TOP 15 – LONGLISTED 2020 Artist: Peter Nshekanabo Title: Toninyilila Size: 90cm x 70cm Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2019 Born in 1997, Peter Nshekanabo is a practicing artist based in Nalya, Uganda. He holds a Bachelor of Art and Industrial Design from Kyambogo University, Uganda. In his art, he boldly tackles what may be […]
TOP 15 – LONGLISTED 2020 Artist: Ronald Odur Title: Ebya Kayisali Size: 51cm x 30cm x 18.5cm Medium: Stitched Aluminum Printing Plate and Copper Wire Year: 2020 Born in 1992, Ronald Odur is a practising artist in Uganda. He holds a Diploma in Interior Design from Kyambogo University, Uganda. “This piece of work was inspired […]
TOP 15 – LONGLISTED 2020 Artist: Ryan Edwin Ssendagire Title: The walls that bind us Size: 59cm x 42cm Medium: Charcoal on Paper Year: 2020 Born in 1999, Ryan Edwin Ssendagire is a full-time practising artist based in Nyanama, Uganda. He is also pursuing a Diploma in Interior Design at Artfield Institute, Uganda. “The drawing […]
TOP 15 – LONGLISTED 2020 Artist: Charlene Komuntale Title: Flawed Yet Beautiful Size: 42cm x 59.4cm Medium: Digital Art Year: 2020 Born in 1991, Charlene Komuntale is a freelance digital illustrator / artist based in Kampala, Uganda. She holds a BA in Animation from Limkokwing University, Malaysia. “As a child, I wanted to be a […]
TOP 15 – LONGLISTED 2020 Artist: Doddridge Busingye Title: Plastic Smiles Size: 110cm x 60cm Medium: Installation Year: 2020 Born in 1990, Doddridge Busingye is a practicing visual artist based in Kampala, Uganda. He holds a Masters Degree in Fine Art from Makerere University and a Bachelor of Art and Industrial Design from Kyambogo University. […]
TOP 15 – LONGLISTED 2020 Artist: Elvis Kiweewa Title: Drawing of Peter Wanabwa Washing His Face Size: 84.1 x 54.9 cm Medium: Graphite and Charcoal on Paper Year: 2020 Born in 1997, Elvis Kiweewa is a hyper realist pencil artist, based in Kampala, Uganda. He is currently in the final year of pursuing a Bachelor […]
Born in 1992, Ronald Odur is a multi-media artist in Uganda. He mostly works with aluminium plates, which he manipulates by embossing, burning, stitching, creasing and adding wire, paper and other objects. His work and ideas then reveal themselves as sculpture, installation, drawing and performance. His connection to aluminium, which is his primary resource, started […]
Introduction Payment systems are an integral part of commercial and financial transactions in Uganda and they include Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) for interbank transfers, Automated Clearing House (ACH) system for clearing cheques and the Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs) as well as securities settlement systems such as the Central Securities Depository (CSD) operated by […]
Introduction On 30th January 2020, the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom declared the novel corona virus (Covid-19) outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This followed reports from various nations outside of China that Covid-19 had begun to spread within their borders. Due to the exponential increase in […]
Trademarks International Conventions, Treaties and Arrangements WIPO WTO TRIPS Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ARIPO (Banjul Protocol on Marks) Paris Convention (Paris Union) Although Uganda is a member of the Paris Union, there is no provision in the legislation relating to international arrangements. As such, it should not be possible […]
