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.
“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…
The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments have agreed to sell a controlling 75 percent stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) to Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company AG (Coca-Cola HBC) in…
For a man who graced Kenyan politics for over half a century, Raila Amolo Odinga, who died today aged 80 in India, was seemingly destined for greatness. It’s a destiny…
Shares of NCBA Group Plc have hit an all-time high of KSh 75.25, rising 8.27 percent from KSh 69.50, after confirmation that Africa’s largest lender, Standard Bank Group Ltd., is…
The long-running standoff between Umeme and the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) over a UGX 594 billion debt has once again thrown Uganda’s power sector into turmoil, exposing deep…
Uganda’s agent banking industry has entered a new phase with latest data from Bank of Uganda painting a picture of a sector in full bloom. As of June 2025, the…
Uganda’s banking sector has cemented its recovery and resilience, posting a record UGX 1.9 trillion net profit for the year ended June 2025. This was a nearly an increase of…
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission has imposed a fine of USD 750,000 on global alcoholic beverages manufacturer Diageo Plc, the majority shareholder in East…
Payments through cheques in Uganda’s financial eco-system continues to decline as Bank of Uganda (BoU) intensifies efforts to promote digital and electronic payments. Latest data from the central bank shows…
Despite the steady rise of mobile money, fintechs, and online banking, cash continues to dominate Uganda’s payment landscape. Bank of Uganda (BoU), in its latest currency and payment systems report,…
