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.
In a dramatic twist at the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Trade Minister Francis Mwebesa has rescinded his earlier directive that sent Executive Director Eng. James N. Kasigwa on forced…
As one drives into Hoima City, the urban heart of Uganda’s oil dreams, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary town. The city has become a magnet for…
Wendi, the digital wallet developed by Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank Uganda) has today announced a partnership with TotalEnergies Marketing & Services (M&S) aimed at simplifying customer payments at all Total fuel stations using the…
Absa Bank Uganda has entered into an agreement to acquire the Wealth and Retail Banking (WRB) business of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda. The acquisition marks a major shift in Uganda’s…
The $130 million (UGX 354 billion) Hoima City Stadium has ignited a national debate: will it be a transformative investment for Uganda’s sports and tourism landscape, or another white elephant…
In a landmark partnership that signals collaboration over competition, Pearl Bank Uganda (formerly PostBank Uganda), a leading government-owned financial institution and Stanbic Bank Uganda, the country’s largest commercial bank, have…
Kenya is rewriting Africa’s digital entertainment and media (E&M) playbook — and, according to PwC’s Africa Entertainment & Media Outlook 2025–2029, it is doing so faster than any other country…
PostBank Uganda’s Chief Financial Officer, Peter Ssenyange wins big at the just concluded annual Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Awards which seek to celebrate exceptional leaders in the finance industry, as…
WPP Scangroup Plc has announced the appointment of Akua Brayie Owusu-Nartey as the new Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and CEO of Ogilvy Africa, effective November 17, 2025. She will…
“I was fired with almost no savings, fired with a salary loan, fired with retired parents depending on me, fired with a young daughter in school, and fired with one…
