kenyan BILLIONAIRES who own TV AND RADIO stations. #kenya #citizentv #ktnnews #ntvnews #inoorotv

who own popular tv and radio stations? citizen tv, NTV, k24 and KTN One of the most popular and highest revenue generating industries in Kenya is the mass media industry. with over 91 RADIO stations and over 64 free to view TV stations. It would be hard to go for a whole day without mixing ways with one of this media outlets be it at work, while commuting or at home. but do you know the real owners of the most popular kenyan TV and RADIO stations? Well, let's prove you wrong. let's dive right in. to begin with, the most popular brands and which we will focus on today are: citizen TV, KTN, NTV, K24 and KBC. However, I'll mention a bit more media brands that fall under the same ownership as we move on so stick with me. we start of the list with K24. this tv station falls under media max network limited. The current owner of this company who is still the largest shareholder is His Excellency doctor william ruto. Did you know that? he holds 67% of the company shares with the rest distributed to other heavy investors like James Mwangi: CEO equity bank and the Kenyatta family. the other brands that fall under media max include: kameme tv and radio, meru FM and emoo FM. media max also happens to be the owners of people's daily newspaper. I bet you had the wrong person in mind, right? next, we look at KTN. this tv station falls under the standard group limited. this group is largely controlled by the Moi’s family and billionaire Joshua Kulei. the standard group also happens to be the canopy of KTN news, radio maisha, vybz radio, bamba tv and spice radio. they also are the owners of the standard newspaper. on to the the next one. citizen TV. it is under royal media service which is privately owned. it is owned by a renowned business man S.K Macharia. other brands that fall under Royal media services include: radio citizen, inooro tv, inooro radio, hot 96, ramogi tv and a video on demand platform viusasa. did you know that? next on the checklist, we look at NTV. This tv station is under the nation media group. unlike the previous companies we have look at, this group is publicly traded. the largest owner of it's share is the agha khan fund for economic development with approximately 43% share. other tv and radio stations that fall under nation media group include: newspapers like taifa leo, daily nation and capital radio. lastly, we look at KBC. its ownership is very unique as it is state owned. it was founded way back in 1928. other stations operated by KBC include: y254 tv station and radio taifa. KBC has faced lots of competition from private media owners but it is still a tool used by government first hand to air state information. that makes up the list of the ownership of major radio and tv stations in kenya. how many of the owners did you know correctly? see you in the next video.