From Lagos to Billboard: How Akinyemi Ayinoluwa is reshaping global music law from Africa – Businessday NG

Long before Akinyemi Ayinoluwa’s name landed on Billboard’s prestigious 2025 list of Top Music Lawyers, he was quietly building a career that would help define a new era for African music on the global stage.

When Akinyemi first stepped into the world of law nearly two decades ago, the Nigerian music industry was just beginning to hum with global promise. Afrobeats was catching fire, but behind the scenes, many of the architects of the sound – the producers, the songwriters – lacked…