This festive season, Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank Uganda) reminded customers that banking can still feel human, warm, and personal, as it concluded its Christmas campaign dubbed “Pearl Santa.” The campaign culminated in courtesy visits to key media houses including Nation Media, Vision Group and Next Media, in appreciation of their continued support in shaping and amplifying the Pearl Bank story, particularly during the Bank’s transition from PostBank to Pearl Bank. The Christmas season is traditionally marked by togetherness, joy and shared moments with family and friends, and Pearl Bank aligned its festive engagement to reflect this spirit. Through surprise visits,…
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Uganda’s agricultural sector once again took centre stage as the dfcu Bank–Vision Group Best Farmers Awards 2025 recognised outstanding farmers for innovation, resilience, and excellence across the value chain. This year’s event also marked 11 years of partnership between dfcu Bank and Vision Group, reinforcing a shared commitment to growing Uganda’s agribusiness potential. Held at the Vision Group Head Office in Kampala, the ceremony brought together farmers, policymakers, private-sector leaders, and development partners, highlighting agriculture’s central role in the economy and future development. The initiative continues to spotlight farming not only as a livelihood, but as a profitable business that…
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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 2024/25 shows. The capital injection, structured as a preference share investment, was meant to stabilise the business, ease its liquidity pressures, and give the country’s largest multimedia company a fair shot at recovery. Yet even with the sizeable boost and a slate of new investments under CEO Don Wanyama, Vision Group continues to post losses and confront deep structural challenges. The report paints a picture of an organisation that has…
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dfcu Bank in partnership with Vision Group, KLM, Embassy of Netherlands in Uganda, and Koudjis has today launched the 11th edition of the Best Farmers Competition at Prime Agro Farm…
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…
dfcu Bank in partnership with Vision Group, The Embassy of the Netherlands, KLM Airlines, and Koudjis Nutrition BV flagged off the winners of the 2023 Best Farmers Competition at the dfcu Bank Head Office on Thursday last week to a learning excursion in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The cohort of winners will be embarking on a transformative study tour to the Netherlands for an extensive week-long training. Over the past 10 years, over 100 farmers have been celebrated for their innovation and contributions to the country’s agricultural landscape. The tour is a significant milestone in Uganda’s agricultural sector as…
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In her bio on Linked-In, Susan Nsibirwa, the newly appointed managing director of Monitor Publications Limited describes herself as “an avid team player who believes in bringing out the best in everyone.” When she embarks on this new journey in January 3, 2024, she will have to fully summon this belief in the hope that revives an institution currently buffeted by a myriad of challenges. Nsibirwa was part of a cohort of young journalism graduates who joined Daily Monitor in 1992. Others in the group included Linda Nabusaayi, the former presidential press secretary and Laura Mulenga. Her beat was largely…
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To strengthen leadership and governance, New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Limited (Vision Group), Uganda’s largest multimedia company recently appointed two Board Directors and two members of the Board Audit and Risk Committee. The two board directors are Dr. Patricia K. Litho, an academician, researcher, and media practitioner as well as Dr. Edward Damulira Sengonzi, an accomplished accounting professional. The Board Audit and Risk Committee members are Mr. Paul Banadda Kiyingi, an accounting expert and Ms. Juanita Kakyubya Karamagi, a project management professional. The Patrick Ayota-led Board also has Sarah Irene Walusimbi, Robinah Kaitiritimba Kitungi, Peter Kawumi, Michael Nyago,…
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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 December 2021 to UGX45.4 billion. This, they attributed to reduced publishing orders that led to a 77.71% reduction in publishing revenue, as well as a 12.5% reduction in print circulation revenue and a 3.15% reduction in overall advertising revenue. The Group said that radio advertising, fell the biggest⏤ by 23.2%, while television advertising and print advertising declined by 4.53% and 2.86% respectively from the same period last year. However, commercial…
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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 that turnover in 2022 touched the UGX 111.4 billion mark, compared to UGX 81.9 billion in 2021. This is the first time, the company is crossing the UGX100 billion mark in its over 35 years of history. The increase in revenue, however, came at a stiff cost—the cost of sales increased by 47.7% from UGX59.9 billion to UGX88.4 billion. The company, in a statement, said this was largely due to…
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