New Vision Group
| Publicly Traded Conglomerate | |
| Industry | Publishing, Printing, Broadcasting |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | 2/4 First Street, Kampala, Uganda |
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Key people
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John Ssebabi Chairman Robert Kabushenga Group CEO |
| Products | Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Television Stations, Radio Stations |
| Website | Homepage |
The Vision Group of Companies, commonly known as the Vision Group, is a multimedia conglomerate in Uganda.
The address of the Group's headquarters is 19-21 First Street, in the industrial area of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. This location is at the intersection between First Street and Third Street, in Kampala Central Division. The coordinates of the company headquarters are 0°19'20.0"N, 32°36'12.0"E (Latitude:0.322223; Longitude:32.603334). The Group also maintains regional offices in the following urban centers: Luweero, Masaka, Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Tororo, Arua, Gulu, Lira, Mbarara and Fort Portal.
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 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, under the symbol NVL.
The subsidiary companies of the Vision Group include:
The 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 Vision Group.
Coordinates: 00°19′12″N 32°35′58″E / 0.32000°N 32.59944°E
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