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    Don Wanyama

    Entering 2026, Don Wanyama leads Vision Group through losses, state scrutiny and a fragile turnaround, tasked with restoring profitability, credibility and independence at Uganda’s most influential media house today nationwide.

    All Eyes on Don Wanyama: Inside Vision Group’s Hardest Year – Will his Turnaround Strategy Deliver in 2026?

    Jeff WintersThe Big StoryFebruary 5, 2026February 5, 2026

    As Don Wanyama walks into 2026, he does so with more than a balance sheet to defend. He carries the weight of a national institution under financial strain, the expectations…

    Under Don Wanyama, Vision Group has accelerated long-overdue digital transformation through the launch of an in-house digital paywall, the rollout of Vision e-Shop and a courier tracking system, the creation of the Vision Group Analytics Dashboard (VGAD), and the automation of HR, asset, and administrative processes.

    Despite a UGX 25 Billion Government Lifeline, Don Wanyama’s Vision Group Remains Deeply Troubled

    CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryDecember 1, 2025December 1, 2025

    Despite a UGX25 billion shot in the wallet by government, Vision Group, the state majority-owned media house (government owns 53.3%), is still fishing in troubled waters, the just-published Annual Report…

    New Vision Chief Executive Officer Don Wanyama has already announced that the company will be posting a loss for the year ended June 2025, the third consecutive loss in three years.

    Behind New Vision’s Numbers is a Business Model Under Strain

    Jeff WintersThe Big StoryAugust 11, 2025August 11, 2025

    New Vision Printing and Publishing Company, a government-controlled entity, warned last week it will report yet another annual loss. The loss, for the year ending June 2025, is the third…

    New Vision managing director Don Wanyama (left) and chairman Patrick Ayota, an audit report says, have to work on closing existing small leakages because they have the potential to worsen an already fragile financial position.

    Intact on Paper, yet Vulnerable: Audit reveals New Vision’s slow-burning financial strain

    CEO East Africa MagazineTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryJune 20, 2025June 21, 2025

    New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited remains profitable, solvent, and fully compliant, according to the Auditor General’s 2024 report. Whereas Auditor General Edward Akol gives the media conglomerate a…

    Bleeding Ink: New Vision announces financial loss for the year 2024

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 26, 2025March 27, 2025

    The Vision Group, publisher of the New Vision newspaper, and owner of other affiliated media houses, has announced a loss for the financial year ending December, 2024.  A Board of…

    Amidst falling newspaper revenue, Vision Group bets on radio and television

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 20, 2023March 22, 2023

    Last week, Vision Group, released its results for the 6 months leading to December 2022, reporting that overall turnover declined by 25.80%⏤ from UGX61.1 billion in the 6 months to…

    Don Wanyama leads Vision Group’s revenue to reach a record UGX111.4 bn; company bounces back to full-year profitability

    The CEO Magazine TeamThe Big StoryOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022

    Vision Group, Uganda’s largest multi-media company, last week released its full-year results for the year ended June 2022, reporting a 36% jump in gross revenue. The industrial-area-based Vision Group reported…

    Vision Group’s Barbara Kaija elected to worldwide WAN-IFRA Board, pledges to advocate for female journalists 

    CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisWomen In LeadershipJune 23, 2022June 23, 2022

    Barbara Kaija, the Editor-in-Chief at Vision Group has been elected to the supervisory board of directors for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).  She, alongside 10 other…

    Vision Group, Makerere enter UGX300m Media Partnership as the University celebrates 100 years

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisMay 12, 2022May 12, 2022

    Vision Group has announced a Media Partnership with Makerere University worth UGX300 million.  The partnership, which covers the entirety of the 100year celebration will include full-page print adverts, strip adverts,…

    TOUGH START: New Vision’s Don Wanyama Announces Loss making position for Financial Year 2020/21

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsJuly 21, 2021July 21, 2021

    It’s a tough start for Don Wanyama as he announces that The New Vision Printing and Publishing Company is in a loss making position for the Financial year 2020/21. Wanyama…

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