Standard Group profit grows by 8 per cent despite industry hurdles

Standard Group Non Executive Director Zehrabanu Janmohamed, Chairman Robin Sewell and CEO Sam Shollei during the Annual General Meeting at the company’s headquarters, on Mombasa Road, in Nairobi, Friday. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA / STANDARD]

Increased growth in advertising and heavy investment in technology have buoyed 2014 earnings of Standard Group Ltd to a four-year high.

This comes even as media companies in the country face immense challenges across print and broadcasting platforms.