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Taifa Group Founder, Rostam Azizi, and Sultan Ali Allana, Director of the Aga Khan Fund sign transaction documents in Nairobi.
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) has announced the sale of its controlling stake in Nation Media Group (NMG), bringing to an end a 66-year relationship with the region's largest independent media house.
In a statement issued in Geneva on March 10, AKFED said it had agreed to sell its 100 percent shareholding in NPRT Holdings Africa Limited to Taarifa Ltd, a company owned by Tanzanian businessman Rostam Azizi.
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