Collecting Society
Bureau Tchadien du Droit d’Auteur
Chad's national copyright office, created in 2005 and based in N'Djamena.
N'Djamena, Chad
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.
- 626 companies
- 13 categories
- 57 markets
Collecting Society
Bureau Togolais du Droit d’Auteur
Togo's national copyright body, created in Lome by law in 1991.
Lome, Togo
butodra.tg
Burniton Music Group
Stonebwoy's own Ghanaian label, founded in 2012 in Accra and distributed internationally through Warner Music's ADA Worldwide since 2024.
Accra, Ghana
stonebwoyb.com
Live & Events
Busara Promotions
Zanzibar-based non-profit that organises the Sauti za Busara and FuTopia music festivals.
Zanzibar (Stone Town), Tanzania
busaramusic.org
Bytetunes Music
Ghana-based catalogue investment firm credited on hundreds of releases by Amerado, Strongman and Stonebwoy.
Ghana, on the company's own statement on its YouTube channel. No registry record confirming a Ghanaian incorporation was located, because Ghana operates no public company search.
Live & Events
Cairo Jazz Club
Independent live-music venue and nightclub group in Giza, Egypt, founded in 2001, operating two locations.
Cairo, Egypt
cairojazzclub.com
Media
Canal+
French pay-TV and media group recorded as a named investor in IROKO.
Paris, France
canalplus.com
CANEX Creations Inc.
Afreximbank-backed equity investor in African intellectual property, financing film, music and other creative projects through FEDA.
Cairo, Egypt
Collecting Society
CAPASSO
South African mechanical and digital rights licensing agency, based in Johannesburg.
Johannesburg, South Africa
capasso.co.za
Media
Capital FM Kenya
Nairobi urban music station on 98.4 FM, on air since 1996.
Nairobi, Kenya
capitalfm.co.ke
Label
Capricarolesque Industry
Naza's own recording imprint, used for his solo catalogue since 2019.
France
Label
Cartel Music
Nigerian record label and imprint founded by artist Tekno in 2019, now a joint venture with Mr Eazi's emPawa Africa.
Lagos, Nigeria
Label
CashTime Life
Defunct South African record label, publishing and management company (2013-2018) founded by rapper K.O in Johannesburg, home of the CashTime Fam hip-hop collective.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Label
CCP Records Company (Pty) Ltd
South African record label and Brenda Fassie's historic home, now a legacy catalogue imprint wholly owned by Universal Music Group.
Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
Label
Cee The Panther Ltd
Entity named as exclusive licensee, and later as copyright owner, on Yaw Tog releases from October 2025. No register record located.
Distributor
Chabaka Music
Dubai-based MENA distribution, marketing and publishing services company, founded 2013, acquired by Universal Music Group in 2023 and folded into Virgin Music Group.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
chabaka.net
Label
Chocolate City Group
Nigerian music group founded in Abuja in 2005, spanning label, management, publishing, distribution and events.
Lagos, Nigeria
chocolatecitygroup.com
Label
Chocolate City Music
Nigerian record label founded in 2005 by Audu Maikori, Paul Okeugo and Yahaya Maikori, now distributed through Warner Music Group.
Lagos, Nigeria
chocolatecitymusic.com
ChristyB Records
Ivorian publisher claiming legal publishing rights to DJ Arafat's catalogue.
Côte d'Ivoire
CiDAR Africa
Lagos music management and marketing agency, named exclusive licensee on 2Baba releases in 2026.
Lagos, Nigeria
cidar.uk
Distributor
Cinq Music Group
Los Angeles record label and distributor, a GoDigital Media Group subsidiary, with African deals including King98, D'Banj's catalogue and Soul HQ.
Los Angeles, United States
cinqmusic.com
Label
CKay Holdings LLC
Lagos-founded rights-holding entity behind Nigerian artist CKay's recordings since his split from Warner Music Africa.
Lagos, Nigeria
ckay-music.com
Live & Events
CKROWD
Nigerian creator-monetisation platform turned live-entertainment infrastructure provider, founded by Olukayode Adebayo in 2020.
Streaming Platform
Cloud9
Defunct Nigerian music streaming platform launched by Etisalat in 2013, relaunched under 9mobile/Timwe in 2015.
