Nation Media Group
Company type | Public |
---|---|
KN:NMG | |
Industry | Media |
Founded | 1959 |
Headquarters | Nation Centre, Kimathi Street,Central Nairobi |
Products | Newspapers,magazines,radio stations,television stations |
Number of employees | 1,400 (2004) |
Website | www |
Nation Media Group(NMG), formerly known asEast African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd,is anEast Africanmedia group based in Kenya and listed on theNairobi Stock Exchange.It is owned byAga Khan IV.
History
[edit]NMG was founded in 1959 byAga Khan IVas East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd,[1]under theAga Khan Fund for Economic Development.In 1999, NMG launchedNTV,a news channel in Kenya, andEasy FM(now known as Nation FM).[2]
Media outlets
[edit]As of 2007 the group was the largest private media house inEastandCentral Africa,with offices in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.[2][needs update]
The group publications include:
- The EastAfrican
- Daily Nation
- Business Daily Africa
- Daily Monitor
- The Citizen
- NMG Investor Briefing
- Taifa Leo
- Zuqka.
TheDaily Nationand its Sunday edition, theSunday Nation,celebrated their50th anniversariesin 2010, branded by the Nation Media Group as "50 Golden Years".[3][citation needed]
Regional Presence
As of 2016[update]NMG owned a 76.5% stake in theMonitor Publications Limitedand 93.3 KFM, aKampala-based radio station in Uganda. It also owns two television stations in the country,NTV Ugandaand Spark TV.[4]NMG also has a 60% shareholding inMwananchi Communications Limited'in Tanzania. The group's East African subsidiaries, especially the Tanzanian business, contribute significantly to growth in the group.[4]
In March 2016, NMG commissioned a new state-of-the art printing press on Mombasa Road in Nairobi. The new facility has capacity to print 86,000 newspapers per hour. It cost KSh2 billion (about US$20 million) and will print the dailiesDaily Nation,Business Daily,Taifa Leoand the weeklyThe EastAfrican.[5]
Shareholding
[edit]The shares ofstockof the Group are listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange[6]and are cross-listed at theUganda Securities Exchangeas well as theRwanda Stock Exchange,trading at all three bourses under the symbol "NMG".[7]As of December 2014,[update]there were a total of 10,436 shareholders in the company. Of these, 4,135, owned 1 to 500 shares each, with a cumulative total of 782,157 shares, controlling 0.41 percent of the company. The seven largest shareholders controlled 62.57 percent of the total shareholding. These included:
- Aga Khan Fund for Economic Developmentwith 44.66 percent.
- Alpine Investments Limited with 10.15 percent.
- National Social Security Fundwith 3.44 percent.
- John Kibunga Kimani who had 1.54 percent shareholding.
- Jubilee Insurance Company of Kenya Limitedwith 1.07 percent.
- Standard Chartered Nominees A/c KE17984, who controlled 0.91 percent
- CfC Stanbic Nominee Limited with 0.81 percent shareholding.[8]
Awards
[edit]- 2021 IF Design Awards for an outstanding digital platform[9]
- 2021 Global Media Awards (by the International News Media Association (INMA))[10]
- 2022 Global Media Awards[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports".Bizna Kenya.15 March 2021.Retrieved6 January2024.
- ^ab"Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development: Media Services".Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development.2007. Archived fromthe originalon 8 April 2016.Retrieved31 March2015.
- ^"Partial Listing of Nation Media Group Publications".Daily Nation(Nairobi).2014.Retrieved31 March2015.
- ^abNgigi, George (22 March 2016)."Nation Media Group keeps full-year dividend level but profits lag".Daily Nation.Nairobi.Retrieved26 October2016.
- ^Ngirachu, John (17 March 2016)."Aga Khan commissions new 'Nation' press".The EastAfrican.Nairobi. Archived fromthe originalon 17 March 2016.Retrieved17 March2016.
- ^"Nairobi Stock Exchange: Listed Companies".Nairobi Stock Exchange.31 March 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2020.Retrieved31 March2015.
- ^"Uganda Securities Exchange: Listed Securities".Kampala:Uganda Securities Exchange(USE). 26 October 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 25 April 2015.Retrieved26 October2016.
- ^Dhahabu (10 September 2016)."Top ten Nation Media Group shareholders".Nairobi: Dhahabu.co.ke. Archived fromthe originalon 27 October 2016.Retrieved26 October2016.
- ^"Nation Media Group bags two awards at the 'Oscars of Design' – The Nation Media Group".Retrieved5 August2022.
- ^"Nation Media Group Brands Win Six Global Awards – The Nation Media Group".Retrieved5 August2022.
- ^"NMG wins top award in 2022 Global Media Awards – The Nation Media Group".Retrieved5 August2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- 2008 annual reportArchived16 January 2013 atarchive.today
- The Citizen newspaper website– the official website for The Citizen Tanzania newspaper
- The Mwananchi newspaper website– the official website for Mwananchi Tanzania Newspaper
- The Mwanaspoti newspaper website– the official website for Mwanaspoti Tanzania newspaper
- Mwananchi Communications Ltd website– the official website for Mwananchi Communications Ltd, its subsidiary in Tanzania