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Brian Ahumuza commonly known as Abryanz, is a Ugandan fashion stylist and entrepreneur most commonly known around Africa as the founder the style and fashion awards, Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards (ASFAs).

Career
Ahumuza started his fashion house Abryanz Collections when he joined university. He later dropped out of university to concentrate on the business. Under Abryanz Collections, he styled artistes and celebrities from Uganda and abroad including Demarco from Jamaica, Wiz Kid and D’Banj from Nigeria, Diamond Platnumz from Tanzania and more.

In 2013, he launched the annual Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards (ASFAs) to honour fashion icons in Uganda. He expanded the awards to the East African region in 2014 and in 2016 the awards started recognizing major fashion icons in the whole of Africa including Africans in the diaspora.

He joined the panel of judges at the 2018 Miss Uganda beauty pageant as the only male guest judge during the progressive selection process. He was named Ciroc ambassador in October 2016.