Live & Events
CMHLIVE
Kampala-based artist-development and live-entertainment company founded in 2017 by Collin Sserunjogi, running concert series and a free musician fellowship across Uganda and East Africa.
Kampala, Uganda
cmhlive.com
Distributor
Coleske Artists
South African distributor and Afrikaans-repertoire label, acquired by Warner Music South Africa in 2021.
Cape Town, South Africa
coleskeartists.co.za
Label
Coleske Group Proprietary Ltd.
Pretoria-based Afrikaans-repertoire record label and live-events company, independent from 1996 until Warner Music South Africa acquired it in 2021.
Pretoria, South Africa
coleskeartistmanagement.com
Collecting Society
Collecting Society of The Gambia
The Gambia's national collecting society, inaugurated in 2013 and based in Banjul.
Banjul, Gambia
Columbia Records
Sony Music Entertainment frontline label. Carries an artist page for Qing Madi dated 6 February 2023. Does not appear in the phonogram credit on any of her releases.
New York, United States
columbiarecords.com
Collecting Society
Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of South Africa
South Africa's mechanical rights collecting society, formed in 2014 by a merger of SAMRO's mechanical rights arm and NORM.
Johannesburg, South Africa
capasso.co.za
Collecting Society
Content Connect Africa
Johannesburg-based content aggregator and rights administrator, 45% owned by Gallo Music Investments, with operations in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda.
Johannesburg, South Africa
contentca.co.za
Continued Entertainment
Lagos-based music distribution and aggregation company for Nigerian artists and labels, including a gospel-music distribution line.
Lagos, Nigeria
continuedentertainment.com
Collecting Society
Copyright and Neighboring Rights Collective Management Society of Ethiopia (CNCM)
Ethiopia's collecting society for copyright and neighbouring rights, registered in Addis Ababa in June 2017.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
cncmethiopia.com
Collecting Society
Copyright Society of Botswana
Botswana's collective management organisation for copyright, in Gaborone.
Gaborone, Botswana
cosbots.com
Collecting Society
Copyright Society of Ghana
Ghana's first collecting society, founded 1986, its music rights role superseded by GHAMRO in 2011.
Ghana
Collecting Society
Copyright Society of Liberia
Liberia's copyright society, the secretariat arm of the Liberia Intellectual Property Office in Monrovia.
Monrovia, Liberia
Collecting Society
Copyright Society of Malawi
Malawi's statutory copyright body and collecting society, in Lilongwe.
Lilongwe, Malawi
cosoma.mw
Collecting Society
Copyright Society of Tanzania
Tanzania's statutory copyright body and collective management organisation, in Dar es Salaam.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
cosota.go.tz
COSON
Nigerian collecting society for musical works, founded in Lagos in 2010, whose regulatory approval status is disputed.
Lagos (Ikeja), Nigeria
cosonng.com
Label
Cotton Club Records
Johannesburg label founded by the late rapper Riky Rick in 2017, with a recording tie-up through Sony Music Africa.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Publisher
Coup D’Etat Music
Los Angeles publisher and Revels Group subsidiary behind the 2023 Victony publishing joint venture with Avex USA and the 2022 signing of Nigerian producer Tejiri Akpoghene.
Los Angeles, United States
therevelsgroup.com
Investor
Coutts & Company
London private bank, listed here as the secured lender named on a charge registered against a music company.
London, United Kingdom
coutts.com
Create Music Group
US independent music distributor and rights company, founded 2015, that acquired Berlin's !K7 Music Group in 2025.
Los Angeles, United States
createmusicgroup.com
Label
CRG
A technology-driven Ethiopian record label in Addis Ababa, owned by tech company 2F Capital, with a roster of over 100 Ethiopian artists.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
crg-et.com
Crux Global
Accra-based digital distribution, PR and brand-management company, partnered with Sony Music Entertainment and The Orchard since September 2024.
Accra, Ghana
cruxmusic.global
Management
D’Kings Men Media Ltd
Lagos company through which musician D'Banj operates C.R.E.A.M, a talent-discovery and creator-monetisation platform.
Lagos, Nigeria
creamplatform.com