Uganda is over the moon after recording its first-ever Grammy Award nomination.
The Recording Academy on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 announced nominees in its 65th edition and to the surprise for Uganda, its own Masaka-born singer Eddy Kenzo earning a slot.
Eddy Kenzo couldn’t control his tears-of-joy as he took it to his social media and emotionally shared with his followers.
“Isn’t God so good banange, Uganda is in the Grammys,” Eddy Kenzo emotionally stated.
The 2015 BET Award winner has been nominated in the “Best Global Music Performance” category for his “Gimme Love” song with American singer Matthew David Benson famously known as Matt B.
In the category, Kenzo will be battling head-to-head for supremacy with Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar (Udhero Na), Burna Boy (Last Last), Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro (Neva Bow Down), Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode (Bayethe).
Eddy Kenzo stands-out among the top artists on the African continent with countless of international awards scooped.
He earned his first international recognition in 2015 when he won the Viewer’s Choice accolade in the BET Awards, which still maintains as the only BET Award in Uganda and East African region as a whole.
Congratulatory messages continue to pour-in from various government of Uganda bodies, fellow musicians and the public.
Meanwhile, Beyoncé has made history with her recently added 2023 Grammy nominations, tying with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, for most Grammy-nominated artist to date.
MTN Kampala marathon has received a sponsorship package of UGX 70 million from Prudential insurance for the upcoming marathon activity to provide health check-up services. This took place at the IMC(c-care) clinic along parliamentary avenue in Kampala.
The MTN Kampala marathon set to take place this Sunday is set to run for a great cause of improving neonatal and maternal health services across the country.
It’s upon this premise that Prudential Uganda and its partners from IMC and Red cross have handed over a sponsorship package worth UGX 70 million to MTN Uganda that comes with emergency and health care services for the pre-run and during the marathon run on 20th November this Sunday.
Prudential Uganda’s Chief Health Officer, Paul Nagemi said: “This initiative is geared towards influencing a healthy lifestyle for Ugandans, especially those who will participate in the MTN Kampala Marathon. This is our way of giving back to the public and encouraging them to prioritize their health.”
Dr. Arthur Sesanga, the Director of Medical Services at C-Care IMC Uganda urged the participants of the MTN Kampala marathon to embrace the offer.
“I implore the people who intend to participate in the Marathon to visit any of our selected C-Care and IMC health centers and have a free BMI/ECG test done prior to the marathon to check their health, fitness and Cardio functions,” Dr. Sesanga said.
Runners will need to provide their proof of payment for their marathon kits via mobile money messages or show their receipts at selected c-care centers in order to receive free BMI and ECG tests.
Speaking at the press conference, Martin Sebuliba the MTN Uganda Senior Manager, Brand and communication expressed his gratitude to Prudential and its partners who have committed to supporting the runners with health checks and ensuring that they are physically fit to run for the babies’ cause.
“The MTN Kampala marathon is a professionally run marathon that will have different groups of people like the elite runners, the elderly, and the kids present to run for a good cause, therefore it’s important that we have basic medical services available to the runners for the preparation of and during the marathon,” he said.
“We at MTN Uganda are very pleased to receive a sponsorship package that caters to our runners and is putting their health first to achieve the goal of running for a good cause and having fun while at it,” he added.
The sponsorship package from Prudential and its partners will include BMI and ECG tests for runners as they prepare to run in the days leading to the marathon and will also have a full set-up team at the Kololo independent grounds as the marathon takes place.
Proceeds from this year’s Marathon shall be used to upgrade maternal and newborn services in four selected health facilities across the country. The beneficiary health facilities include Kisenyi and Kawaala health facilities in the suburbs of Kampala plus those in Kachumbala (Teso sub-region) and Kabong (Karamoja sub-region).
The 2022 edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon will be held on Sunday 20th November starting at the Kololo independence grounds with runners participating in any of 4 categories including; the full marathon (42Km), half marathon (21Km), 10Km race, and 5Km fun run.
MultiChoice Uganda has unveiled local commentators for the 2022 World Cup tournament. This was during a press engagement held at the MultiChoice Uganda Head Office in Kololo on Wednesday.
