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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.

  • 626 companies
  • 13 categories
  • 57 markets

Technology

Sony Group Corporation

Japanese entertainment conglomerate and parent of Sony Music; recorded here as a named party to a 2023 IFC cooperation agreement on Africa's creative economy.

Japan sony.com

Publisher

Sony Music Publishing

Major-owned music publisher (Sony Music Group); operates a Lagos office since 2022 alongside its longer-standing Johannesburg base.

New York, United States sonymusicpub.com

Management

Soul HQ

Nairobi artist-management and label-services company founded by Faiza Hersi, now in a distribution partnership with US label Cinq Music Group.

Nairobi, Kenya soulheadquarters.com

Label

Sound African Recordings

South African repertoire imprint of Sony Music Entertainment Africa (Pty) Ltd, described as a division by the label itself and as a subsidiary in trade coverage.

South Africa sonymusic.com

Media

Soundcity

Nigerian pan-African music TV channel, launched 2009 and distributed in 55 African countries.

Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria soundcity.tv

Collecting Society

SoundExchange

The United States collective management organisation designated to administer the section 114 sound recording licence, and SAMPRA's US counterparty for neighbouring rights.

Washington, D.C., United States soundexchange.com

Label

Soundgod Music Group

Runtown's own Nigerian label and 360 entertainment outfit, launched in 2018 after his split from Eric Many Entertainment.

Nigeria

Spinlet

Finnish-founded mobile music app that relaunched toward Africa after a 2011 Verod Capital investment and became Nigeria's first ISRC manager in 2015; current status unclear.

Lagos (operating base from at least 2015; founding location was in Finland)., Finland (founding); Nigeria (operating base from at least 2015, per a trade interview conducted at the company's Lagos office).

Streaming Platform

Spotify South Africa

Spotify's regional operation in South Africa: a Johannesburg office opened in 2026, not a separately owned local company.

Johannesburg, South Africa spotify.com

Label

Star Factory Music

Recording label credit for Ivorian artist Serge Beynaud, active on his own catalogue since 2012.

Cote d'Ivoire

Label

Starboy Entertainment Limited

Wizkid's recording and rights-holding company, dissolved by UK regulators in 2026.

London, United Kingdom

Live & Events

Starboy Touring LLP

UK touring-vehicle limited liability partnership registered in London since 2020, with Wizkid as a designated member and no confirmed recorded-music activity.

London, United Kingdom

Stars for Artistic Production

Cairo production and rights-licensing company owned by Mohsen Gaber, in a long-running Umm Kulthum rights dispute with state-owned Sawt Al-Qahera.

Egypt

Label

Stay Low

Johannesburg record label and management company owned and operated by Steyn Entertainment, led by Vaughn Thiel.

Johannesburg, South Africa staylow.co.za

Sub Sahara Entertainment

Nairobi record label founded by Suzanne Gachukia-Opembe, now in a joint venture with the UK's Strictly Entertainment Music.

Nairobi, Kenya

Sugar Mummy Records

Teni's own independent Nigerian label, established for her 2023 album TEARS OF THE SUN.

Lagos, Nigeria

Label

Super Cool Cats

Nigerian rapper Ice Prince's own record label imprint, unveiled under Chocolate City in 2016 and run independently since.

Nigeria

Label

Tahoe Studios

Independent Afro house label founded by South African/Tanzanian producer DJ MidTempo.

South Africa

Label

Tall Racks

Nasty C's Johannesburg label, relaunched in 2025 as a self-service distribution and royalty platform for independent artists.

Johannesburg, South Africa info.tallracks.xyz

Label

Tallac Records

A French hip-hop label founded by Booba in 2004, licensed through Universal's Barclay Records, with an African footprint via its 92i Africa joint venture.

Meudon, France

Tambor Projects (Pty) Ltd

South African company that held the phonogram credit on Jnr SA's own catalogue from August 2023 to November 2025, under exclusive license to Universal Music South Africa.

South Africa

Tamer Hosny Production

Cairo recording imprint of the Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny, used for his releases before and after his 2025 Warner signing.

Cairo, Egypt

TCV

Menlo Park growth-equity firm; controlling shareholder of Believe SA and its Africa-active TuneCore distribution arm since an August 2025 take-private.

Menlo Park, California, United States tcv.com

Label

Teal Record Company

1970s Southern African label that produced and issued WITCH's original Zamrock recordings.

Not established., South Africa

Tech Hub Music (Pty) Ltd

South African amapiano label launched by Kabza De Small in July 2026, with Jnr SA as its first signing, distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Africa.

South Africa

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