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Law Allianz is a firm driven by knowledgeable, dynamic and hardworking solicitors who are positioning it to meet the challenges of globalization by offering world-class legal services in emerging industries such as gaming, sports, creative industries, media, technology, intellectual property etc.

Afrobeats and Copyright in the Streaming Age

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Afrobeats has become one of Nigeria’s most powerful cultural exports, with artists like Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tems, and Rema reaching global audiences through streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, and Boomplay. But as the genre’s international reach grows, so do the legal questions around who actually benefits from that success.

In this chapter, Ramlah Ibrahim Nok and Yahaya Maikori examine how Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022 and the newer Collective Management Organisation Regulations 2025 are reshaping the country’s approach to digital rights, royalty collection, and online copyright enforcement. They unpack the structural challenges Nigerian artists face in the streaming economy — from lower per-stream payouts compared to Western markets, to piracy, streaming fraud, and gaps in institutional enforcement — and argue that Nigeria’s long-term competitiveness in the global music industry will depend as much on strong legal infrastructure as on creative output.

This chapter was published in The International Music Business Navigator for Lawyers and Artists, released by the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL) to mark its 50th anniversary.

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NIGERIA POST-COVID 19: EFFECTS, OUTLOOK AND PROSPECTS

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“SARS-COV-2” or “COVID-19”, is probably the most significant global event in the last 100 years and has caused a monumental disruption to the international order in every sphere of endeavour. The containment measures that have been applied by most countries include, lockdown of whole states and cities, banning or restricting of all forms of public gatherings, unprecedented “work from home” quarantine measures. Despite these measures, over 2.76 Million people globally have been infected by the virus and over 100,000 people have died since its onset in late 2019. COVD-19 was declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization (“WHO”) on March 11th 2020 and is increasingly becoming an existential threat to the entire human race.

In Nigeria, despite the fact that there are only 981 confirmed cases of the virus (with 31 deaths and 197 people treated and discharged), the infrastructural/personnel deficit in the country’s health sector coupled with its weak economy and strong cultural beliefs, present elements that can create a perfect storm in Africa’s most populous nation. There is therefore a very urgent need for robust and effective response to the pandemic and for strategic planning that can alter its trajectory.

Read more in the pdf file below.

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