While making the announcement, Lois Kwikiriza, the Head of Marketing MultiChoice Uganda highlighted that SuperSport acquired the pay-TV rights to air the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on DStv and GOtv in Sub-Saharan Africa for the tournament that will run from 20 November 2022 until 18 December 2022, with SuperSport broadcasting all 64 matches.
“The SuperSport channels will carry live matches, magazine shows and panel discussions with a second channel featuring simultaneous kick-offs and a huge fan element, covered by the English teams on the ground, with inputs from key countries across our territories with an element of multiple language options: English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Ki-Swahili, Twi, Swahili, Luganda, Amharic and Portuguese,” Kwikiriza explained.
She revealed that, “For Uganda, we are happy to announce that following a rigorous process, we selected and signed-on six fulltime leads and two standby commentators and analysts who will deliver their commentary in Luganda including; Peace Diana Bagala, Ismail Dhakaba Kigongo, John Vianney Nsimbe, Stuart Kimera, Dumba Sulaiman, Micheal Kigozi, Reuben Luyombo and Henry Kyambadde,” adding that, “all of whom have been at the helm of local football content in the country, and we are confident they will deliver exceedingly.”
Rinaldi Jamugisa, the PR and Communications manager MultiChoice Uganda said, “the addition of local commentary is in line with our hyperlocal strategy and commitment to enhance customers’ television experience and delight them with sports content that resonates with their viewing needs and preferences.”
He further noted that there will be a public viewing for the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador on the 20th Nov 2022 at Legends Grounds.
“In collaboration with a strong partner Coca-Cola, we have organized a public viewing for the kick-off match at Legends grounds where the general public will access the grounds to catch the first game Qatar Vs Ecuador at that will set the tone for the entire tournament.” He concluded.
The world couldn’t have been better without celebrations and crediting the African lifestyle through beauty, unity, talent & heritage.
Miss Pride of Africa UK is a pageant with purpose and great charitable cause. This clearly spells out the ut image goal of the pageant. The goal is not to crown the most beautiful girls as a winner for the sake of it but to use her beauty to further meaningful courses
The Miss Pride Of Africa UK is a Beauty Pageant Fostered to Promote African Beauty, Unity, Talent, and Heritage in the United Kingdom. It’s set to groom the African youths into women leaders to impact their communities in Africa, United Kingdom and the world at large.
According to CEO Ms. Mariam Kintu aka The QueenMother, they aim to have all contestants take pride in their African descent, culture and also give back to communities back home and the world as large as they shade a positive light on Africa.
The pageant enables young African ladies in the UK to have a chance to shine a spotlight on Africa as a whole through charity work and female empowerment. The ladies are given the opportunity to inspire each other, look and feel beautiful inside out, tell thier own stories and more importantly built thier self esteem
The Pageant was founded in 2015 with an objective to enables young African Ladies in the United Kingdom to have a chance to shine a spotlight on Africa as a Whole as well as inspiring each other.
The sixth edition of Miss Pride of Africa Uk will be happening again this year on December 26th at Royal Regency. Since tits about women empowerment, revelers are going to be entertained by Uganda’s diva also known as Uganda property Nina Roz alongside other acts within UK.
After the event, the Charitable Beauty Pageant makes a further progress with help to the winner’s charity campaign as an African ambassador. For the years it has happened, the pageant has given back to different communities in different African communities like Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Guinea Conakry and in the UK through their ambassadors with a mission is to groom the African youths into future empowered women to impact the African communities in Africa, United Kingdom and the world at large. Miss Pride of Africa UK also looks at having the ability of creating opportunities for young ladies aged 17-35 of African descent to raise awareness on African culture and history.
Oli Muyaye hit maker Van Data today celebrates his 35th birthday and has dedicated this day to child headed families and Ebola victims. The singer and humanitarian has dedicated a 90 day fasting period in which he will abstain from sex and alcohol as he prays in the mountains and church for the victims.
Last year, singer Van Data real name Isaiah Ainebyona showed his humanitarian side as he supported some of the victims of the twin bombings that happened in Kampala on 16th November 2021, a day to his birthday.
