Publiseer

Publiseer is a web-based digital content distribution platform for independent African writers, musicians, filmmakers, and video game developers who want to publish, protect, promote, and monetise creative work internationally without paying upfront fees.

Key capabilities include:

• Global distribution to 400+ stores (up to 425) across major platforms such as Amazon, Google Play, Apple Store, Spotify, Kobo, and Deezer, with a single place to manage releases.
• Content fine-tuning to industry standards before distribution, including book editing, music re-mastering, and video post-production (plus professional packaging such as covers and artwork).
• Content protection and monitoring to help address illegal distribution, plagiarism, copyright infringement, and IP theft.
• Royalties with Africa-friendly payouts, including payments to local bank accounts and mobile money wallets.

Available on Web.

It targets B2C creatives in Africa, with an emphasis on first-time and underserved creators, and uses a selective acceptance process rather than distributing every submission.

Publiseer is notable for its no-upfront-cost model (it takes 25% of revenue from sales and licensing) and for reported traction, including 11K creatives onboarded, 26K content distributed, 108M downloads and streams, and $487K paid out. It also runs publiSHEr for female African creatives (reported 100% revenue retention) and has received external support from organisations including Institut Français, Goethe-Institut, Jack Ma Foundation, and Alibaba Foundation.