| Type | Publicly Traded Conglomerate |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing, Printing, Broadcasting |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | 2/4 First Street, Kampala, Uganda |
| Products | Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Television Stations, Radio Stations |
| Website | http://www.newvision.co.ug |
The New Vision Group of Companies, commonly known as the New Vision Group, is a multimedia conglomerate in Uganda.
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The Group's headquarters are located on at 2/4 First Street, in the Industrial Area of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The coordinates of the company headquarters are:00 19 12N, 32 35 58E (Latitude:0.3200; Longitude:32.5995). The group has operations in other parts of the country, including northern, eastern, western and central districts of Uganda.
The group was established in 1986, with the flagship publication, the New Vision Newspaper. The group's holding company is The New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited, also referred to as the New Vision Group. The Group owns other newspapers, radio stations and two television stations, as of January 2010.[1][2] The stock of the holding company is traded on the Uganda Securities Exchange, under the symbol NVL.
The subsidiary companies of the New Vision Group include:
The New Vision Group is owned by the Ugandan government (53%) and by institutional and individual investors (47%). The shares of the Group are traded on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). The table below summarizes the ownership structure of the New Vision Group.