Born on 17th November 1987, the Personal Person singer has turned 35 years old today and this time he wants to pray for Uganda.
Through social media, Van Data revealed that he plans to go on a prayer and fasting spree for ninety days for his country.
“17th November is my new year and yes am a Scorpio. This year I’ve decided to pray and fast for my country for the crazy that’s going on,” he wrote.
In those 90 days, Van Data vows not to indulge in sex of any kind and not to drink alcohol but to sink himself in prayer.
He also plans on giving a helping hand to any child-headed family which could have lost their parents or guardians due to the Ebola virus disease.
“90 days of no sex and alcohol into my new year. (I will) also, give a hand to any child-headed family caused by ebola, please recommend them.”
Premium beer brand, Tusker Lite has launched a fresh new expressive campaign dubbed ‘Turn On Your Lite’.
“The ‘Turn On Your Lite’ campaign is about those pioneering a lifestyle without limits, those breaking boundaries, breaking the norm, doing things differently and staying ahead of the game,” Prudence Vera Mutembei, the Tusker Lite Brand Representative explained.
The campaign will cast a spotlight on the unique and innovative minds that are non-conforming to the everyday standards and excelling while at it.
“It is a platform of self–expression and celebrates what makes our consumers ‘woke’. It is for the trendsetter, the creative or baller who is ahead of the game and refuses to be boxed in,” Mutembei adds.
As part of the campaign, Tusker Lite will be hosting “lit” parties across the country.
“Tusker Lite wants to celebrate the spark within you. This is your revolution. Turn On Your Lite,” Mutembei concluded.
On Wednesday, Protea Hotel Kampala conducted a blood donation drive. This comes as part of their “Serve 660; Doing Good in Every Direction” campaign which seeks to create a positive and sustainable impact in society.
Speaking during the occasion, Samuel Wantate, UBTS Nakasero Blood Bank team lead, emphasized that that blood transfusion is critical in saving lives and appealed to more people to come forward and donate blood. “Every so often, blood donation is needed to save the lives of those involved in accidents especially motor accidents which are on a sharp rise, mothers who excessively bleed during childbirth, and those with medical conditions such as cancer, sickle cells, anemia, and blood disorders.”
He added that blood donations do not only save the lives of those in need of the transfusion but also help the donors to have healthier lives by minimizing the risk of hypertension, heart attack, blood clots, and unnecessary weight gain.
After donations, the blood is screened against transfusable infections such as HIV/AIDs, syphilis, and others, then taken to the Nakasero Blood Bank, Mengo Blood Bank, and other regional blood banks across the country where the blood is then accessible, at no cost.
During the blood donation drive, 71 units of blood were collected.
Uganda Advertising Association, the umbrella body of advertising and marketing agencies in the country, held its annual awards ceremony dubbed “The Silverback Awards” last weekend.
The event was held at Kampala Serena hotel, where star performers in the media and advertising agencies were awarded for outstanding work and excellence, in service delivery in Uganda.
While giving his remarks, Frank Muthusi, Chairman of the Uganda Advertising Association, said, “We are happy that these awards celebrate us and the work we have been able to deliver not only to our client’s satisfaction but as well shape the society in which we operate.”
He added, “The dream of the advertising and marketing industry in Uganda is to build capacity which will enable us to compete favorably with international agencies on jobs that will add to revenue, reputation, and as well attract opportunities for our local talents.”
The Silverback awards also recognized Adris Kamuli in the category of lifetime achievement award, for his contribution to the advertising industry in terms of mentorship and investment, which steered the sector’s growth over the years.
The other winners included;
TV Ad of the year
MTN Freedom Bundle by TBWA
Print Ad of the year
Today Tomorrow by QG Group
PR Campaign of the year
Range Rover Girl by Liveworks
Media Campaign of the year
Nile Breweries Club Pilsner Can Launch by Dentsu
Social Good Award
Rotary Cancer Run – Rotary Club Uganda by Maad McCann
Campaign of the year
Nile Special Mystery Chest (Nile Breweries) by TBWA
Brand of the year
Club Pilsner Agency of the year by TBWA
Creative Director of the year
Eric Mununuzi
Copywriter of the year
Eric Mununuzi
Art Director of the year
Francis Kiiza
This year’s award celebrations began with a symposium on “Integrated Marketing,” which aimed at tackling industry issues by bringing key stakeholders, subject matter experts, and thought leaders to discuss and find viable solutions.
