The Accelerator Lab team also paid special attention to the ongoing maintenance of the unipod and its variety of equipment. With security of the equipment and students being paramount, installation was arrange for a fire alarm system, security cameras and biometric doors. Meanwhile, an inventory of equipment is being maintained to ensure the usage of each tool is tracked and accounted for.

We hope that this innovative establishment will be a key conduit in addressing the major bottlenecks that have so far stifled the emergence of new enterprises from within Uganda’s innovation ecosystem. The team will now continue to nurture this unipod and the burgeoning enterprises within, driven by the objective to ensure no one is left behing in Uganda’s pursuit of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Watch this space as we continue to nurture Uganda’s innovation ecosystem. For more information, you can hear directly from students utilizing the unipod in this short video.

By Hadijah Nabbale, Head of Solutions Mapping; Nathan Tumuhamye, Head of Exploration; and Berna Mugema, Head of Experimentation.