Directory
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.
Collecting Society
Burundi's statutory national copyright collecting society, created by presidential decree in 2011 and based in Bujumbura.
Collecting Society
Madagascar's national copyright office, created in 1984 and based in Antananarivo.
Collecting Society
Algeria's national copyright office, created in Algiers in 1973.
Label
Independent Kenyan production house and label founded in Nairobi by brothers Francis and Lucas Bikedo in the late 1990s.
Label
London-registered sound recording and music publishing company, incorporated in January 2026.
Label
Lagos record label at the centre of a disputed 2021 rights claim against Bella Shmurda; name and structure inconsistently recorded across sources.
Distributor
Independent global distributor with six staffed African offices, from Lagos to Johannesburg.
Label
South African record label named in High Court proceedings as phonogram owner of Jerusalema, licensed to Warner Music France.
Burkina Faso's leading mobile operator; runs the Allo Muzik ringback-tone licensing product.
Distributor
ORB Entertainment — self-serve Nigerian/African music distribution platform with naira payouts, sourced only to its own site.
Technology
Rights-management technology company founded in Los Angeles in 2016. Licenses the PRS for Music repertoire to music users across Africa under a partnership announced in April 2023.
Collecting Society
Tunisia's national collective management body for copyright and neighbouring rights, in Tunis.
South African label and distribution arm, based in Johannesburg, of Berlin-registered Paradise Entertainment & Distribution GmbH; artists include Zakes Bantwini and Thakzin.
Brooklyn independent record company, named phonogram owner on part of Femi Kuti's album catalogue.
Collecting Society
Kenyan collective management organisation for performers and audio-visual rights holders, renamed from PRISK, now the lead collector under a contested 2024 KECOBO restructuring.
Label
Independent Nigerian record label founded and fronted by rapper Phyno, with no dedicated company website.
Collecting Society
Kenyan collective management organisation licensed by KECOBO to collect and distribute music and audiovisual royalties, amid a contested multi-year CMO licensing dispute.
Nigerian artist label (Lagos) representing Guchi, Modola, Coblaze, Omizzy and Sugarbana; ownership independent as far as sourced.
Amapiano label owned by Kabza De Small, distributed through Sony Music Entertainment Africa.
Distributor
Apple-owned artist-services and distribution company with named African bases and roster.
Label
London record label, part of a UK music company spanning PR, promotion, events and a label. Holds the phonogram credit on Prince Kaybee releases from June 2026.
Label
Nigerian record label founded in 2023 by the artist Shallipopi.
Label
Defunct South African PolyGram/Gallo Africa joint venture (1995-1998), later absorbed into Universal Music Group.
Publisher
Abu Dhabi music publisher for the Middle East and North Africa, co-owner of the Egyptian label 100COPIES.
Publisher
Abu Dhabi-based MENA music publisher and distributor, majority-owned by Reservoir Media, with a formal Egypt presence via its Viral Wave acquisition.
Lagos heritage record label and music publisher, founded in 1963 and Nigerian-owned since Polygram's exit in 1991.
London-registered label-services and licensing company that holds the exclusive licence named on Ruger's releases.
Nigerian record label launched in 2026 as a division of Promiseland Estate, with a five-artist roster and its own website.
Live & Events
Nightclub and live-event venue in Pretoria Central, South Africa, open since 2019.
Collecting Society
UK collective management organisation for songwriters, composers and music publishers. Licensed its repertoire for the African continent through Orfium in a partnership announced in April 2023.
Distributor
MENA music distributor, acquired by Warner Music Group in 2022 and now operating as ADA x Qanawat Music; relevant here for its Cairo and Casablanca offices.
Label
Atlanta label behind Migos and Lil Baby, reported acquired by HYBE America in February 2023. Signed Kenya's Bien as its first African artist in October 2026.
Technology
Cape Town ticketing platform, founded 2011, acquired by Ticketmaster in 2024, operating across six African markets.
Egyptian artist- and employee-owned label co-founded by rapper Wegz, now the first exclusive regional signing of AWAL Middle East.
Media
Kenyan Kiswahili-language music and talk station, launched in 2010 by the Standard Group.
Media
Abidjan commercial music station, founded in 1999 and the leading commercial radio in Cote d'Ivoire.
Media
A London-based radio and TV airplay data company whose South African operation, running since 2015, feeds its own South African Airplay Chart and data behind Nigeria's TurnTable airplay chart.
Label
Music marketing and distribution company based in Accra and London.
Independent Cairo content group founded by Richard Elhaj in 2004; part of its catalogue was acquired by Reservoir Media/PopArabia in 2023.
Distributor
Lagos-based music distribution and publishing company serving African rights holders.
Label
Kenya's national trade association for recorded-music producers, registered 2022.
Collecting Society
Trade association for South African record companies, based in Randburg; runs the SAMAs, the Official SA Charts and sales certification.
Nairobi music-distribution technology company founded 2020 by Ken Oloo, partnered with Kenyan label Shammah Records.
Collecting Society
Trade association for Nigerian record labels, currently litigating over who is owed Nigeria's private-copying levy.
Nasdaq-listed independent music company (RSVR) that holds no African office but acquired South African composer Lebo M's publishing catalogue, including his Lion King and 2010 World Cup work, in December 2024.
Media
Senegalese music and news radio station in Dakar, part of Youssou N'Dour's Groupe Futurs Medias.
Nigerian music imprint associated with the street-pop artist T.I Blaze, appearing in release credits from 2026.