“The advertising industry has many challenges, and it is our role as Uganda Advertising Association to drive conversations that will provide solutions in our workspace, which will shape our growth as a sector,” Muthusi concluded.
Stevens Mwanje, NSSF Chief Financial Officer (second from right) with the NSSF Finance team after receiving the CGISA award in South Africa.
By Our Reporter
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has received regional and local recognitions for its 2022 integrated annual report following awards it won from the Chartered Governance Institute of Southern Africa (CGISA) Integrated Reporting Awards and the Financial Reporting (FiRe) awards on 10th November in Johannesburg, South Africa and Kampala respectively.
The Fund emerged overall winner in the category of Regional Company (from the rest of Africa) in the CGISA Integrated Reporting Awards beating competition from renown African brands like Safaricom.
The CGISA Integrated Reporting Awards are co-hosted by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Limited and are aimed at encouraging solid financial and non-financial reporting and full disclosure of information to all stakeholders of the Southern African business fraternity and other stakeholders. The awards allow organisations to be measured against their peers and offers the opportunity to develop and instill sound reporting practice through valuable feedback from a panel of judges comprised of financial experts and specialists.
According to Steven Sadie, the CEO of the Chartered Governance Institute of South Africa, the winning companies reflected integrated reports that balanced between disclosure, transparency, and accountability on one hand whilst maintaining a positive social impact on the other.
Locally, NSSF won five accolades in the Financial Reporting (FiRe) awards held at Hotel Africana on the same day as the CGISA awards. It scooped Gold award – Integrated report of the year, Overall winner in the Public sector category and took the First runner up award for the Communication, Sustainability and Corporate Governance categories.
The Financial Reporting awards aim at enhancing quality of financial and business reporting in Uganda by encouraging the implementation of financial reporting standards and other best practices in reporting
According to the FiRe awards judges’, “the Fund presented an outstanding integrated report and demonstrated a high level of adherence to the guiding principles and content elements of the Integrated Reporting (IR) Framework. The organization provided a clear and detailed explanation of its value-creation process highlighting the key inputs, business activities, outputs, and outcomes. The report layout, summaries, and highlights provided useful context for the detailed information presented in the report.”
Patrick Ayota, the NSSF Deputy Managing Director said, “We are delighted by these recognitions because they show our hard work and our commitment to transparency and accountability. We will continue to tell a balanced story to our members and stakeholders through such platforms for better understanding of the Fund’s ability to create value in the short, medium and long term.”
The NSSF Chief Financial Officer, Stevens Mwanje who led the team that developed the winning report said that the Fund adopted an integrated approach to the financial and non-financial reporting so as to provide a clear perspective of their business performance, prospects and impact on stakeholders.
This is the second time the Fund is winning the CGISA Integrated Reporting Awards having won the same in 2020.
Ms. Sylvia Nashuha (2nd L), Marketing Manager, Corporate & Business at KCB Bank Uganda, Ms. Rhoda Musiima (3rd R) Young Silver Back Winner under Digital Category, and Ms. Martha Aheebwa (4th L) Young Silverback Winner under PR Category with other winners and officials posing for a photo at the Silverback Awards
By Our Reporter
Uganda Advertising Association’s (UAA) – Young Silverback Competition, the Digital category has received a UGX 5 million boost from KCB Bank Uganda for the initial Young Silverback competition.
The Young Silverback Competition is an initiative by UAA that aims to create a platform for young creatives to showcase their skills, identify and nurture talent in the advertising industry by bridging the gap between brands and young creatives.
Commenting about the Bank’s support, Sylvia Nashuha, Marketing Manager, Corporate & Business at KCB Bank Uganda said, “We are pleased to collaborate with UAA to foster an environment that mentors and encourages the growth of the creative industry through engagements like the symposiums, the Young Silverback Competitions, and the various initiatives that the association champions.”
