Turyakira Micheal

Micheal & Virgo Building Society are invested in a 360° view of Uganda's tourism industry, leveraging community-impact & the creative arts to promote, preserve, celebrate and amplify Uganda's cultural ecosystem using media, events, community-based projects & creative storytelling to reach local and international audiences. We have founded organizations like the rural electrification agency - The Street Wireman Agency (www.thestreetwiremanagency.org), an active creative arts community - Duffled Magazine (@duffledmagazine), a communications agency - Mixar Solutions (@mixarsolutions), and a dynamic online news blog Pluggeddaily (www.pluggeddaily.com) to amplify the message about Uganda's stunning beauty, creative culture and vibrant lifestyle, and essentially add our brick to Uganda's fast-growing favorite-destination identity structure.

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The Virgo Building Society Secretary General & Duffled Magazine Co-Founder, Micheal Turyakira is Uganda's Travel Writer of the Year 2024/25, named by Uganda Uncovered & Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), and our creative stories and events like the just concluded Duffled Dungeon continue to inspire a positive narrative about the Pearl of Africa, bringing together designers, musicians, visual artists, creators, artisanal market vendors and real communities together to celebrate the spirit of authentic Ugandan Creativity.
Held on 11th September 2026 at Goethe Zentrum (UGCS), the Duffled Dungeon, in partnership with Girls in Tourism Africa (GITA), Nyege Nyege, Girl Skate Nairobi (KE), we explored the intersection of creativity, street sports, food & music culture, premiering a rap cypher which features 9 (Nine) of Uganda's trendiest hip-hop voices. Through creative arts and community impact, we continue to support Uganda's vibrant tourism ecosystem, shining a light on the pearl and the stories that make us truly Ugandan.