Mr. Abdoulie Colley is the Acting Registrar General at the Attorney General's Chambers and Ministry of Justice. He is the head of Deeds Registry, Marriage Registry and Intellectual Property Office which are all under the purview of Registrar General Department.
Mr. Colley attended Nustrat High School from 1994 to 1998 and achieved Distinction Division One. He enrolled at the University of The Gambia and graduated in 2012 with LLB (Hons). Mr. Colley did his Bar professional course at The Gambia Law School and emerged as the valedictorian in 2014. Mr. Colley proceeded to do his Masters in Intellectual Property (MIP) with Africa University, Mutare Republic of Zimbabwe where he graduated as the third best student.
Prior to joining Attorney General's Chambers and Ministry of Justice Mr. Colley was a First Class Magistrate with Judiciary of The Gambia where he started as a First-Class Magistrate in 2012. He rose to the position of Senior Magistrate and was the Acting Principal Magistrate of Kanifing Magistrate's Court in 2014 to 2015.
Mr. Colley is an Adjunct lecturer at the University of The Gambia. He represents Attorney General's Chambers at the General Legal Council and is a Board Member to a number of Government institutions. He is married with three children.
Registrar General - Office of the Registrar General - Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Rwanda
Profile of Mr. Richard Kayibanda
Richard Kayibanda is the Registrar General/ Head of Department, Rwanda Development Board since 2018. Prior to that he was a Lecturer of Law at University of Rwanda (formerly National University of Rwanda) since 2009. He was also a practicing lawyer on the roll of advocates of Rwanda Bar Association and a member of East African Law Society. He is a Certified Mediator. He holds a Master's degree (LLM) in Business Law from University of Rwanda and has a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Institute of Legal Practice and Development. He has carried out a couple of consultancies for both public and private institutions on legal subjects. He published a number of articles on various legal topics.
Registrar General - Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB)
Uganda
Profile of Ms Mercy K. Kainobwisho
Mercy K. Kainobwisho is a qualified, competent and experienced female Advocate of the Courts of Judicature with 15 years experience specializing in Business /Company law and Intellectual Property Law. She has extensive experience in the said subjects as well as oil and gas laws in Uganda and has participated in developing and reviewing related legal regimes, reforms to ease registration processes, mediations concerning intellectual property oppositions and conflicts between shareholders, subscribers in company maters and has given general legal /technical advice on business, intellectual property laws and practice.
Kainobwisho holds; Master of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property from the University of Turin- Italy; Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Makerere University Training in CopyrightX from Harvard Law School, Post graduate certificate in Oil and Gas, Certificate in Leadership from the Rotary Leadership Training Certificate in Leadership from the Oakseeds Institute of National Transformation Training in Innovation Policies for Least Developing Countries from the World Bank Academy Courses in Intellectual Property from the World Intellectual Property Organization Academy, United States Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, Korea Industrial Property Office, Swedish Patent Office etc Post graduate Diploma in legal Practice from the Law Development Center-Uganda Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Makerere University And several other qualifications and trainings.
Kainobwisho is currently the Registrar General, Uganda Registration Services Bureau(URSB), having successfully served as the Director of Intellectual Property at URSB , Director of Business Registration at URSB, Manager Intellectual Property at URSB, State Attorney with Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Legal Assistant at Shonubi Musoke & Co Advocates.
Kainobwisho has won a number of Awards including but not limited to being: Among the 40 Most influential Women in Africa in 2019- The Africa Diversity and inclusion Center Social Media Influencer 2019/20 The Best Female Corporate Lawyer in Uganda Public Sector- 2018 The best 40 under 40 young people in Uganda -2018 Voted the Smartest Employee at URSB-2017 Kainobwisho plays snooker, volley ball and enjoys writing , reading, listening to music, cooking and is a counsellor. Kainobwisho is passionate about youth mentorship and skilling and women empowerment.
Kainobwisho is a member of the Uganda Law Society, the Uganda Women Lawyers Association, East African Law Society, and Rotary International.
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