Linda Butare aka. Nunu the Creative is the founder of Kwivuga, Uganda’s influential poetry and spoken word platform. What started as a space for emerging artists to share their work, culminated in a huge show at the Kampala Serena Hotel in 2023. But the pressure of building such a project took its toll. Nunu takes us behind the scenes of her story and shares openly about her fight with burnout and how she found ways keep her passion going.

🔗More from Nunu the Creative

https://www.instagram.com/nunu_the_creative/

https://www.tiktok.com/@kwivuga

🚀 Uganda’s Multimedia Industry Podcast

A space to learn, connect, and grow together. We will do our best to bring you honest insights from industry experts, stories and practical advice to help you navigate the growing digital economy. We hope these conversations will help to encourage and guide you to turn your creative energy into sustainable success.

Kelele Collective is a community dedicated to supporting multimedia creators in Uganda and home of the Multimedia Meetup in Kampala. If you want to grow as an animator, 3D artist, filmmaker, motion designer, media producer, digital creator or designer, find us at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

💛 Special Thanks

In collaboration with Akatuuti Platform https://instagram.com/akatuuti_platform

With the kind support from KTA Symposium and MCI Media Hub

🎬 Credits

Production: Kelele Collective Hosts: Emily Banya, Tobi Flux

DOP: Magezi https://instagram.com/mageziiphotography

Camera/Audio Assistants: Prince Ledeke https://instagram.com/madeinugbyhva Calvin https://youtube.com/@wereissankofa

Edit: Clarq https://www.youtube.com/@clarqnwaya, Trek, Tobi

Music: Epidemic Sound

🧩 Artwork on Puzzles

Jeff Jjombwe https://www.instagram.com/jjombweartist

Edwin Okol https://www.instagram.com/edu_tist

Maria Byoma https://www.instagram.com/​​the_0nly

Aliguma Mugisa https://www.instagram.com/chaos_ali

Tonie Mpungo https://www.instagram.com/toniepain

Buy the Puzzles at https://kelelecollective.org/podcast

Atuhaire Collins Benda is a Ugandan technologist, AI software engineer, and innovator who builds AI‑systems tuned for Ugandan culture, languages, and communities. He helped develop the Uganda Cultural Content Benchmark (UCCB) to ensure inclusive, culturally‑aware AI models. He is also the tech lead for the Akatuuti Platform.

🔗More from Collins

https://www.collinsbenda.com

https://x.com/kolynz_b

🚀 Uganda’s Multimedia Industry Podcast

A space to learn, connect, and grow together. We will do our best to bring you honest insights from industry experts, stories and practical advice to help you navigate the growing digital economy. We hope these conversations will help to encourage and guide you to turn your creative energy into sustainable success.

Kelele Collective is a community dedicated to supporting multimedia creators in Uganda and home of the Multimedia Meetup in Kampala. If you want to grow as an animator, 3D artist, filmmaker, motion designer, media producer, digital creator or designer, find us at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

💛 Special Thanks

In collaboration with Akatuuti Platform https://instagram.com/akatuuti_platform

With the kind support from KTA Symposium and MCI Media Hub

🎬 Credits

Production: Kelele Collective Hosts: Emily Banya, Tobi Flux

DOP: Magezi https://instagram.com/mageziiphotography

Camera/Audio Assistants: Prince Ledeke https://instagram.com/madeinugbyhva Calvin https://youtube.com/@wereissankofa

Edit: Clarq https://www.youtube.com/@clarqnwaya, Trek, Tobi

Music: Epidemic Sound

🧩 Artwork on Puzzles

Jeff Jjombwe https://www.instagram.com/jjombweartist

Edwin Okol https://www.instagram.com/edu_tist

Maria Byoma https://www.instagram.com/​​the_0nly

Aliguma Mugisa https://www.instagram.com/chaos_ali

Tonie Mpungo https://www.instagram.com/toniepain

Buy the Puzzles at https://kelelecollective.org/podcast

Rasheeda Nalumoso is the Regional Programme Manager Creative Economy with the British Council Arts team based in Kampala. She draws from 15 years of experience as creative producer across the UK and Africa, and her involvement in festivals, residencies, artist led collaborations and new ways to build thriving creative and cultural economies.

