Our journey:
15 years and counting.

It started small, almost quietly. A new TV station opened its doors in a modest 2-bedroom apartment inside the UAP Building on Plot 1, Kimathi Avenue, right in the heart of Kampala. There were no big studios, no large teams, just a stubborn belief that Uganda needed a fresher, more ambitious voice on television. That tiny apartment would become the seed of everything that followed.

A 32-year-old businessman, Kin Kariisa, walked into NBS Television with a clear conviction: media could transform a nation. He acquired shares in the young brand and brought with him an appetite for scale, discipline and bold storytelling. Almost overnight, the apartment started feeling too small for the dream. The station moved to Media Plaza, marking the first of many growth jumps still to come.

Mr. Kin Kariisa fully acquired NBS Television, taking complete ownership of both the brand and its future. With that decision came a promise the company would quietly keep for the next five years: launch a new media platform almost every single year. What looked like ambition from the outside was, on the inside, a deliberate plan to build an ecosystem rather than a single station.

Salam TV was born, the first Islam-inclined television station of its kind in Uganda. It was a deliberate move to widen the national conversation, give faith communities a credible home on screen, and prove that inclusive media is good media. Salam TV signalled that Next Media would not just chase audiences, it would build platforms for audiences who had been overlooked.

Sanyuka TV launched as the home of Ugandan sport and youth entertainment. From local leagues to global tournaments, from music to lifestyle, Sanyuka was built for a generation that wanted its energy reflected on screen. It quickly became the brand Ugandans turned to for the loud, the live and the local.

Nile Post went live as a fully digital newsroom, the familiar newspaper experience rebuilt for the smartphone era. Fast, relevant and accurate, it became the place to get the story before it became the headline. With Nile Post, Next Media planted its flag firmly in digital news and never looked back.

Next Radio launched as East and Central Africa's first ever audiovisual radio station, designed for a young Ugandan audience that wanted to both hear and see their favourite shows. By blending radio, video and social, Next Radio quietly redrew what a youth station could be on the continent.

Two new businesses joined the family in the same year: Next Communications, a full-service digital marketing agency, and Next Productions Limited, a fully-fledged video and audio production house. With them, the seven brands were formally pulled under one roof and one name, Next Media Services. What had been a collection of stations became a true media group.

On 24 August 2020, the same day CEO Kin Kariisa marked his 44th birthday, Next Media Services turned a page. The group moved into its purpose-built home at Plot 13, Summit View Road, Naguru, and Next Media Park was born. It was more than a new address. It was the start of a new chapter, one campus bringing every brand, newsroom, studio and team under a single roof, ready for everything that would come next.

Today, Next Media stands as Uganda's leading multimedia group, a connected ecosystem of television, radio, digital news, sport, faith, streaming, production and communications brands. From a 2-bedroom apartment to a full media park, the through line is the same: the steady, stubborn work of telling Ugandan stories well, on every screen they live on.