CULTURETECHLENSThe Standard Kenya
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-01479 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-O-0033. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The Standard is a Kenyan newspaper launched in 1902 as the African Standard by A.M. Jeevanjee at the completion of the East African Railway in Mombasa; sold in 1905 and renamed the East African Standard, it moved its headquarters to Nairobi in 1910; the Lonrho Group bought it in 1963, the name was changed to The Standard in 1977, and Lonrho sold its controlling interest in 1995; it marked its 100th anniversary in 2002 as one of Africa's oldest continuously published newspapers (per Associated Press report in Editor & Publisher, 2002).
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The Standard is a Kenyan newspaper launched in 1902 as the African Standard by A.M. Jeevanjee at the completion of the East African Railway in Mombasa; sold in 1905 and renamed the East African Standard, it moved its headquarters to Nairobi in 1910; the Lonrho Group bought it in 1963, the name was changed to The Standard in 1977, and Lonrho sold its controlling interest in 1995; it marked its 100th anniversary in 2002 as one of Africa's oldest continuously
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- City: Nairobi
- Outlet type: newspaper
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- https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/kenyan-newspaper-marks-100th-year,104475 (verification source · master store)
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The Standard is a Kenyan newspaper launched in 1902 as the African Standard by A.M. Jeevanjee at the completion of the East African Railway in Mombasa; sold in 1905 and renamed the East African Standard, it moved its headquarters to Nairobi in 1910; the Lonrho Group bought it in 1963, the name was changed to The Standard in 1977, and Lonrho sold its controlling interest in 1995; it marked its 100th anniversary in 2002 as one of Africa's oldest continuously published newspapers (per Associated Press report in Editor & Publisher, 2002).
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