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.
Multiple properties in Kampala, Wakiso, and Lira will be sold unless former Kibanda County MP and proprietor of Otada Bus Services, Sam Amooti Otada, pays his loan obligations to an…
Uganda’s Parliament expenditure is projected to rise steeply each year, crossing the trillion-shilling mark by 2027 and reaching UGX 1.53 trillion by 2029/30, according to a Strategic Plan for 2025–2030…
The Supreme Court has handed businessman Patrick Bitature a much-needed pause in his long and bruising legal fight with South African investment firm Vantage Mezzanine Fund II Partnership. In a…
The Uganda Digital Society (UDS) has signed a landmark partnership with the National ICT Innovation Hub (NIIH) under the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance. This collaboration is designed to…
PostBank, which is rebranding to Pearl Bank, has announced a 13-year strategic partnership with Agence Française de Dévelopement (AFD), France’s public development bank, to support sustainable agricultural financing. Formalized today…
Postbank, which is rebranding to Pearl Bank Uganda, has been awarded the prestigious Sustainability Certification by the European Organization for Sustainable Development (EOSD), demonstrating the Bank’s efforts and commitment to…
The completion of Canal+’s takeover of MultiChoice Group has ushered in one of the most dramatic leadership transitions Africa’s broadcasting industry has seen in decades. At the centre of this…
A group of Ugandan lawyers and civic activists have taken to the High Court to challenge what they describe as a dangerous, unconstitutional, and illegal encroachment on Kampala’s lifeline drainage…
The Ministry of Works and Transport has been thrust into the spotlight as the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (CID) deepens its probe into the alleged mismanagement of more than UGX…
When the clock struck midnight on April 1, 2025, Uganda turned a historic page in its power sector. The familiar “Umeme Yaka” brand, etched into the daily lives of millions…
