Who owns Daily Nation?
Daily Nation is owned by Nation Media Group (Kenya, NSE: NMG).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Nation Media Group PLC — 2025 Integrated Report and Financial Statements. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Nation Media Group PLC reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇪 Kenya, Nairobi
- Origin
- 🇰🇪 Kenya, Nairobi
- Founded
- 1960
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Newspapers & magazines
- Parent ticker
- NSE: NMG
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Daily Nation
The Daily Nation is a Kenyan English-language daily newspaper and the founding daily of Nation Media Group, which publishes it directly from Nairobi with a Sunday edition, the Sunday Nation. It first appeared in 1960, three years before Kenyan independence. Its website, nation.africa, was given back the Daily Nation look in a soft rebrand in 2025. NMG's 2025 report says Daily Nation Digital became the country's leading news website that year, with a readership of 41%, up from 20%.
Ownership timeline of Daily Nation
- Current owner Nation Media Group [1] reported
Where Daily Nation sits in Nation Media Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Nation Media Group brand portfolio (10) →
Other brands owned by Nation Media Group
Nation Media Group controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Business Daily (2007)
- Daily Monitor (1992)
- Mwananchi
- Nation FM
- NTV (1999)
- NTV Uganda (2006)
- Taifa Leo
- The Citizen (2004)
- The EastAfrican (1994)
Other brands in newspapers & magazines, and who owns them
The 77 brands in newspapers & magazines on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Reach, with 9; Nation Media Group has 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BelfastLive | Reach | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Beobachter | Ringier | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Aftenposten | Schibsted Media | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Condé Nast | Advance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Country Life | Future | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Car and Driver | Hearst | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Brisbane Times | Nine | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| ARQ | Grupo Clarín | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
About the owner: Nation Media Group
Nation Media Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, founded in 1959. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE: NMG.
Nation Media Group PLC is a Kenyan newspaper, broadcasting and digital media company based at Nation Centre in Nairobi, with operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. The Aga Khan founded it in 1959; its shares have traded in Nairobi since 1973 and are also listed in Kampala, Dar es Salaam and Kigali. Revenue for 2025 was KSh 6.04 billion, 3.1% lower than in 2024, mostly because print sales fell. In March 2026 the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development agreed to sell NPRT Holdings Africa, which held 54.08% of NMG, to Taarifa Ltd.
Nation Media Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇪 Daily Nation and other Kenyan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 59 brands that began in Kenya. 3 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Daily Nation is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Daily Nation?
The parent company of Daily Nation is Nation Media Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Kenya.
Is Daily Nation Kenyan?
Yes. Daily Nation originated in Kenya in 1960 and its owner, Nation Media Group, is also headquartered in Kenya.
Is Daily Nation still owned by Nation Media Group?
Yes. As of 23 October 2026, Daily Nation is still owned by Nation Media Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Nation Media Group PLC — 2025 Integrated Report and Financial Statements — Nation Media Group PLC, Annual report; retrieved 23 October 2026.
- [2] Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development announces sale of shareholding in Nation Media Group — Aga Khan Development Network, Official press release, published 10 March 2026; retrieved 23 October 2026.
- [3] How His Highness the Aga Khan established the Nation — Nation Media Group, Official document, published 6 February 2025; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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