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Tests, practice and assessments — now open to individuals in Uganda, Kenya and Bangladesh.

Rubikon is three products on one platform. Talent: tests, exam practice and competency assessment, plus hiring and staff qualifications for companies. Sales: a phone app for sales reps and a dashboard for managers. ERP: finance, stock and production for your whole business, with no fee per user.

🌍 Tests from $9, paid by mobile money · How it works

AI built in

New software, built with AI from day one.

Rubikon is not an old system with AI bolted on. AI answers your staff's questions today, and in Rubikon ERP it does the typing for you. A person always approves, and your data stays in your own account.

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Meet Kioo, your assistant

Ask how to do anything in Rubikon, in plain words, and Kioo answers with the steps and the page to open. On every page and in the staff app on the phone.

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AI in assessments

  • Written answers and exam papers marked by AI, checked by people
  • Hiring tests that score aptitude, integrity and fit for each role
  • Owner dashboard that turns everything entered into one view
In build for Rubikon ERP

AI that does the typing

  • Photograph a supplier invoice: the purchase entry is filled in for you to approve
  • Reps speak their visit notes; the visit and order are filled in
  • Owners ask “How did sales do in Jinja last month?” and get the answer
  • Reorder and demand forecasts from your own sales

Rubikon at work

Tests for learners, assessments for boards and teams, and the apps that run a factory's people and sales. Scroll to see the screens.

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Tests & practice

For learners and job-seekers.

Buy a test with mobile money, take it on your phone, get a banded report. Aptitude, emotional intelligence, exam practice and admissions mocks, in Uganda, Kenya and Bangladesh.

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Assessment programmes

For boards, ministries and HR teams.

Governance assessments, board evaluation, job-fit hiring batteries and leadership programmes, with individual and institutional reports that hold up.

Board Governance Assessment — sample report6 competencies · scored /100
C1Legal & RegulatoryExemplary
C2Governance & EthicsProficient
C3Financial OversightDeveloping
C4Strategy & IdentityProficient
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New · Pilots open

Rubikon for manufacturing

An app for the whole plant.

Managers get dashboards: who is qualified on which procedure, graduate trainees, sales by territory. Workers and reps get the app on their phone, with no email needed. Every worker a login, one flat price.

Trusted across education, government & enterprise
Ministry of FinanceMoFPED
Bank of UgandaBOU
Trinity College NabbingoBoard
Uganda Revenue AuthorityURA
PPDAPublic procurement
Uganda AirlinesPilot psychometric assessment
Electoral CommissionUganda
Uganda Development Corp.UDC
National Medical StoresNMS
Uganda Investment AuthorityUIA
UNOCUganda National Oil
Centenary BankBanking
Uganda Bureau of StatisticsUBOS

Beacon Solutions Limited has delivered training and psychometric assessment for these institutions, and is authorised to reference this work in its programmes.

Tests & practice

Take a Rubikon test today.

Self-assessments, aptitude, exam practice and admissions mocks - priced in USD and paid by mobile money.

Self-assessment

Emotional Intelligence Self-Check

Reflect on how you notice, manage and use emotions - your own and other people's.
$924 questions · Untimed
Buy
Aptitude

General Aptitude (★1–★5)

Numerical, verbal and logical reasoning in 60 minutes, rated on a five-star scale.
$1960 questions · 60 min
Buy
Exam practice

College Entry Practice (Reading, Writing & Maths)

Reading, writing and maths practice in the style of a US college-entry test.
$920 questions · 35 min
Buy
For organisations

Board & Governance Assessment

Assess board members' governance competence and evaluate board performance.
Proposalper organisation
Request a proposal

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For organisations

Assessment programmes for institutions.

Priced on your numbers and the reporting you need. Tell us a little about your organisation and we'll send a proposal.

Governance

Board members' governance competence, scored against a six-competency framework.

Request a proposal →

Board evaluation

Self and peer evaluation of how the board performs as a team.

Request a proposal →

Recruitment & Job-fit

Role-specific batteries built from your job description.

Request a proposal →

Leadership programmes

Needs survey, pre-test, training and post-test, with an institutional report.

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Who we serve

One platform, calibrated to each institution.

The same rigorous engine, tailored to the competencies and stakes that matter in each sector.

01 / Education

Boards & schools

Assess governing boards and leadership against the competencies that good governance demands.

  • Board competency assessments
  • Governance & safeguarding readiness
  • Individual & whole-board reports
02 / Government

Public sector & ministries

Aptitude and competency testing for recruitment, promotion, and capacity-building at scale.

  • Job aptitude & psychometric testing
  • Manager & staff capability mapping
  • Cohort assessment for many candidates
03 / Enterprise

Corporate HR teams

Give HR and L&D an objective, defensible read on team strengths and development needs.

