| Born: Saturday 7th January 1984 in Jinja Hospital (UG) to Elizabeth Ndezo Dramani (from Ayivu) + James Dramani (from Maracha) | |
| Siblings: 1 brother, 5 sisters | |
| Tribe: Lugbara | |
| Baptised: Edward Ayikobua [Translated from Lugbara: Happiness is in Heaven] on Sunday 22nd April 1984 at Bugaddu Church of Uganda Bugerere; dropped out letter Y from surname in Primary 1 (at age 6) following advice from his father to make it shorter and modern | |
| Religion: Anglican-born; Savedee (1997); Muslim (2002); now JESUSfreak (Christian) | |
| Favourite food: Rice, beans, chapati, spaghetti, etc. | |
| Sports interest: Michael Jordan (since 1992); Football (John Barnes; Germany; Romario (Brazil); Arsenal FC [Ian Wright, Emmanuel Petit, Patrick Vieira, Arsene Wenger, Robert Pires, etc]; Real Madrid; Lionel Messi)... | |
| Education: Garage Daycare, then Modern Nursery Jinja (1989); Victoria Nile School (1990-5); Kalinabiri Primary School (1995-6); St. Mary's College Kisubi (1997-2000); Makerere College School (2001-2); Uganda Christian University in Mukono (2003-6); Maisha Filmlab (2008) | |
| Childhood Ambition: Become a Footballer (1992), but gave up in 1996. Others were doctor or trucker, then fireman (1997). Idea for an art label came after Y2K | |
| Turning Point: Rejected from joining Technical Drawing class (after quitting the Fine Art class in Senior 5 because of constantly deteriorating grades) and with teary eyes, he started writing the name of GOD in all caps plus decided to teach himself how to draw cartoons | |
| Penname: Aiko, chosen after a 1997 Christmas card from VNS and SMACK OB named Robin Kasinda who addressed him as "Aiiko", but the name AikoGraphics came to him during Sunday 2nd February 2003 around 4:39pm on Mt. Wati Road (Arua) as a Creativity Organisation | |
| Tagline: Designs and Portraits | |
| Notable Artworks: Bob Marley (for S4 deskmate Jean Rwamukaga) when he discovered focussed inking without pencil sketches, Emmanuel Petit, Thierry (Y2K); ChurchTV logo (2002); Emily (2005) featuring his bounceback girlfriend; Uganda Clearing Industry & Forwarders Association (UCIFA) logo (2007); Procurement Initiatives Asia-Pacific (2011); Arua Citystate emblem (2016) made in memory of his first real love (Kawino) a day before Women's Day and emblazoned on the West Face of the 2021 Arua Central Market; Block Owners crest in SMACK League (2017); AruaCartoons, Maracha View (2018); Lugbara (2019); Jackline Katusiime (2020) sparked his Ugatoons Epiphany during a gig from The Office (TV series) director Maureen Nankya, Jhosa (Filipino); Namesake (Jhene Aiko) two days after seeing her in a birthday-wedding dream, Lugbara With a Pearl Earring (2021) a month after Cynthia Letasi's 26th birthday; Black Peace (Dreamscape); HR (Humura Ronivich) Handyman, Lindsay Hames, Self-portrait (2023); Farida, Ojapi, West Nile logo (2024); 12-colour Clock (2025)... | |
| Blogs: Kargo Magazine (2008); Arua District Local Government (2009)... | |
| Books: Aiko's Lugbara Dictionary (2016) dedicated to his first crush in West Nile (Cynthia); Dreamsurfing (Book cover features his 2005 Bounceback Girlfriend in the centre), United Gombololas (2020); Suicide Notes (2025); Sadness Trench - ignited by an unexpected call from Campus OG named Mariam Nakafu on NRM's 40th anniversary, Arua Tourism (2026)... | |
| Editorial Cartoons: The Standard (UCU Newspaper) from 2007-2015 and 2019-2020 Lockdown; Sunday Vision (January 2011)... | |
| Films: The Casual (2008)... | |
| Illustrations: World Wide Fund for Nature (2012); Plunging the Depths by Mike Watmon Kinyera (2015); Weaving a Path to Wisdom by Victor Draman Afayo (2025)... | |
| Paintings: Green Lamp (Y2K); Ndedra Stores for his parents at Arua Central Market; KADS backdrops (2007, 2009, 2012); Springs Kindergarten (2017, 2025); Charis International School (2022)... | |
| Writing: Sokka Magazine (2015) invited by Reverien Fils Kiruzi (Rwanda)... | |
| Big Plan: Depression Network (Tuesday 1st October 2024). | |
| Testimonials: Fundi... (Elizabeth Dramani); Artist... (Gordon, hostelmate in Bugujju); Naturally bright... (Emily Ampaire); One of the Best Cartoonists I know... (Nakanwagi Nsamba in Seeta, Mukono); Lugbara researcher... (Charles Kirikiri Bua from Vurra); Best Cartoonist in Uganda... (Thomas Froese, German-born Canadian); Clever... (John Semakula); etc... | |
| Advice: Worship GOD, trust in JESUS; fast and pray... |