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URSB’s Mercy Kainobwisho Wins Inaugural Africa Brand Leadership Excellence Award

Kampala: Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Registrar General, Mercy K. Kainobwisho has won the inaugural Africa Brand Leadership Award. The award recognizes corporate, industry and public service leaders who have been a catalyst for growth and development of made in Africa brands. On Africa Day, 25 May 2022, Brand Africa announced the 12th annual global […]

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URSB promotes Youth Innovations as they celebrate World Intellectual Property Day

Kampala; Every year, the National Intellectual Property Office, Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) joins the rest of the world to celebrate the World Intellectual Property day on April 26. The global theme this year by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is “IP AND YOUTH: Innovation for a Better Future”. The sub-theme for Uganda is […]

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URSB Collects Ugx 45.78Bn in Non-Tax Revenue Between July 2021 and April 2022

Kampala; The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) collected a total of Ugx 45.87Bn in non-tax revenue for the period July 2021 to April 7th 2022 against a target of 45.57Bn for the FY 21/22 representing a 100.6% achievement. This was revealed by URSB’s Registrar General Mercy K Kainobwisho while appearing before Parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary […]

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URSB hosts Restructuring Conference aimed at helping businesses create post-Covid -19 resilience

Kampala; The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) together with the Judicial Training Institute are training Judicial Officers who adjudicate and administer justice in insolvency disputes. The training will equip Judicial Officers with the latest knowledge and skills of Insolvency law on how businesses can be supported to build resilience in order to survive and be […]

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Registrar General Mercy Kainobwisho rallies ARIPO Member states to support copyright & related rights protection

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe: Heads of Intellectual Property offices who are members of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) have convened in Zimbabwe to attend the 45th Session of the Administrative Council and the 18th Session of the Council of Ministers comprised of 21 Member States. The meetings run from the 6th to 10th December […]

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URSB engages Acholi-Sub Region over Protection of their Unique Products

Gulu, Uganda; Recognition of geographical indications helps to build the productive and trade capacities of countries, and strengthens their capacity for trade negotiations. As part of the wider strategy to popularize identification and protection of all the unique products in Northern Uganda under the Geographical Indications (GI) Act, the National Working Group (NWG) led by […]

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URSB, Partners organize workshop on Women Entrepreneurship Development

Kampala; Under its Women In Business (WIB) Initiative launched in March 2021, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) & Grooming a Successful Woman with Intellectual Mind (GSWIM) have this afternoon closed a two-day hybrid national workshop on “Women Entrepreneurs: Intellectual Property for Branding and Product Development” held at Hotel […]

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URSB successfully hosts the Corporate Registers Forum Conference

Kampala; Uganda Registration Services Bureau successfully opened the 16th Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) conference on November 09th, 2021. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic the conference will be held virtually with over 250 participants from member states from Africa, Asia, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe. It is a three days conference ending on November 11th, 2021. […]

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Uganda to Host 16th Corporate Registers Forum Conference from 9th to 11th of November 2021

Kampala; Uganda, through the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) will host the 16th Corporate Registers Forum conference from the 9th to 11th November 2021. Due to challenges brought about by Covid 19 and in adherence to the SOPs from the Ministry of health, the conference will be virtual in nature with participants attending and following […]

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URSB announces appointment of Alex Anganya as Deputy Registrar General

Kampala; The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has today announced the appointment of Alex Anganya as the acting Deputy Registrar General-Finance & Administration (DRG-F&A). Anganya will assume duty on 11th October, 2021 reporting to the Registrar General & the Board of Directors Anganya will support the functions of the Registrar General, Mercy K. Kainobwisho. He […]