Sales jumped by 35.9 percent to Sh697.6 million compared to Sh513.46 million recorded in a similar period last year. Group Managing Director Maxwell Wahome attributed this to god performance across all its markets. “This is attributed to the growth of volumes in Kenya and the regional markets. The growth in the regional markets has been driven by continued development of materials for the specific markets,” said
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Operating expenses rose by 24.4 per cent to Sh336.3 million during the half year period. However, the board says that there was improved efficiencies and higher sale of publishing rights in the regional markets which generated higher margins as compared to the normal book sales. Longhorn has completed the distribution of close to 500,000 copies of text books to public Secondary schools across the country and the board says it is optimistic of a stronger second half.