Music distribution in Ethiopia
Application availability depends on territory, legal eligibility, reviewed languages and current service capacity.
Releasing from Ethiopia
Apply from anywhere
The invite application is open from eligible territories — including Ethiopia.
Human review
Our team reviews your work in any language.
Private invitation
Approved applicants are onboarded by email invitation.
Global release
Your release is delivered in supported territories — including eligible platforms serving Ethiopia.
Get your songs on Boomplay, Audiomack, Spotify and currently supported digital services. Releasing is free, Mazufa takes 0% commission, and you keep ownership of your recordings.
Artists working in Ethiopia release Ethio-jazz, Amharic pop with masinko and krar textures, Oromo and Tigrinya song, and gospel. Recording happens mostly in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya, with titles written in the Ge'ez (Ethiopic) script, with Latin used for Oromo. For metadata, choose one Latin transliteration of the artist name and reuse it on every release, tag each title with the language sung, and keep the original-script version in an alternate title field where a store supports it.
The local currency is Ethiopian birr (ETB). Royalties are reported in the currency the platform pays out in rather than converted market by market, so the exchange rate between reporting and withdrawal is worth planning for. Listeners here mostly reach new music through YouTube, radio and event and diaspora circuits. Which platforms and stores a release can reach in this territory varies and is subject to current availability, eligibility and platform rules.