“We were impressed with the well-thought presentations from all the teams, including that of the digital category which pitch was done by the Pen & Ink team comprising of Rhoda Musiima and Manzi Mugisa who were tasked to create an integrated digitally-led campaign in 24 hours. Participants did not disappoint when they showcased how brands can utilize technology to provide creative solutions that align with the technological evolution and digital communications.”
Nashuha further remarked, “Hosting such engagements requires a lot of financial backing, hence as a Bank that enables individuals and businesses to go ahead, we extended UGX. 5 million to UAA, which support will not only enable the association to grow but also create opportunities to identify talent like the team that will be representing Uganda at the Cannes Lions next year.”
Other individuals who will compete in the Cannes Lions include; Martha Aheebwa, Lynn Nasirumbi of the Matriarch team and Ivan Sekatawa, and Nalukwago Gwonyoma from the I&E team.
According to Frank Muthusi Group CEO of fireworks Adverting Uganda and UAA Chairman, the association has taken positive strides and invested in professionalizing the advertising industry through joint efforts with industry experts in Uganda and across the region. These have shared industry knowledge through webinars and various events organized by UAA with the intention of growing the industry to offer value to the various stakeholders who are part of the industry’s value chain.
He further revealed, “We are pleased to organize the inaugural Silverback Awards, which are designed to recognize agencies that have executed creative and award-winning campaigns for and on behalf of the clients they serve.”
We have extended the same concept to the young creatives in the industry through the Young Silverbacks Competitions. From these competitions, we are able to identify six individuals who excelled from seven categories comprising of the PR, Design, Film, Marketers, Media, Print, and Digital concepts. The six will represent Uganda at the 2022 Cannes Lions competition in France.
“On behalf of UAA, I congratulate the young people who were bold enough to participate in the Young Silverbacks competition and, I want to thank partners like KCB Bank Uganda among others, who supported this vision, which I believe will greatly boost the association’s performance today and in time to come,” Muthusi concluded.
Joe Malaika’s annual Excessive Fashion show is slated to take place on Sunday December 4, 2022 at the Westin Hotel in Waltham.
ROTIMI, an award winning artist and a star on TV’s biggest show POWER, will entertain the Excessive Fashion guests Siblings Esther and Ezekiel Mutesasira among to perform on this day as well, NBA Champion Kendrick Perkins will be present too more details www.joemalaika.com
Refugee Children from the Bidibidi Refugee settlement (I CAN children), through a song Tuko Pamoja translated as “WE ARE ONE”, appreciate Uganda for its open-door policy to welcoming refugees and asylum seekers and call for the continued spirit of Ubuntu to ensure their safe and happy stay.
Featuring the East Africa Golden Buzzer Girl Leyna Kagere and Uganda Popular Kid Rapper Fresh Kid, the song lyrics say that “We are African. We are one people. Let us maintain the spirit of Ubuntu”.
According to the, I CAN South Sudan Executive Director, Stephen Wandu, Tuko Pamoja Album aims to provide a platform for vulnerable children to directly have a say about their plight and to seek support towards their education, development, protection, and well-being.
I CAN Children are unaccompanied refugee minors under the refugee-led organization called I CAN South Sudan Program. The minors fled the South Sudan conflict en masse in 2016 with near strangers and settled in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement. Although some were reunited with their families, others were put under some form of foster care.
I CAN South Sudan focuses on the children to inculcate a sense of meaning, purpose, and hope in the lives of vulnerable children and to contribute to developing them socially, mentally, spiritually, and physically.
Wandu said, “We engage the children in singing, drawing and painting, comedy, storytelling, sports and games, life skills, public speaking, appropriate sex education, counseling, and healing programs with the vulnerable host community.”
“The children are teaching us to celebrate and embrace our uniqueness using the arts. They are expressing their innermost experience through this song with a beautiful tone of hope and resilience – and through music, they are strengthening their bond with the host community,” said Frank Walusimbi, UNHCR’s Associate Communications Officer.
Through TUKO PAMOJA, the kids get to put their talent to use and express themselves while passing on a key message. Through the song, the children, I CAN South Sudan, and the supporting partners would like to pass on the following Appeal
1. We would like all to live in more equal, peaceful, and gender-just societies based on inclusive human rights and accounting institutions. We are African. We are one people. Let us maintain the spirit of Ubuntu.
