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Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL)

Mwananchi Communications Ltd is a company based in Tanzania.
Mwananchi Communications Ltd, engages in the print media and radio, and
is the publisher of Tanzania’s leading daily newspaper, Mwananchi (in
Swahili), and others such as The Citizen, Sunday Citizen, Mwananchi
Jumapili, and Mwanaspoti.

The
executive editor is Bakari Steven Machumu and the Mwananchi daily
managing editor is Frank Sanga. Abdul Mohamed heads Mwanaspoti in
Tanzania and Kenya. Sanga is regarded as the sports journalism guru in
the region. His influence in sports led Kenyan media to start sports
newspapers, such as Sports On and Game Yetu.Thomas Mosoba is the
managing editor of The Citizen Daily, which has contributed much to
socio-economic changes in Tanzania and in the region as well.

The
company was established in May 1999 by Ambassador Ferdinand Ruhinda as
Media Communications Ltd. But in April 2001, a new business was
established (Advertising Agency & Public Relations) and a new
company was formed—Mwananchi Communications Ltd. In the very same year
Mwananchi Communications Ltd was acquired by the Nation Media Group
(NMG),which is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

It
is headquartered at Plot No. 34/35 Tabata Relini on Mandela Road, Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania. It is part of the Nation Media Group, a publicly
listed company, quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, and has about
7,500 shareholders. Its principal shareholder is the Aga Khan Fund for
Economic Development, an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.