NAKISANZE SARAH (PhD)

Craft Designer-Curator, Facilitator and Researcher

EXPERTISE

Craft design and Curation
Sustainable Handicraft Production
Traditional knowledge Innovations
Creative Business Innovations

EDUCATION & RESEARCH

NameAge
2023Sustainable Tradition Progression: The Barkcloth Basketry Ware
2022PhD - Social Sustainability, Past traditions, Handcraft fashion & Contemporary Society
2017WFTO Peer Audit - NAWOU and Fairtrade
2015KIDEK Research – Dye & the Environmental Question
2010 to 2014Research - WIEGO/NAWOU/UGAFAT ([Fair Trade in Uganda])
2004 to-dateEasy Afric Designs - Barkcloth Reinvention for Contemporary Society
2004Masters – Fashion Identity Construction

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

Creative Product Export Business – (2023) ITC-SME Trade Academy; (2011-2016) CBI; (2011-2015)
BTC; (2006) UWEAL

Development of Sustainable Business Models for Creative Business Support Organizations (2023)
ITC – SME Trade Academy

Production Quality Management – (2021-2022) Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) & ITC

Product Designer and Curator – (2021-2022) ITC; (2017) TFO Canada; (2011-2016) CBI-Netherlands;
(2014) BTC, Belgium

Craft Fashion Designer – Makerere University (2004 & 2022)

Social Entrepreneurship (2017) – ITC – SME Trade Academy

Fibre Dying (2017) – USAID / E.A TRADE INVESTMENT HUB (Heshima); ITC/SITA (Bahir Dar)

Creative Business Innovations – (2011 – 2014) (CBI) Netherlands, and (2007 & 2008) MAK Business
School & University of Giessen, German

Fair Trade Principles Application – Training (2010-2015) WFTO Africa & ME

Adult Education Facilitator (2009) – Makerere University, Kampala

EXPERIENCE

Facilitator

Makerere University – (2008 to-date); Easy Afric Designs – (2001 to-date); (ILaED) – (2023); Njabala
Foundation – (2022); MTWA Uganda/ITC – (2021); USA Embassy – (2020); Advisory Board: Pictures of
Aging in Uganda Project (2018-2020) Academy for Health Innovation Uganda; Goethe Zentrum –
FAVT (2019); MTSIFA Fashion Parades – (2018, 2017, 2010 & 2009); NAWOU – (2014, 2007 & 2004);
TEXDA – (2007 & 2006)

Practice Innovations

African Lioness: Link

Poverty reduction through Barkcloth: Link

Social Sustainability and Past Traditions: Link

Craft Fashion: The Inclusive Knowledge Publication Platform: Link

Sustainable Tradition Progression: The Barkcloth Basketry Ware (2023): Products

Product range & Exhibition Curation: Portfolio