🔗More from Rasheeda and British Council Arts

https://x.com/livetraces

https://www.britishcouncil.ug/programmes/arts

https://socreative.britishcouncil.org (eLearning platform)

🚀Uganda’s Multimedia Industry Podcast

A space to learn, connect, and grow together. We will do our best to bring you honest insights from industry experts, stories and practical advice to help you navigate the growing digital economy. We hope these conversations will help to encourage and guide you to turn your creative energy into sustainable success.

Kelele Collective is a community dedicated to supporting 300+ multimedia creators in Uganda and home of the Multimedia Meetup in Kampala. If you want to grow as an animator, 3D-artist, filmmaker, motion designer, media producer, digital creator or designer, find us at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

💛 Special Thanks

In collaboration with Akatuuti Platform https://instagram.com/akatuuti_platform

With the kind support from KTA Symposium and MCI Media Hub

🎬 Credits

Production: Kelele Collective Hosts: Emily Banya, Tobi Flux

DOP: Magezi https://instagram.com/mageziiphotography

Camera/Audio Assistants: Prince Ledeke https://instagram.com/madeinugbyhva Calvin https://youtube.com/@wereissankofa

Edit: Clarq https://www.youtube.com/@clarqnwaya, Trek, Tobi

Music: Epidemic Sound

🧩 Artwork on Puzzles

Jeff Jjombwe https://www.instagram.com/jjombweartist

Edwin Okol https://www.instagram.com/edu_tist

Maria Byoma https://www.instagram.com/​​the_0nly

Aliguma Mugisa https://www.instagram.com/chaos_ali

Tonie Mpungo https://www.instagram.com/toniepain

Buy the Puzzles at https://kelelecollective.org/podcast

Kashushu is a visual artist from Kampala, whose vibrant, abstract digital work blends lines, patterns, and geometry to reimagine human figures, landscapes, and nature. She has exhibited locally and abroad (including NFT NYC in New York and Berlin residencies), launched generative NFT collections (“Pineapples Day Out” and “Bush Baby Club”), and co‑founded Blocart Creatives Ltd to elevate the Web3 art scene in East Africa.

🔗More from Kashushu

https://x.com/kkashushu_

https://kashushu.art/

https://www.instagram.com/kkashushu_

🚀Uganda’s Multimedia Industry Podcast

A space to learn, connect, and grow together. We will do our best to bring you honest insights from industry experts, stories and practical advice to help you navigate the growing digital economy. We hope these conversations will help to encourage and guide you to turn your creative energy into sustainable success.

Kelele Collective is a community dedicated to supporting 300+ multimedia creators in Uganda and home of the Multimedia Meetup in Kampala. If you want to grow as an animator, 3D-artist, filmmaker, motion designer, media producer, digital creator or designer, find us at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

💛 Special Thanks

In collaboration with Akatuuti Platform https://instagram.com/akatuuti_platform

With the kind support from KTA Symposium and MCI Media Hub

🎬 Credits

Production: Kelele Collective Hosts: Emily Banya, Tobi Flux

DOP: Magezi https://instagram.com/mageziiphotography

Camera/Audio Assistants: Prince Ledeke https://instagram.com/madeinugbyhva Calvin https://youtube.com/@wereissankofa

Edit: Clarq https://www.youtube.com/@clarqnwaya, Trek, Tobi

Music: Epidemic Sound

🧩 Artwork on Puzzles

Jeff Jjombwe https://www.instagram.com/jjombweartist

Edwin Okol https://www.instagram.com/edu_tist

Maria Byoma https://www.instagram.com/​​the_0nly

Aliguma Mugisa https://www.instagram.com/chaos_ali

Tonie Mpungo https://www.instagram.com/toniepain

Buy the Puzzles at https://kelelecollective.org/podcast

Kenneth Muhangi is an award-winning Ugandan Lawyer, Lecturer, and Digital Innovation Expert specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology Law — with a focus on digital trade, fintech, data protection, and emerging technologies like AI. Kenneth is passionate about helping African creatives protect and grow their ideas in the digital age.

🔗 More from Kenneth

https://x.com/xcenneth

https://www.ktaadvocates.com/author/mk/

🚀 Uganda’s Multimedia Industry Podcast

A space to learn, connect, and grow together. We will do our best to bring you honest insights from industry experts, stories and practical advice to help you navigate the growing digital economy. We hope these conversations will help to encourage and guide you to turn your creative energy into sustainable success.

