In recent years we've seen African music's mainstream moment grow in large part through genres like Amapiano and Afrobeats. What's less known is what's happening underneath all that, with new sounds, scenes, and genres exploding not only across Africa but quickly across Europe (and in parts of the US). Afrohouse is now leading that charge with both African and European DJs contributing to the scene.

Below are two music industry experts with on-the-ground experience happy to contribute to your Afrohouse and African music reporting.

Osagie Osarenkhoe [2] is the Director of African Operations at ONErpm [3], where she built the company's African operation from a single Lagos office to a five-country, 38-person team. Before that, she discovered Wizkid and served as his first manager. Her insights with the Afrohouse moment come from Nigeria's rave scene, where Gen Z can't get into clubs, so they're making their own moments. Those raves are incubating a hybrid genre that fuses amapiano, Afrobeats, and house in a way that's distinctly Nigerian.

Charlotte Bwana [4] is the VP of Marketing for Africa, EU & MENA at Audiomack [5], where she has overseen the global streamer's growth across the continent. In Audiomack's early days, she literally backpacked across Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, and South Africa doing artist masterclasses to build the platform from the ground up, and now has her finger on every major artist and genre finding an audience. She was also just named to Billboard's 2026 Global Power Players list.

Beyond Afrohouse, they can speak to platform economics by region, which export stories are worth watching next, and what the post-Afrobeats-mainstream moment actually looks like from inside Africa.

Are you working on anything that could use an extra source or two? Happy to make the connection.