Mwananchi Communications

Mwananchi Communications
Founded1999
Headquarters56MC+98 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
ParentNation Media Group

Mwananchi Communications Ltd is a company based in Tanzania.[1] Mwananchi Communications Ltd, engages in the print media

and digital media, and is the publisher of Tanzanian daily newspaper, Mwananchi (in Swahili), and others such as The Citizen, Sunday Citizen, Mwananchi Jumapili, Mwananchi Scoop and Mwanaspoti.

The executive editor is Victor Mushi and the Mwananchi daily managing editor is Joseph Nyabukika. Michael Momburi heads Mwanaspoti in Tanzania and Kenya. Mpoki Thomson is the Managing Editor of The Citizen Daily and Sunday Citizen. Upon his appointment to the Managing Editor role in January 2021, he became the youngest editor to hold such a position at 28 years old.

Bakari Machumu, the Managing Director of the company.

Mwananchi Communications Limited was established in May 1999 by Ambassador Ferdinand Ruhinda[2] as Media Communications Ltd. But in April 2001, a new company was formed—Mwananchi Communications Ltd. In the very same year Mwananchi Communications Ltd was acquired[3][4] by the Nation Media Group[5][6] (NMG),[7] which is based in Nairobi, Kenya.[8]

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