Brian Byaruhanga
Board Chair · Technology advisor
Civic technologist and human-rights advocate. Background in application development, ICT infrastructure security, and digital forensics. Certified digital security and adult literacy trainer.
About STEMCity Labs
Africa needs a place where a twelve-year-old writes her first line of code, a university student ships her first product, and a founder finds her first customer. We're building that place.
What we do
STEMCity Labs is a STEM-education and civic-technology hub. We run programs across the full learner pipeline — Maker Club for kids, bootcamps for teens, capstones for university students, founder support for entrepreneurs — and we build the platforms that the programs run on.
Maker ClubEVOTujulize UgandaDigital Workplace
Where
- HQ
- TechBuzz Hub, Ntinda · Kampala
- Active
- Across Uganda
- Reach
- 9 countries via partners
- Founded
- 2021
Traction · since 2021
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Beneficiaries empowered
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Partnerships
Our story
From a Kampala spark to a continental ambition.
2020
The spark
The idea is born — out of a gap between the potential of African youth and the STEM infrastructure available to them.
2021
Founded
STEMCity Labs is established in Kampala, with a mission to build vibrant STEM ecosystems across the continent.
2022
First cohort
First community programs reach 500 students and 50 educators in our inaugural year.
2025
Tujulize launches
Tujulize Uganda goes live — a civic-tech platform that puts public-engagement tools directly into citizens' hands.
2040
Continental goal
Ten million students and youth reached across Africa. The ambition we're building toward, one cohort at a time.
The 2040 ambition
10M
students and youth reached across Africa by 2040.
Today · 3,2502040 · 10,000,000
0.03% of the way · the rest is what we're building
Africa's median age is 19. The continent will add a billion people by 2050.
Either they'll be ready to build the systems they inherit, or someone else will build those systems for them.
STEMCity Labs is here for option one.
How we work
Four practices, not four buzzwords.
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PracticeWe build, we don't just teach.
We ship our own platforms. EVO is our STEM learning system. Tujulize Uganda is our civic-tech tool. Our learners use what we make.
02
PracticeWe measure everything.
A dedicated MEAL function — monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning — tracks every program. The numbers we publish are audited, not aspirational.
03
PracticePipeline, not silo.
We work across the whole learner journey: kids in Maker Club through to first-time founders. Most STEM orgs pick one stage. We refuse to.
04
PracticeAnchored in Kampala. Built for Africa.
We don't import frameworks from outside the continent. We build from the context we live in, and let the work travel from there.
Leadership
The people accountable for the work.
Rosebella Nsita Kibaya
Board member
Strategic leader with a track record in stakeholder management and program implementation across the non-profit sector. Former Regional Manager, Central Uganda, at Fundi Bots.
Ssozi Arthur Roykin
Co-founder · Operations Lead
7+ years leading data-driven initiatives and digital transformation across Uganda's technology, agricultural, and youth sectors. Implemented ODOO ERP for 15+ organisations. Power BI and analytics expert.
Joshua Mwesigwa Warren
Legal lead
Educational-technology law and civic-engagement frameworks. Ensures STEMCity's operations align with regulatory and governance requirements as the org scales.
Eyotaru Hope
MEAL lead
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer with 6+ years in data management and information systems. Expert in SPSS, Python, Power BI, Tableau. Prior project experience with UNHCR, USAID, and PEPFAR.
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