The Vision Group of Companies, commonly known as the Vision Group, is a multimedia conglomerate in

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. It publishes the

New Vision (newspaper) The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language newspaper published daily in print form and online. Overview ''New Vision'' is one of two main national English-language newspapers in Uganda, the other being the '' Daily Monitor''. It is publ ...

, an English-language daily newspaper, that appears in print form and online, as well as newspapers and magazines in a variety of Ugandan languages.

History

The group was established in 1986, with the flagship publication, the New Vision Newspaper. The company's first managing director was William Pike, who started the year the group launched. In 2007, a board member of the New Vision Group was allegedly poisoned. In 2009, the group apologized for publishing a corruption story on

Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II (born 13 April 1955) is the reigning Kabaka (also known as king) of the Kingdom of Buganda, a constitutional kingdom in modern-day Uganda. He is the 36th ''Kabaka'' of Buganda. He was appointed as ...

. The group launched its global mobile application (E-Paper) in 2015 but disabled it in 2019 to work on upgrading it. In March 2016, the groups signed a partnership with Wakaliwood Uganda to promote the Ugandan film industry. In 2017, the group's accountant was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling 262 million shillings from the group from 2008 to 2013. In May 2020, in the outburst of the

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, the New Vision Group sent dozens of employees on forced leave without pay, twelve days after it had announced major salary cuts. Following this announcement, the group's accountant was found dead in her house.

Overview

The group's holding company is The New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited (also referred to as the Vision Group). The Group owns other newspapers, radio stations and two television stations, as of January 2010. The stock of the holding company is traded on the

Uganda Securities Exchange The Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) is the principal stock exchange of Uganda. It was founded in June 1997. The USE is operated under the jurisdiction of Uganda's Capital Markets Authority, which in turn reports to the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's ...

, under the symbol NVL. The address of the Group's headquarters is 19-21 First Street, in the industrial area of

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Subsidiary companies

The subsidiary companies of the Vision Group include: #

: published in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

# Bukedde newspaper: published in

Luganda The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...

# Orumuri newspaper: published in

Runyankore Nkore (also called Nkole, Nyankore, Nyankole, Orunyankore, Orunyankole, Runyankore and Runyankole) is a Bantu language spoken by the Nkore ("Banyankore") of south-western Uganda in the former province of Ankole, as well as in Tanzania, the DR C ...

Rukiga Kiga (also called ''Rukiga'', ''Ruchiga'', or ''Chiga'') is a Great Lakes Bantu language of the Kiga people (''Bakiga''). Kiga is a similar and partially mutually intelligible with the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of ...

(or

Runyakitara Runyakitara is a standardized language based on four closely related languages of western Uganda: * Nyoro or ''Runyoro'' * Kiga (Chiga) or ''Rukiga'' * Nkore or ''Runyankole'' * Tooro or ''Rutooro'' Jouni Filip Maho's 2009 New Updated Guthrie ...

) # Etop newspaper: published in

Ateso Teso (natively ''Ateso'') is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken by the Iteso people of Uganda and Kenya and some speakers are in South Sudan. It is part of the Teso–Turkana language cluster. According to the 2002 Uganda population and housing ...

# Rupiny newspaper: published in

Luo Luo may refer to: Luo peoples and languages *Luo peoples, an ethno-linguistic group of eastern and central Africa **Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania or Joluo, an ethnic group in western Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania. *** Luoland, th ...

# Premiership magazine: Soccer magazine covering English, African and Ugandan soccer news, published monthly in English. # City Beat magazine: Entertainment magazine aimed at the

affluent Wealth is the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating Old English word , which is from an I ...

19 to 35 demographic age group, published monthly in English # Secondary Schools Directory: published annually in English # Bride & Groom magazine: Bridal magazine, published quarterly in English # New Vision Printing & Publishing Company Limited: Most newspapers in Uganda, Rwanda and Southern Sudan are printed by Vision Printing. # Vision Voice FM 94.8, (now X-FM): Based in

. Broadcasts in English, covers a radius of . # Radio Bukedde FM 100.5: Based in Kampala. Broadcasts in

# 100.2 Fm Radio West : Based in

Mbarara Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, Kakiika Division, Nyakay ...

. The dominant radio station in the Western Region of Uganda. Broadcasts in

Runyankole Nkore (also called Nkole, Nyankore, Nyankole, Orunyankore, Orunyankole, Runyankore and Runyankole) is a Bantu languages, Bantu language spoken by the Nkole people, Nkore ("Banyankore") of south-western Uganda in the former province of Ankole, as ...

Runyoro The Nyoro language (autonym: ''Runyoro'') is a Bantu language spoken by the Nyoro people of Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by th ...

/ Rutoro and English. # Radio Rupiny FM 95.7: Based in

Gulu Gulu is a city in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District. The coordinates of the city of Gulu are 2°46'54.0"N 32°17'57.0"E. The distance from Gulu to Kampala, Uganda's capital and large ...

. Broadcasts in

# Radio Etop FM 99.4: Based in

Soroti Soroti is a city in Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main City, commercial, and administrative center in curved out of Soroti District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region. Soroti City was immediately approved f ...

. Broadcasts in

# Arua One FM 88.7: Acquired in

Arua Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location Arua is approximately , by road, north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, Arua is about , by road, west of Gulu, the ...

during 2012. Broadcasts in Lugbara, Swahili and English. # Urban Television: Launched in October 2009. Transmits in English # Bukedde Television (BTV): Launched in October 2009. Transmits in Luganda # West Television (West TV): Operating in the Western parts of Uganda alongside Radio West. transmits in

/ Rutoro and English.

Ownership

The Vision Group is owned by the Ugandan government and by institutional and individual investors. The shares of the Group are traded on the

(USE), under he symbol:NVL. The table below summarizes the ownership structure of the Vision Group, as of 30 June 2016.

References

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