Who we are
The Mukuba University Innovation Pod otherwise known as the UniPod is the first ever dedicated space in Zambia to innovation that combines the expertise from academia and provides young innovators with state-of-the-art and modern equipment and advanced software for their ideation and prototyping.
The UniPod is an initiative under a broader United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) initiative known as timbuktoo which is $1 billion innovation fund aimed at backing African startups. Timbuktoo is an ambitious program which promises to ignite a wave of entrepreneurial success, empowering groundbreaking ideas and reshaping Africa’s economic landscape. Currently, there are thirteen (13) UniPods across Africa and plans are underway to inaugurate 3 more pods in 2024.
UniPod Objectives
The overall objective of the UniPod is to create the platform for young people in their university years who are particularly apt to engage in creative and bold thinking, while they are still immersed in learning, absorbing great amounts of knowledge, and eager to find their place in the world. Additionally, the UniPod aims to increase female representation within the innovation ecosystem by ensuring that 50% of innovators in each programme are female.
The specific objectives of the UniPod are:
* Provide exposure to concepts of design thinking and product realisation.
* Provide equipment (which includes software, hardware and consumables) to enable prototyping of innovations.
* Enhance digital skills development in digital fabrication.
* Provide a platform for innovators to receive guidance from faculty staff concerning their design projects.
* Encourage the prototyping and testing of innovations that can be developed into commercially viable products.
* To serve as conduits to the thematic pan-African timbuktoo hubs.
Pod Spaces
The Mukuba UniPod has three main spaces which support innovators at any point between ideation through to prototyping. https://www.cbu.ac.zm/unipod/
Company Details
- Founded
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- Industry
- Digital Accessibility Services
Mukuba Unipod Questions
Mukuba Unipod's website is https://www.cbu.ac.zm/unipod/website/
Mukuba Unipod's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/mukuba-unipod
Mukuba Unipod's industry is
Digital Accessibility Services
Mukuba Unipod's top competitors are
Undp Africa,
Unipod Malawi,
Undp Zambia,
Robotics Club-Cbu,
Gdg Lusaka,
Robotix Institute Zm,
Timbuktoo Africa,
Unipod South Sudan,
Invenker Technologies Limited,
Launcher Engineer's Hub.
Mukuba Unipod's categories are Digital Accessibility Services
Mukuba Unipod's founding year is 2023
