group in 2025.
Berlin, Germany
k7.com
Directory
African Music Companies
Labels, distributors, publishers, studios, promoters and platforms working across African music. Listings are editorial and free, and every one is checked against its sources before it appears.
- 625 companies
- 13 categories
- 57 markets
1:55 African Music Ltd
Kigali record label and management company founded by Gael Karomba, which handles Bruce Melodie's career.
Kigali, Rwanda
Label
100COPIES
Cairo record label and music space founded in 2006 by Mahmoud Refaat, an early backer of Egyptian mahraganat; acquired by Reservoir Media and PopArabia in 2022.
Cairo, Egypt
100copies.bandcamp.com
1789 Entertainment
UK-registered artist development imprint wholly owned by Nigerian producer Sarz, distributed globally by UnitedMasters since 2023.
London, United Kingdom (registered office); operations and artist roster centred on Nigeria
18 Area Holdings
South African rapper Focalistic's own record label and imprint, launched in 2020 with independent label Vth Season.
South Africa
Holding company
2F Capital
Addis Ababa technology group, registered as TWOF Capital PLC, whose holdings include the Sewasew streaming platform.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2f-capital.com
2Nite Music Group
Nigerian recording imprint of the highlife artist Flavour, who owns it.
Not established, Nigeria
92i Africa
A joint-venture African label division launched by French rapper Booba's Tallac Records/92i with Universal Music Africa in 2021, now reported largely inactive.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
960 Music Group
Nigerian investment company that bought equity stakes in Hypertek Digital and Aristokrat Records in 2013.
Nigeria
Label
99 Révolution
Youssoupha's own recording imprint, founded in 2022 after leaving Bomayé Musik.
France
A Guy Entertainment
Lagos artist management company presented across sources as 2Baba's management team, unveiled in July 2025.
Lagos, Nigeria
Label
A.I Records Kenya Limited
Nairobi record company holding a catalogue of East African recordings, 70 per cent owned by Universal Music Group since 2018.
Nairobi, Kenya
ACRCloud
Audio fingerprinting and broadcast-monitoring platform; contracted radio monitoring supplier to Zambia's ZAMCOPS collecting society.
ADA Worldwide
Warner Music Group's global distribution arm, whose African footprint runs through the Africori and Qanawat acquisitions and a direct deal with Ghana's Stonebwoy.
New York, United States
ada-music.com
Collecting Society
AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund
The US fund that collects and distributes performance royalties to non-featured performers, and a named party to the November 2024 SAMPRA reciprocal agreement.
United States
afmsagaftrafund.org
Management
Africa Creative Agency
Johannesburg talent management agency co-managing South African artist Tyla with We Make Music.
Johannesburg, South Africa
africacreativeagency.com
Live & Events
Africa House
Members club and cultural platform for African and diaspora creatives, run as the culture arm of the Johannesburg talent agency Africa Creative Agency.
Johannesburg, South Africa
africahousemembersclub.com
Holding company
Africa Music International Ltd
London company registered for sound recording and music publishing activities, with no release credit traced to it.
London, United Kingdom
Publisher
Africa Nostra
Paris music publisher holding the Lusafrica label's editorial catalogue, principally Cape Verdean repertoire; acquired by Sony Music Publishing France in July 2025.
Paris
Publisher
African Composers Edition
South African sheet music publisher of African art music, founded in 2012 and now owned by UK company The Maestro Online Ltd.
Johannesburg, South Africa
african-composers-edition.co.za
Africha Entertainment Limited
Nairobi distributor of digital audio and video content across East Africa.
Nairobi, Kenya
africhaent.com
Distributor
Africori
Johannesburg distributor and rights manager founded in 2009, wholly owned by Warner Music Group since February 2025.
Johannesburg, South Africa
africori.com
Media
Afro FM
English-language radio station broadcasting from Addis Ababa.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
afrofm.com
Afro Nation
Touring Afrobeats festival brand co-founded by Obi Asika and SMADE, UK-registered and staged annually in Accra, Ghana.
London, United Kingdom
afronation.com
Label
AfroForce1 Records
A Universal Music joint-venture label, launched in Berlin in 2018 to sign and market African artists in Europe, which expanded into a South African operation in 2020.
Berlin, Germany
Label
Afrotainment
Durban-based South African record label founded in 2007 by DJ Tira, known for launching gqom and kwaito acts including Big Nuz and Distruction Boyz.
Durban, South Africa
afrotainment.co.za
Airtel Kenya
Kenyan mobile network operator whose Hello Tune service is the country's second ring back tune channel for recorded music.
Nairobi, Kenya
airtelkenya.com
Akazoo Ghana
Ghanaian subsidiary of the Akazoo streaming group, named only as a line in its consolidated accounts.
Ghana
Akazoo Limited
Scottish-registered music streaming group, formerly R&R Music Limited, whose audited accounts reported an Africa revenue segment and a Ghanaian subsidiary.
United Kingdom (Scotland)
Akazoo S.A.
Luxembourg music streaming company that traded on Nasdaq as SONG until it was delisted in June 2020 and met an SEC fraud action.
Luxembourg
Akometsi Limited
Lilongwe media, entertainment and events company; named in a 2026 Malawian royalty-levy dispute with COSOMA.
Lilongwe, Malawi
akometsi.com
Amari Musiq
Nigerian record label and masters-holding entity built around dancehall artist Patoranking, relaunched with a signed roster in 2018.
Nigeria
amarimusiq.com
Label
Ambitiouz Entertainment
Independent South African label founded in Johannesburg in 2015 by Kgosi Mahumapelo.
Johannesburg, South Africa
ambitiouz.co.za
Holding company
AMR Capital Ltd
London company registered for sound recording and music publishing activities.
London, United Kingdom
Streaming Platform
Anghami
Abu Dhabi streaming platform for the Middle East and North Africa, with a Cairo office and Egypt among its largest markets.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
anghami.com
Label
Anolabex
South African registered company credited as exclusive licensor on the late Riky Rick's Sony Music Africa releases; ownership unconfirmed.
Rivonia, Gauteng, South Africa
Holding company
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
Aristokrat Records
Port Harcourt record label that launched Burna Boy's career, now in court over his early catalogue.
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Arms Production Music Limited
Production music library in Leicestershire, writing and licensing original compositions for media use.
Quorn, Loughborough, Leicestershire (registered office, 3 Long Close, LE12 8TS), United Kingdom
armsproductionmusic.com
Streaming Platform
Audiomack
Ad-supported and subscription streaming and upload platform, ranked the top music app in several African markets despite being US-owned.
New York, United States
audiomack.com
Publisher
Avex USA Publishing
Former Los Angeles publishing arm of Japan's Avex Inc., which signed Nigerian artist Victony to a joint-venture deal with Coup D'Etat Music in 2023 before folding into Avex Music Group in 2025.
Los Angeles, United States
avex.com
Label
Baby Blue Entertainment (Pty) Ltd
South African amapiano record label, credited as phonogram rightsholder and as licensor to Sony Music Entertainment Africa.
South Africa
Label
BahdGuys Entertainment
Falz's own recording imprint; no independent company registration or website located.
Nigeria