Kelele Collective is a community dedicated to supporting multimedia creators in Uganda and home of the Multimedia Meetup in Kampala. If you want to grow as an animator, 3D artist, filmmaker, motion designer, media producer, digital creator or designer, find us at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

💛 Special Thanks

In collaboration with Akatuuti Platform https://instagram.com/akatuuti_platform

With the kind support from KTA Symposium and MCI Media Hub

🎬 Credits

Production: Kelele Collective Hosts: Emily Banya, Tobi Flux

DOP: Magezi https://instagram.com/mageziiphotography

Camera/Audio Assistants: Prince Ledeke https://instagram.com/madeinugbyhva Calvin https://youtube.com/@wereissankofa

Edit: Clarq https://www.youtube.com/@clarqnwaya, Trek, Tobi

Music: Epidemic Sound

🧩 Artwork on Puzzles

Jeff Jjombwe https://www.instagram.com/jjombweartist

Edwin Okol https://www.instagram.com/edu_tist

Maria Byoma https://www.instagram.com/​​the_0nly

Aliguma Mugisa https://www.instagram.com/chaos_ali

Tonie Mpungo https://www.instagram.com/toniepain

Buy the Puzzles at https://kelelecollective.org/podcast

Tobias ‘Tobi’ Fluck is a freelance art director and motion design all-rounder with a love for charming characters, storytelling, and graphic design. He’s been based in Kampala for several years and is the Founder of Kelele Collective, an initiative with the mission to support multimedia creatives to build a career from their talent. Find out more at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

🔗 More from Tobi

https://thefluck.com/work

🚀 Uganda’s Multimedia Industry Podcast

A space to learn, connect, and grow together. We will do our best to bring you honest insights from industry experts, stories and practical advice to help you navigate the growing digital economy. We hope these conversations will help to encourage and guide you to turn your creative energy into sustainable success.

Kelele Collective is a community dedicated to supporting multimedia creators in Uganda and home of the Multimedia Meetup in Kampala. If you want to grow as an animator, 3D artist, filmmaker, motion designer, media producer, digital creator or designer, find us at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

💛 Special Thanks

In collaboration with Akatuuti Platform https://instagram.com/akatuuti_platform

With the kind support from KTA Symposium and MCI Media Hub

🎬 Credits

Production: Kelele Collective Hosts: Emily Banya, Tobi Flux

DOP: Magezi https://instagram.com/mageziiphotography

Camera/Audio Assistants: Prince Ledeke https://instagram.com/madeinugbyhva Calvin https://youtube.com/@wereissankofa

Edit: Clarq https://www.youtube.com/@clarqnwaya, Trek, Tobi

Music: Epidemic Sound

🧩 Artwork on Puzzles

Jeff Jjombwe https://www.instagram.com/jjombweartist

Edwin Okol https://www.instagram.com/edu_tist

Maria Byoma https://www.instagram.com/​​the_0nly

Aliguma Mugisa https://www.instagram.com/chaos_ali

Tonie Mpungo https://www.instagram.com/toniepain

Buy the Puzzles at https://kelelecollective.org/podcast

Fiona ‘Kemi’ Kemigisha is a Digital Content Creator, a Lawyer and Team Leader at Khama Digital Content Hub, where she trains the next generation of digital creators in Uganda. Kemi is also a co-host on the award-winning YouTube talk show, The Unpopular Opinion UG.

🔗More from Kemi

https://instagram.com/khamadigital

https://youtube.com/@theunpopularopinionug

🚀Uganda’s Multimedia Industry Podcast

A space to learn, connect, and grow together. We will do our best to bring you honest insights from industry experts, stories and practical advice to help you navigate the growing digital economy. We hope these conversations will help to encourage and guide you to turn your creative energy into sustainable success.

Kelele Collective is a community dedicated to supporting 300+ multimedia creators in Uganda and home of the Multimedia Meetup in Kampala. If you want to grow as an animator, 3D-artist, filmmaker, motion designer, media producer, digital creator or designer, find us at https://kelelecollective.org/hello

💛Special Thanks

In collaboration with Akatuuti Platform https://instagram.com/akatuuti_platform

With kind support from KTA Symposium and MCI Media Hub