Gatherings
Check-ins, Workshops, Hackathons, demo days, research workshops, and community showcases, a look back at moments from the studio and the Academy.
Gatherings
Coming up
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AUG 2026
The 2026 cohort closes twelve weeks of research, design, and code with live demos of their solutions to six real community problems. Open to partners, press, and anyone curious.
Online · Google Meet
Past events
2026
June 2026
Online · Kampala
Fifty-four fellows from fourteen countries opened twelve weeks of research, design, and code — meeting their tracks, mentors, and the six community problems they'd spend the cohort solving.
Learn moreFebruary 2026
Kampala, Uganda
A working session with community partners to surface real, lived constraints — the field immersion that every RCR project starts from.
2025
November 2025
Kampala, Uganda
Two days of building in the open — contributors shipped to studio repositories and datasets, with onboarding for first-time open-source developers.
August 2025
Kampala, Uganda
Fellows, alumni, and mentors gathered for technical reviews and career pathing — the structured mentorship that anchors the Academy.
Fifty-four fellows from fourteen countries are twelve weeks deep into research, design, and code — building solutions to six real community problems. Applications for the next cohort open soon; write to us to be first in line.