2. We call upon the world to increase funding to Uganda as it committed to the Global Compact for Refugees to ease the pressures on host countries.
3. We call for a fair share of funding to be directed to the plight of children in Uganda to reduce school dropouts, child marriage, child pregnancy, street children, and neglect of children with disability.
4. We call on host districts to secure refugee farmlands for cultivation to ward off decreasing food rations from the UN.
Juvenile singer Lucky Jo is not proud again of his Teso entertainment awards nomination after being nominated in the breakthrough artiste category.
Lucky Jo and his fans feel he has been around long enough to feature in the top most admired categories in the region.
Lucky Jo recently released his hit Kampala Rush and is enjoying airplay on Trace, MTV and other continental channels. The Teso nomination has left the singer discontented and furious.
His fans have taken it on social media and want breakthrough category reconsidered because Lucky Jo is fit to compete for best artiste in the region.
Johnnie Walker Uganda has launched a new campaign aimed at giving whisky enthusiasts an opportunity to give the perfect gift this festive season.
The campaign, dubbed “Give the gift of big flavour”, will give consumers an opportunity to share personalized and intimate messages for their loved ones that will be engraved on the iconic Johnnie Walker bottles at the JW personalization studio at Acacia mall, starting December 1.
At the studio, consumers will also get a chance to learn more about the best ways to consume and enjoy their Scotch through mentorships at the Johnnie Walker flavour studio.
Speaking about the campaign, Johnnie Walker Brand Manager Christine Kyokunda emphasised that the campaign is designed to benefit both the person gifting, and the receiver.
“This year we want to make gifting more meaningful, we believe that additional services like engraving and personalization, will make the gifts more special and memorable, especially for the gift recipients. On the other hand, the person gifting will be rewarded for choosing Johnnie Walker as the gift to give this festive season. For every purchase, the buyer will walk away with rewards ranging from Johnnie Walker merchandise like hip flasks to duffle bags along with an opportunity to enjoy a mini whisky mentorship.,” Kyokunda said.
Kyokunda also highlighted that beyond tasting and getting tips on the best ways to enjoy Johnnie Walker, the mini mentorships will arm the customers with deeper knowledge about the taste profiles of the different Johnnie Walker products, hence helping them make perfect gift choices for their loved ones and friends.
Kyokunda added that this year’s campaign also includes a gifting offer for corporate companies and groups.
“We have a couple of after-sale offers for corporate companies and groups of people. We shall go ahead and give them Johnnie Walker experiences that shall range from setting up the Johnnie Walker bars, offering mixologist services, gifts and engraving services,” she added.
Whisky enthusiasts can access and take part in the campaign at all participating stores like Quality Supermarkets ( Kitende, Naalya and Lubowa), Carrefour Stores (Lugogo, Oasis and Victoria) Standard Supermarket at Garden City Mall), Mega Standard opposite Old Taxi Park and at the Acacia Mall on select days through the month of December.
Fashion sensational Brian Ahumuza aka Abryanz has landed huge ambassadorship deal for crown beverage new born water Aquafina that has launched in Uganda. Abryanz has been appointed ambassador for Aquafina water considering his immerse influence and has bagged millions of shillings in a one year deal that will see him use all his available avenues to further push Aquafina water to the public.
The fashion expert signed deal at the CBL Plant in Kakungulu.
Aquafina water was recently launched by the Chairman of Crown Beverages Limited, Amos Nzeyi and among those invited were various corporate partners.
“I am delighted to have been chosen as ambassador of this very pure water brand Aquafina. We will exploit all available avenues to reach it to the very last person” Abryanz said.
Aquafina water is a world wide water brand in Europe, Asia, South Africa, America and is probably the best in Sub Saharan Africa, in East Africa is has launched first in Uganda before moving to other neighboring countries. Uganda is just the third country in Africa after Nigeria and South Africa to launch the water brand.
