Media industry in Uganda Archives

Wafula Oguttu, the bright boy, born in the bushes of rural Butaleja, who changed the face of Uganda’s independent commercial journalism

by Muhereza KyamuteteraProfiles The Big StoryJanuary 8, 2023January 8, 2023

Uganda, in the East African region, has one of the most liberal media landscapes with more than 5 newspapers, 40 free-to-air TV channels, and nearly 300 radio stations. Four media groups however stand out and possibly control more than 50% of the media landscape- both in audiences and revenues. They…

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Online Publishers to police: We demand for immediate and unconditional release of our journalist

by CEO ReporterCompany NewsJune 25, 2020June 25, 2020

The Online Media Publishers Association in Uganda is up in arms against the police for holding one of their own Mr Ronald Nahabwe, a journalist at Capital Times, www.thecapitaltimes.co.ug, a news website operating in Uganda, who was arrested and detained on Monday June 22 2020.Through a statement, the association’s president…

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Covid-19: Media industry bleeds as adverts dry up against rising costs of operation

by Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJune 11, 2020June 12, 2020

The media industry is well known for telling everybody’s story and hardly their own, but the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 has changed all this.For the first time in a long time, we have seen major media groups in Uganda coming out openly about their economic hardships cutting costs by…

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Kabushenga registers 45% growth in half-year Vision Group profits

by Muhereza KyamuteteraAdvertising & Communication Company News Media The Big StoryFebruary 27, 2020February 28, 2020

Despite a general decline in advertising spend on traditional media, Vision Group’s Kabushenga has managed to grow advertising revenue by 11.28%. How much more can he sustain this growth as more and more readers and advertisers alike shift to digital platforms?

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