Why Join MASA?
Discover how the MASA Innovation Programme accelerates your growth, skills, and startup potential.
Hands-on Access to the UniPod Makerspace
Gain free access to a state-of-the-art makerspace equipped with 3D printers, CNC machines, laser cutters, electronics benches, and rapid prototyping tools to transform ideas into functional products.
Practical Innovation & Entrepreneurship Skills
Learn real-world innovation processes—problem identification, customer discovery, design thinking, prototyping, and pitching—preparing you to become a job creator.
Mentorship from Experts
Get paired with experienced mentors from academia, industry, and the start-up ecosystem who guide product development, market validation, and business modelling.
Exposure to Cutting-edge Technologies
Engage with emerging technologies such as IoT, robotics, renewable energy systems, advanced manufacturing, and digital fabrication through hands-on workshops.
Support for Viable Business Ideas
Refine your innovations into market-ready solutions through dedicated coaching, testing, and prototype improvement, strengthening commercialisation potential.
Networking & Collaboration
Join a community of innovators across Botswana, gaining opportunities to collaborate with investors, development partners, and government agencies.
Enhanced Employability
Build strong portfolios of innovation projects to position yourself for internships, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities in technology-driven industries.
Access to Funding & Competitions
Apply for seed funding, innovation grants, hackathons, and pitch competitions facilitated by BIUST, UB, and partners to accelerate your solutions.
Skills for the Future of Work
Acquire critical 21st-century skills including creativity, problem-solving, digital literacy, and project management—essential for thriving in a rapidly evolving economy.
National Development Impact
Contribute to Botswana’s development agenda through projects aligned with digital innovation, green transformation, youth empowerment, and economic diversification.
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