Nation Media Group Limited
NNSEKE:NMG14.50
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KE0000000380
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- CEO
- Geoffrey O. Odundo
- Full Time Employees
- 1,172
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Publishing: newspapers
- Address
- Nairobi Kenya
- IPO Date
- Aug 10, 1998
- Website
- nationmedia.com
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- Nation Media Group Limited is an East and Central African media conglomerate engaged in the publication, printing, and distribution of newspapers and magazines, radio and television broadcasting, digital media operations, and commercial printing services. The company operates through two primary business segments: Newspapers and Digital, and Broadcasting. Its print and digital publishing portfolio includes English and Swahili daily and weekly publications such as Daily Nation, Sunday Nation, Business Daily Africa, Taifa Leo, and The EastAfrican in Kenya and across the region; Daily Monitor and Ennyanda in Uganda through its subsidiary Monitor Publications Limited; and Mwananchi, The Citizen, and Mwanaspoti in Tanzania through its subsidiary Mwananchi Communications Limited. Its broadcasting division operates television channels including NTV Kenya, NTV Uganda, and Spark TV; alongside commercial radio broadcasting networks including Nation FM in Kenya, as well as KFM and Dembe FM in Uganda. In digital media, the group operates the digital-first content platform Nation.Africa, digital ePaper subscription services, mobile applications, multimedia podcast networks, and programmatic online advertising solutions targeting consumers, corporate enterprises, and public institutions across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. The company also provides commercial printing, packaging services, event hosting, and content syndication. Founded in 1959 by His Highness the Aga Khan and headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the company is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange under the ticker NMG, with cross-listings on the Uganda Securities Exchange, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, and the Rwanda Stock Exchange. In recent operational and structural developments, the company underwent a major ownership transition when the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development agreed to transfer its 54.08 percent controlling stake to Taarifa Limited, an investment entity controlled by Tanzanian businessman Rostam Aziz. Concurrently, the group initiated a comprehensive corporate governance and board reorganization, including the appointment of Joseph Muganda as Chairman of the Board, while accelerating digital subscription monetization models, workforce realignment, and operational cost-optimization initiatives to navigate shifting print advertising dynamics and strengthen its regional digital footprint.