Museveni meets billionaire Rostam Aziz as Uganda media shutdown enters political phase
President Museveni has met billionaire Rostam Aziz, the incoming owner of Nation Media Group, over Uganda's shutdown of the Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda.
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President Museveni has met billionaire Rostam Aziz, the incoming owner of Nation Media Group, over Uganda's shutdown of the Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda.
Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz has flown to Entebbe to meet General Muhoozi Kainerugaba personally, with NMG owners committing to more patriotic journalism to secure the reopening of their outlets.
Uganda's military chief General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has shut down Nation Media Group's Ugandan operations just four months after Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz acquired a controlling stake.
Nation Media Group held its most consequential annual general meeting in decades, three months after Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz ended the Aga Khan's 66-year ownership of East Africa's biggest media house.
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Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Azizi has bought the Aga Khan Fund's controlling stake in Nation Media Group, ending a 66-year era.
Aga Khan Fund reorganized its $9.3 million stake in Nation Media Group into a new unit, consolidating control as the publisher faces financial strain and industry shifts.
Aga Khan’s investments shaped East Africa’s media, banking, and hospitality sectors.
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Aside from his interest in Jubilee Holdings, Aga Khan IV, also known as Mawlana Hazar Imam, owns a 48.67-percent stake in Nation Media Group.
The bump in the market value of Aga Khan IV’s stake in NMG reflects investors’ growing confidence and interest in the Kenyan equity market.
Among the beneficiaries of this remarkable dividend payout, John Kimani, one of Kenya’s wealthiest investors, will receive $83,300.
Kimani owns a significant 2.35-percent stake in Nation Media Group.
Kimani owns a significant 2.35-percent stake in NMG.
Aga Khan IV indirectly owns 44.7 percent of the company.
Aga Khan IV holds a 44.7-percent stake in the group through The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development.