Stories
News, visits, programs, and innovation stories from the University Innovation Pod.
UR UniPod, with Xiji Solar and GreenBridge Solutions, trained engineering students through hands-on e-mobility workshops—culminating in the (…)
Read more →UR UniPod hosted a five-day wood workshop exchange with Chalmers University’s FUSE Makerspace and T-Rax, strengthening safety, joinery, (…)
Read more →On May 4th, UR UniPod welcomed Joseph Nsengimana during the launch of the nationwide outreach program to Higher Learning Institutions, an (…)
Read more →On March 18, 2026, members of our Maker Space participated in a hands-on first aid and emergency response training session facilitated by an (…)
Read more →Startup Forward by RSIAFRICA — with UNIPOD Rwanda, Inkomoko, and RDB — equipped young entrepreneurs with practical knowledge on intellectual (…)
Read more →A six-week, hands-on training at the UniPod Woodworking & Digital Fabrication Facility — 30 participants, two cohorts, CAD/CAM, CNC, and (…)
Read more →UNLEASH Hack Rwanda 2025 (June 20–21): 29 innovators, design thinking, and digital solutions for youth mental health — including winning project (…)
Read more →UNIPOD and it’s startup Ingeli Engineering and Technologies (InET) have jointly equipped 12 students with mechanical skills to support the (…)
Read more →May 2, 2025 The UNIPOD Innovation Hub at the University of Rwanda College of Science and Technology (UR-CST) welcomed a prestigious delegation (…)
Read more →The University of Rwanda’s UNIPOD Rwanda innovation hub took a significant step toward strengthening industry-academic relationships by hosting a (…)
Read more →The University of Rwanda’s UniPod IHIE (Innovate and Impact Everywhere) student association has once again demonstrated its commitment to (…)
Read more →The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Mrs. Amina J. Mohammed, has praised the young innovators and their groundbreaking projects at UNIPOD, (…)
Read more →Fifteen students from the University of Rwanda have on 29-30 August 2024, participated in a two-day discussion focusing on the various challenges (…)
Read more →UNIPOD recently welcomed a prestigious delegation comprising notable figures in academia, innovation, and international development. Among them (…)
Read more →Lucas working at the Unipod (UR College of Science and Technology "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." For Lucas Gakire, this adage is (…)
Read more →We’re thrilled to announce the official launch of the Unipod Rwanda Student Club, a dynamic initiative aimed at empowering the next generation of (…)
Read more →UNIPOD recently hosted a group of secondary school students from Ecole De Sciences de Byimana . The visit included a tour of all ten labs, (…)
Read more →UNIPOD teamed up with Fab Lab, Nyereka Tech, and ARM to celebrate Arduino Day on March 22nd. This exciting event focused on Arduino, a popular (…)
Read more →UNIPOD recently hosted the captivating "Moving Museum" exhibition in collaboration with the Spring Institute for Forests on the Moon and FabLab (…)
Read more →Gaspard Twagirayezu, the Minister of Education on Friday November 10, inaugurated a University Innovation Pod (UNIPOD), a United Nations (…)
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