  • Hiring & selection assessments
  • Competency gap analysis
  • Development-planning insights
04 / Manufacturing

Plants & producers

Hire on aptitude, grow graduates into qualified staff and run your sales team, with a named account for every worker.

  • Operator, QC and sales-rep job-fit testing
  • Graduate trainee development on your premises
  • One flat company price, unlimited users
Rubikon for manufacturing →
What Rubikon does

Five pillars, one login.

Everything a Rubikon account unlocks — for your child, your classroom, and your institution.

01
RubikonBook · Practice

Self-paced practice that scores itself

Students revise by topic in a clean space, get instant scoring, and watch progress build term over term.

Topic drillsInstant feedbackProgress tracking
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Exams & Assignments · New

Teachers set weekly work, timed and marked

A secure, server-timed exam area where teachers assign weekly tests and assignments, with integrity controls.

Weekly assignmentsServer-timed examsIntegrity controls
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Entry-exam & Test Prep

Aptitude, English, C.Ent, medical admissions & A-Level — one place

Curriculum-aligned practice for national exams and international admissions, plus psychometric reasoning tests.

General AptitudeEnglish ProficiencyC.EntMedical AdmissionsUganda A-LevelPsychometrics
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Board & Governance Evaluation

Structured board and committee assessments

The engine behind our government and banking work: run evaluation cycles, aggregate scores, export branded reports.

Evaluation cyclesLive dashboardsBranded reports
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Reports for Parents & Schools

Real data on where every learner stands

Each student gets a personal score profile showing strengths and the exact areas to improve — evidence, not guesswork.

Personal profilesStrength mappingSchool analytics
Offers

Current programmes & partner pricing.

Rubikon runs targeted programmes with schools and institutions. Here's what's open now.

Enterprise · HR

HR team aptitude tests

Corporate HR & recruitment teams
Volume pricing per person — ask us for a quote for your team.
Team sizeUGXKESUSD
1 – 19 people249,5008,75068
20 – 49 people195,0006,85053
50 – 99 people149,5005,25041
100 – 199 people129,5004,55035
200 – 499 people99,5003,50027
500+ peopleContact us——

Price per person. KES and USD figures are indicative and follow prevailing exchange rates.

  • Aptitude & psychometric testing at scale
  • Critical-thinking and logical reasoning
  • Competency gap analysis across the team
  • Banded, defensible individual reports
Request a quote

We warmly welcome schools to partner with Rubikon. Talk to us about your school.

How it works

From framework to defensible report.

01
STEP 01

Define the framework

We map the competencies that matter for your institution and sector.

02
STEP 02

Invite participants

Board members, applicants, or staff are invited securely by email.

03
STEP 03

Assess & grade

Objective items auto-score; written responses are graded against rubrics.

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STEP 04

Deliver insight

Individual and group reports show banded results by competency.

Why Rubikon

Built for decisions that have to hold up.

When the results inform who governs, who's hired, or who's promoted, the assessment behind them has to be sound.

Rigour

Psychometrically grounded

Assessments are designed on sound psychometric principles — built to measure what they claim to.

Clarity

Banded, defensible reporting

Every result is placed in a clear competency band, with the reasoning behind it transparent and reviewable.

Scale

From one board to a cohort

Run a single governing board or assess hundreds of public-sector candidates on the same platform.

About us

Evidence, where instinct used to be.

Rubikon was founded to bring rigour to a decision institutions too often make on instinct: who is ready to lead, to govern, or to serve.

We build psychometrically-sound competency assessments for boards, governments, and teams — turning judgement into evidence, and evidence into better decisions.

The team
KJ

Kalyango Jovan

Founder

Data scientist and statistician. Designs Rubikon's assessment engine, psychometrics, and reporting.

EB

Edwin Mugisa Bitamazire

Co-founder · Psychometrics

Psychometrics professional. Leads assessment design and the science behind Rubikon's competency frameworks.

KB

Dr Khairul Alam Bhuiyan (PhD)

Head of Research

International educational advisor and software engineer. Leads Rubikon's research and the methodology behind its assessments.

MN

Margaret Wambui Njau

Head of Data Clinic

MSc Business Analytics, BSc Finance & Economics. Leads Rubikon's Data Clinic — analytics, reporting, and data quality.

IM

Innocent Mbabazi

Head of Business Development & Partnerships

Leads Rubikon's growth and partnerships — building the relationships that bring the platform to new schools and institutions.

Partners
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UKQASQuality assurance · Official partner · UK
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ILAPInternational Learning Access Provider · UK
C
Core TrustHR partner · Kenya
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NewGen ConsultingTraining partner · India
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JovannottiStudy-abroad & scholarships · Italy · Kenya · Uganda
D
Driips CapitalInvestment & trading partner

See Rubikon on your own competencies.

Tell us about your institution and we'll walk you through a tailored assessment.