“Aquafina brand is water but it’s not like any other water because it’s international. That gives it a unique appearance. The beauty of international brands is that the brand in one country must be the same in feel, in taste, like, in physical parameters,…in everything, in every part of the country, every part of the region and in every part of the world,” Muhamiirah said adding that you cannot compare Aquafina with other brands in the local market.
Aquafina was first launched in the USA in 1994. Over the last two decades it has expanded into Asia, UAE, and most recently Africa.
Aquafina is available in a 500ml pack at a recommended retail price of One Thousand Uganda Shillings (1000 UGX) only, countrywide.
Who is Abryanz?
Brian Ahumuza commonly known as Abryanz is considered Ugandans most influential personality.
considered Uganda’s most top notch fashion designer that has been in the game since 2010 to present.
He is the founder and CEO of the famous label Abryanz Collection that has had his designs showcased in Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, Africa Fashion week.
Abryanz is the also the founder of Africa’s biggest fashion awards, Abryanz style and Fashion awards that launched in 2013 and have since been the biggest red carpet fashion awards in Africa.
Abryanz was awarded CEPA Young Entrepreneur in 2016 and in the same year featured as one of Africa’s raising stars on CNN’s African Voices.
Previously, he has been ambassador to many other giant bra
On Friday evening, one of Kampala’s oldest exclusive members’ clubs, Kampala Club in Nakasero, launched a new Tusker Malt Bar at the multi-sports and social facility.
The function was presided over by Uganda Breweries Managing Director, Andrew Kilonzo and this was a sign that it was much more than just celebrating a facelift of one of the bars at the facility but a big step in UBL’s inclusion agenda.
Historically, the club was started in 1911 for persons of pure European descent but natives were admitted 30 years later. However, gender inclusion took a while longer with some facilities like the Men’s Bar exclusive to males.
Over the years, the facilities were opened up to all genders and Kilonzo was elated that what was historically the Men’s Bar is now the Tusker Malt Bar. And, as a gesture of celebrating breaking the barriers, Kilonzo took on the bartender’s duties and served the first drink, a Tusker Malt, to female member Claire Bashasha.
“At UBL we are very passionate about inclusion and diversity. We want to reflect the society in its shape and form. We are all about progression and we are proud of the steps we have achieved. We are aware that this has been a men’s bar only in name as women are welcome, but we hope it can now be called a members’ bar,” Kilonzo said.
Kampala club offers an impressive range of world class sporting facilities such as badminton, tennis, darts, squash, snooker and a gym fitness studio on top of other social facilities like bars and restaurants.
Tucked in the heart of Kampala City on Nakasero Hill, the Tusker Malt Bar will be a unique addition to the exclusive club where patrons will comfortably enjoy a premium experience.
“At UBL we have a purpose. We are all about celebrating life everyday, everywhere. That purpose is alive and well at this club,” Kilonzo added.
Club Chairman, Matthias Nalyanya was on the same page with Kilonzo when it came to inclusion intimating that; “it is a very long time ago when women were not accepted in the Men’s Bar. That is no longer the case. We have a lot of ladies here.”
Nalyanya also asked UBL to deepen their partnership with the club by taking up corporate membership and sponsoring some of the events that take place at the facility. Kilonzo affirmed UBL’s commitment to further engagements with the club.
The Kampala Club is recognised as one of the most exclusive clubs in Uganda. Most of the club’s members are derived from a rich background of professionals in different fields. Through the years, the club has grown from its initial 50 members to 650 members’ to date.
The Abryanz Style & Fashion Awards, commonly known as the ASFAs return on the 16th of December 2022 at Kampala Serena Hotel after two years. Recognized as Africa’s biggest Fashion Awards and red-carpet event, the “8th ASFAs” celebrate groundbreaking fashion creatives, influencers and contributors across Africa and beyond that have shaped the fashion industry through the pandemic, under the theme “The Awakening”
“Special appreciation goes out to everyone that nominated, got nominated and participated in the process. We do not take this kind of effort and support for granted. The team had to look through over 5,000 nominations in the various nomination platforms and we now proudly present the final list of ASFA 2022 Nominees. Come December 16th, we therefore, promise another mind-blowing experience at Africa’s biggest fashion event,” Ahumuza concluded.
