ASR-iCIE Unipod
The laboratories and facilities of the Abdulsamad Rabiu International Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ASR-iCIE) UNDP Unipod, University of Maiduguri.
Director, Abdulsamad Rabiu International Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ASR-iCIE) UNDP Unipod
The working laboratories of the Abdulsamad Rabiu International Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ASR-iCIE) UNDP Unipod.
A bench of 3D printers, a small CNC router, a soldering station and hand tools for building a working model.
Students and start-ups on the pod build here.
The room holds two 3D printers, a CNC router for light timber and acrylic, a soldering station and a repair bench, and it is open to registered students without charge.
Oscilloscopes, function generators and a bench of microcontrollers for circuit work and firmware.
The electronics laboratory is where the hardware work happens.
Each bench has an oscilloscope, a bench supply and a soldering station, and the shelf holds a stock of microcontrollers, sensors and the leads that go with them.
A quiet room with workstations for datasets, analysis and the writing that goes with it.
The studio is for the work that needs a screen and a quiet room.
It carries workstations for the analysis of datasets, and it is where the centre's own project reports are written.
The services and spaces attached to the laboratory.
A shared working room for teams that need a table, a network point and a door that closes.
The Maker Space is let to teams in the incubation programme and to student groups.
A desk, a network point and a lockable cupboard come with the room, and a mentor is on call on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Twelve months of desk space, a small research grant and a mentor for a team that has been admitted.
Teams in the incubation programme are attached to a mentor from the centre's mentor pool.
The room is theirs for twelve months: desk space, a small research grant and a place in the fortnightly review clinic.
A room that seats forty for a workshop, a panel or a monthly review meeting.
The seminar room is used for the centre's training, for the monthly panel and for visiting speakers.
It seats forty and has a projector, a whiteboard and a sound system.
The latest from the centre.
17 Oct 2026, 11:28 am
The centre now has a fabrication laboratory of its own, with a 3D printer bench, a small CNC router and a soldering station.
10 Oct 2026, 11:28 am
Teams working on agri-tech, waste, health, education and two digital services begin the twelve-month incubation programme.
28 Sep 2026, 11:28 am
Radio production and broadcast kit join the pod's workshop list, and the Directorate takes a seat on the mentoring panel.
Event 11 Nov 2026, 9:00 am
A one-day clinic for anyone with an idea they cannot build yet. Bring a sketch; leave with a prototype.
Event 30 Nov 2026, 9:00 am
Five graduates of the pod's entrepreneurship training talk about what happened after the programme.
Event 23 Dec 2026, 9:00 am
The centre opens its doors: laboratory tours, project stands, and a market stall for the incubated teams.
The laboratory, the workshops and the people of the centre.
