Who owns The EastAfrican?
The EastAfrican 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
- 1994
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Publishing › Newspapers & magazines
- Parent ticker
- NSE: NMG
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About The EastAfrican
The EastAfrican is a regional weekly newspaper published by Nation Media Group and sold in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. Its first issue came off the press on 7 November 1994, and it marked 25 years of publication in November 2019. It covers politics, business and policy across the East African Community countries rather than any single one of them, which sets it apart from the group's national titles in each country.
Ownership timeline of The EastAfrican
- Current owner Nation Media Group [1] reported
Where The EastAfrican 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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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)
- Daily Nation (1960)
- Mwananchi
- Nation FM
- NTV (1999)
- NTV Uganda (2006)
- Taifa Leo
- The Citizen (2004)
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 →
🇰🇪 The EastAfrican 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; The EastAfrican is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The EastAfrican?
The parent company of The EastAfrican is Nation Media Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Kenya.
Is The EastAfrican Kenyan?
Yes. The EastAfrican originated in Kenya in 1994 and its owner, Nation Media Group, is also headquartered in Kenya.
Is The EastAfrican still owned by Nation Media Group?
Yes. As of 23 October 2026, The EastAfrican 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] How Aga Khan's innovative spirit birthed The EastAfrican — The EastAfrican (Nation Media Group), Official document; retrieved 23 October 2026.
- [3] 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.
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