University of Uyo · Akwa Ibom State
Build what
the coast
needs next.
The Green and Blue Economy UniPod. Fabrication, electronics and digital labs for students, researchers, founders and industry who want to learn a skill, join a hackathon, or prototype something useful.
Start here
Find your pathway.
Choose what you want to do. Each pathway explains the next step and what you can ask the hub about.
Skills and bootcamps
Hands-on learning in fabrication, electronics, coastal enterprise and green production.
Explore programmes → 02Prototype and test
Workshops, benches and digital labs for turning a drawing into something you can hold.
Explore facilities → 03Develop an enterprise
Bring a venture, a research result or a product idea and say what support you need.
Ask about support → 04Partner with the hub
Industry, public agencies and research groups can put tools, talent and problems on the table.
Start a partnership →Programme areas
Learn it here. Try it on a real problem.
Training covers green production, the blue economy and digital making. Hackathons use the same labs for a short, intensive build. Dates are published when a cohort or a hackathon opens.
The facility
Three labs, and the rooms around them.
Look through the equipment before you visit. The fabrication lab has a CNC router, the electronics lab has test gear and soldering stations, and the digital lab has workstations for design.
Fabrication lab
Zhongpin CNC router, operator console and a rotary chuck for round stock.
Electronics lab
Oscilloscope, bench power supply, soldering stations and a PCB holder.
Digital lab
Desktop workstations for design, modelling and taught sessions.
Collaboration studios
Rooms for teaching, critiques, pitches and team working sessions.
Community lounge
A place to meet, wait, and keep a conversation going between sessions.
Creative corner
Space for storytelling, documentation and informal creative work.
Partner with us
Progress is shared work.
The pod connects the University of Uyo with makers, firms and public partners who want practical results from the green and blue economy.
Capability on site
Meet technical talent, test a product and use prototyping capacity close to Akwa Ibom’s markets.
Explore this pathway → 02 · Public partnersSkills that stay local
Support training, youth enterprise and projects tied to the state’s coast, farms and workshops.
Explore this pathway → 03 · ResearchersFrom the lab outward
Move a research result toward a prototype, a field test or a conversation with users.
Explore this pathway → 04 · FoundersA faster second version
Use the building, the tools and the university community to improve what you are already building.
Explore this pathway →Get in touch
Let’s make something happen.
Tell us what you want to build, learn or support.
University of Uyo
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria