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.
London-based Standard Chartered Group is exploring the potential sale of its Wealth & Retail Banking (WRB) businesses in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia. The Group, in a published statement today said,…
Money lenders and some private sector players have warned of dire consequences to the economy over the new interest cap of 2.8 percent per month for money lenders instituted by…
For the past nine years, Siddy Latabu has been trading in fish, supplying silver fish and smoked fish in Kitgum Main Market to sellers in Kitgum and neighboring districts including;…
Uganda’s central bank, the Bank of Uganda, has its work cut out in implementing its domestic gold purchase programme that was launched in July this year. The Bank’s gold programme…
Latest data from Bank of Uganda (BOU) shows Ugandan banks and other supervised financial institutions, remain profitable and adequately capitalised following a surge in net-after-tax profit to UGX 1.4 trillion…
Equity Bank Uganda has launched the 4th Annual Equity NARO Open with UGX 175 million package to the Namulonge Club. As a proud sponsor of this year’s golf tournament which…
In a significant move to elevate customer support and accessibility, Equity Bank Uganda has launched a toll-free customer contact centre line, enabling customers to access support free of charge. The…
In a historic visit to Uganda, former Airtel Africa Group CEO, Segun Ogunsanya took a trip to Kitende Secondary School, Entebbe in April 2023 to experience the fast Airtel internet…
By William Kayongo Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Uganda’s economy, contributing significantly to job creation, innovation, and economic growth. According to the Uganda Investment Authority, SMEs…
Airtel Uganda posted total revenue of UGX 966 billion in the first half of 2024, and a final profit of UGX 153 billion largely driven by data and voice revenue. …
