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Uyo · Akwa Ibom · Est. 2025

Everyonehasideas.Fewmakethemreal.

A hardware and deep tech maker community in Uyo. Embedded systems, IoT, and boards you take home.

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A monthly build session · Uyo

Opportunities open right now

Grants, roles, and calls we have checked ourselves. Updated from the board.

  • HackathonOPEN

    Microscale Embedded

    Build Nigeria Challenge by Microscale Embedded

    Closes

    31 OCT

    Where

    ·

    Worth

    UNDISCLOSED

    Apply
  • GrantOPEN

    Cardano Foundation

    Cardano Project Catalyst Fund 16

    Closes

    ROLLING

    Where

    ·

    Worth

    UP TO 750,000 ADA PER CATEGORY

    Start a proposal

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What a Pi Jam actually is

Hands on. Zero to hero. Deep tech, in your hands.

You arrive with a laptop.

We hand you a board.

Ninety minutes later it does something real.

You keep the board.

A Pi Jam session in Uyo, with a talk on screen and a laptop open on the bench.
Pi Jam Vol. 2 · Uyo

  • 01

    Talent pipeline

    Juniors and senior deep tech people in the same room. Over time the community becomes the place founders come to for hiring recommendations.

  • 02

    Give back

    Founders, hardware marketplaces and companies putting parts, samples and mentorship into the room. Writers and analysts belong here too, not only engineers.

  • 03

    Hub partnerships

    Uyo tech hubs referring into structured paid courses, and building curriculum with us.

Builders at a Pi Jam session in Uyo.
Pi Jam Vol. 2 · Uyo

The next one is being planned.

Dates land in the Discord first, usually a couple of weeks ahead.

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