A photo collage of Percy Lubega, President of Rotary Club of Bulindo; Daniel Ayebare, Chairperson of Uganda Financial Literacy Association (UFLA); Godfrey Martin Kitakule, District Governor Rotary District 9213; Ngulumi Immaculate, Chief Brand and Marketing Manager, Centenary Bank; Stephen Lubowa, Head Marketing & Distribution, Old Mutual Uganda – united to champion financial literacy and economic empowerment across Uganda.

“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 semester left in my master’s degree.” Those were the words of Daniel Ayebare, Chairperson of the Uganda Financial Literacy Association (UFLA), recalling the moment his life was upended after nearly a decade in the banking sector.  Two years earlier, he had registered a small non-profit aimed at empowering young people through financial and social business education, inspired by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus.  But like many chasing stability, he had postponed…

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About the Author

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.

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