People stand at the scene of a crash on March 22, 2026, after a trailer detached from a truck and killed at least two people in Luwero District. PHOTO/HERBERT KAMOGA. A mother and her three-year-old ...
A renewed push to find a lasting solution to sickle cell disease is gaining momentum, with key institutions joining forces to establish Uganda’s first bone marrow transplant centre. The Joint Clinical ...
Kibos, Kisumu County, Kenya In a historic moment for Kenya and the wider East African region, President William Samoei Ruto, accompanied by Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, today led the ...
Rostam Aziz, a Tanzanian industrialist, has bought a controlling stake in Kenya's Nation Media Group, one of Africa's largest media empires facing financial losses.
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This development comes at the time traditional media outlets worldwide are  struggling with  declines in core revenue streams, particularly print and broadcast advertising  as audiencees goes online ...
Rostam Aziz, who was named Tanzania's first dollar billionaire by Forbes in 2013 - although he has since dropped off that list - announced this week that his company, Taarifa Ltd, had bought a ...
In countries where journalists have come under pressure from the authorities, titles such as Kenya's Daily Nation, Tanzania's ...
Mr Kyagulanyi said that authorities accuse his former police guards of aiding his January 16 escape from a post-election military raid on his home ...
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) will exit its 66-year investment in Nation Media Group (NMG) after agreeing to sell its controlling stake to Tanzanian businessman Rostam Azizi.AKFED ...
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development S.A. (AKFED) has announced its divestment from Nation Media Group (NMG), bringing to an end more than six decades of partnership with one of Africa’s leading ...
AKFED has sold its 54% stake in Nation Media Group to Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Azizi, ending a 66-year ownership.