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.
When Sylvia Mulinge stepped up to launch MTN Uganda’s latest sustainability report, her message was simple: profit alone is not enough. “A strong company must invest in the wellbeing of…
The United States of America has moved to reset relations with Uganda, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking by phone with President Yoweri Museveni about “opportunities to deepen U.S.–Uganda…
Uganda has quietly signed on to a contentious U.S. migration plan taking in some non-Ugandan deportees from other African countries so their protection claims can be examined in Kampala. The…
In a bold move to deepen financial inclusion across Uganda, Wendi, a digital mobile wallet developed by PostBank Uganda which has embarked on a journey to rebrand to Pearl Bank,…
Uganda has agreed to host certain migrants deported from the United States of America who are not Ugandan citizens, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by CBS News, a…
Trevor Ariho, Chief Executive Officer of the League of East African Directors (LEAD), has been appointed to chair the Internal Planning Committee for the 6th Bi-Annual Presidential CEO Retreat. Ariho…
On the sidelines of the just-ended Annual Bankers Conference, CEO East Africa Magazine’s Paul Murungi caught up with Godfrey Sebaana, CEO of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda, for a quick dipstick…
With retail and SME lending delivering double-digit growth and a major digital overhaul complete, Robin Bairstow, CEO of I&M Bank Uganda, is steering the bank into its next growth phase….
The High Court’s Commercial Division has given Emin Pasha hotel and its affiliates breathing room in their mortgage fight with Equity Bank, extending the hold on the sale of the…
From the shifting economics of global remittances to the disruptive force of artificial intelligence, Sanjay Rughani, Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda, is steering through a period of rapid…
