The M&G was launched in 1994 as Africa's first online newspaper, and one of the first online newspapers in the world. We continue to provide content that is in-depth and insightful on platforms that are digitally innovative. Chris Roper is the editor-in-chief of the M&G.

We were the first African news publication available on Kindle, and one of the first to have a paid-for iPad edition and iPhone app in the iStore. The M&G is also mobile friendly and can be accessed on m.mg.co.za.

The M&G has received numerous accolades and awards for its online work, often scooping the inaugural digital awards in various competitions. The first to win the multi-platform award at the 2013 Sikuvile awards, the website has also won the CNN Multichoice Africa Journalism Award for digital journalism in 2012 and the online multimedia award at the 2012 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards. Besides winning these firsts, the M&G's website has won three Bookmarks awards in 2010 and 2011, one of which was a gold award for its Nelson Mandela tribute site. It received three Webby Honourable mentions in 2008 for its Thought Leader platform site and in 2001, the site was voted one of the world's top 175 websites by Forbes.com.

Ownership:

The publication belongs to M&G Media Limited which is 77.69% owned by Zimbabwean publisher and entrepreneur Trevor Ncube. A 10% share each is held by the M&G Staff Share Trust and Media Development Investment Fund and the remaining 2.31% in shares is attributed to other minorities.

Other sites:

The M&G runs several other sites including mg.co.za

• Thought Leader: An editorial group blog of quality commentary and analysis.
• Amabunghane: Providing investigative journalism issued in the interest of the public
• Voices of Africa: A newspaper series gone digital. Voices of Africa is contributor blog about the everyday accounts of ordinary Africans getting on with life.
• M&G Women: Content aggregated for the purpose of foregrounding issues that might otherwise be subsumed into the general content mix.

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