Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.
His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.
Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.
The first time you meet John Kamara, he passes off more like a storyteller than a tech executive. He doesn’t speak of algorithms or coding. Instead, his words come off…
In the modern economy, the power to transact defines the power to participate. Yet for millions of Ugandans, especially in rural communities, this power has long been out of reach. …
Uganda Baati (Safal Group) has appointed Jackie Tahakanizibwa as Head of External & Corporate Affairs, tapping a seasoned public policy, stakeholder engagement, and strategic communications leader to steer its public…
Airtel Africa is preparing to take its mobile money arm, Airtel Money, public in the first half of 2026, with Citigroup advising on the process, a Bloomberg report shows. The…
dfcu Bank has officially launched the first corporate Rotary club in Uganda, under the name Rotary Club of Kampala, Blue Hearts, during a Charter Ceremony that was held on Saturday…
Wendi, a digital mobile wallet developed by PostBank Uganda, which is rebranding to Pearl Bank, has partnered with the Rotary Club of Muyenga Tank Hill and Acacia Sunset to support…
Airtel Uganda closed the first half of 2025 with another step up in scale and profitability, as data demand propelled revenue growth and a strong lift in earnings. Reported revenue…
Uganda’s brokerage sector for both insurance and reinsurance recorded another quarter of steady growth in Q2 2025, with leading firms increasing commissions and maintaining — in some cases, expanding —…
Uganda’s insurance industry recorded UGX 1.016 trillion in gross written premium (GWP) for the first half of 2025, an 8.78% increase from UGX 933.76 billion in the same period of…
HONORABLE EXIT: It’s time out. After 12 years of steering public relations at TotalEnergies EP Uganda, Linda Nabirye bows out into the world of consultancy. At TotalEnergies, through Tilenga– Uganda’s…