Over the past few weeks, the team has carefully selected the nominees for this year’s event, from the thousands of entries received since the nomination process kicked off last month. This coveted list was unveiled last Sunday, 13th November 2022 at the Kampala Brunch. Following public nominations and assessment from the ASFA board, the awarding event has released the Nomination list of members eligible for voting.
Winners will be announced during the live Abryanz Style & Fashion Awards show at Kampala Serena Hotel. The results of the Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards, including winners and nominees, are solely dependent on the ASFA Body.
The full list of nominees can be found below;
• DESIGNER OF THE YEAR (AFRICA)
Thebe Magugu Moses Turahirwa Rich Mnisi Kenneth Ize Larry Jay
Taibo Bacar
UGANDA
Kaijuka Abbas Sheba Kasami Monica Kansiime Dyna Vence Sham Tyra
Anita Beryl Ras Kasozi
• AFRICAN FASHION BRAND OF THE YEAR (AFRICA)
African boy Ahluwalia World Daily Paper Tiffany Amber Moshions
Malaika Tenshi Sandrah Twinoburyo Evelyn Kironde Bettinah Tianah Sharon O
Natasha Sinayobye
(AFRICA)
Anele Mdoda Hassan Sarah Nana Akua Addo Official Doyin Toke Makinwa Allysyn Audu
• FASHION JOURNALISM EXCELLENCE AWARD- (AFRICA)
Guap Magazine Bella Naija Style The Native
Fashion Bomb Daily
VOTING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC STARTING 19th NOVEMBER 2022 at 12:00 am.
About ASFAs
The Abryanz Style & Fashion Awards were inaugurated in 2013 to honor the contribution of African fashion on a continental level. The mission of the awards is to acknowledge, promote and celebrate African fashion and push for African excellence in a bid to promote the extremely eccentric and colourful fashion scene in Africa which the media so often neglects.
For the first time, this year’s Abryanz Style & Fashion Awards (ASFAS) will be preceded with a pre-event party. In an announcement made on Satisfashion UG on Friday, supermodels Aamito Lagum and Patricia Akello will host the party slated for Thursday 15th December at Kampala Serena Hotel.
According to the models, who are Satisfashion UG’s November cover girls, the event will be an invite-only party featuring high impact glamour and fun.
“I’m super excited about it [the event]. This is going to be the first-ever Pre-ASFAS party, a very exclusive invite-only event. I mean who wouldn’t want to be a part of this? Considering that 2022 has been such a great year,” Patricia Akello offered.
The two models have had such a stellar year. Aamito landed a role on the big screen, playing alongside industry stalwarts Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in the fantasy romantic drama film Three Thousand Years of Longing. Akello landed new talent representation in Turkey and Spain and also launched her own swimwear brand called Pakello.
On why they are doing the event, Aamito offered, “I have had quite a journey; from when I started in Kampala and later traveling the world doing what I love. But there is nothing better than celebrating some of life’s special moments with family. For me, Uganda is family! Uganda is home!”
Now in their 8th edition, the ASFAS will be held at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Friday 16th December 2022. They will honor individuals in 5 major categories including; Honorary Awards, Designer Awards, Fashion Awards, Music in Fashion, and Fashion Personalities.
Gulu University students will forever remember the 2022 Freshers Ball experience that took place on Saturday, November 19.
This is because the new campusers were treated to a snippet of what to expect at the Guinness Bright House experience that is slated to take place on Saturday November 26, at the Innovation Village Gulu City.
The ball that was organised to welcome the freshmen saw the premium beer brand do a takeover, taking the newly inducted campusers through a journey of the Guinness Bright House.
This included a fashion and art extravaganza where they got to engage, interact, and enjoy the creative space together with their peers and some of Gulu’s popular creative artists.
“This was our way of introducing the Bright House to people here in Gulu. We wanted them to get a snippet of what we have in store for them. The reason why we did this at the Freshers’ Ball is because these are young adults that are drawn to the creative space and we wanted to make sure they are a part of what’s coming come November 26,” said Prudence Mutembei, Guinness Brand Manager.
Gulu will be the first stop of the Guinness Bright House experience as it makes its way to the other parts of the country, following a July debut in Kampala.
