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Etienne Salborn Recognised among Thinkers50’s Global List of Leaders50

Published on September 14, 2026

SINA founder Etienne Salborn has been included in Thinkers50’s Leaders50 for the second consecutive edition, recognising a form of leadership rooted in freesponsibility and distributed authority. SINA is grateful that Etienne Salborn has been included in the Leaders50 again, following the 2024 edition and now the 2026 edition. The recognition is meaningful because of the […]

Introducing the “SINA Expert Network”

Published on September 9, 2026

A six-person team in Uganda brings knowledge from households and refugee contexts into a shower-design process. A 24-year-old SINA alumna who left formal education early trains university lecturers in how entrepreneurship is learned through practice. Three SINA facilitators work with six NGOs from Uganda and Rwanda to examine their purpose, test possible income opportunities and […]

SINA and Ten SINA Social Enterprises Nominated for the 2026 ZeroDX Awards

Published on September 2, 2026

After receiving the ZeroDX Award in 2024 and 2025, SINA has again been nominated for the 2026 edition. This alone is an honour. What excites us even more is that ten social enterprises from across the SINA ecosystem have also been nominated this year. Together, the eleven nominations offer a glimpse of what can happen […]

When a High School Dropout Trains University Lecturers

Published on August 19, 2026

Universities are built around qualifications. To lecture, people usually need degrees. To train lecturers, the expectations are even higher: a master’s degree, often a PhD, publications, academic titles, and years of being recognized by the system. Jesca Nayebare came with a different kind of evidence. She is 24 years old, a SINA alumna, and co-founder […]

When Pain Becomes an Opportunity: Jackline Birungi and She Deserves Uganda (video)

Published on August 14, 2026

Jackline Birungi knew the problem before she ever thought of building a social enterprise around it. Severe menstrual pain had affected her own education. She struggled to sit through class. She searched for relief and ended up taking too many painkillers. Then, while going through the SINA Framework at Jangu International, something shifted. Instead of […]

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2007

Kankobe Children's Home

Etienne Salborn volunteers in the Kankobe Children’s Home in Uganda and creates an educational sponsorship program for orphans after leaving the orphanage.

2009

Formation of Jangu

The sponsorship program reaches 30 students and "Jangu e.V." is founded to manage them professionally.

2013

Collective Idea for SINA

The 1st generation of sponsored youth completes High School but drowns in youth unemployment. In an Open Space the idea for a space where youth create their own jobs is born.

2014

Jangu International

The 1st SINA is created by collectively building the model, culture and the space in Mpigi with 15 Ugandan facilitators, international experts and Jangu e.V. graduates.

2015

Proof of Concept

The 1st SINA Community grows to 50 members and proves that marginalized youth can unleash their potentials and become social entrepreneurs through self-organized and freesponsible education.

2016

Proving Scalability

Three refugees find SINA, join and 9 months later make "SINA" their social enterprise by replicating the model into the Nakivale Refugee Settlement.

2018

UNHCR Innovation Award

SINA is replicated by and for refugees in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement and wins the UNHCR Innovation Award. A partnership starts to replicate SINA in Zimbabwe with UNHCR.

2019

SINA Global

SINA Global is established to serve a growing network of SINA Communities, hundreds of social enterprises born at SINAs and support further replications across Africa.

2026

Exponential Impact

With 24 SINAs in 10 countries and strategic partnerships, a freesponsible and regenerative movement for exponential scale and impact has emerged.

Partners & Supporters

"I'm living my dreams and not dreaming my life!"

Joseph Bwinika

Founder of Tucheke Movies Production, Nakivale Refugee Sttlement

"Before I joined SINA I didn’t know what to do with my life, I was scared that I was going to be a failure because I had no hopes of continuing with studies but after joining SINA and through a lot of empowerment and coaching, I realized my passions and regained hope for success and created a change in my life."

Joan Nalubega

Founder of Uganics

"I am now strong emotionally and no longer put blame on anyone for the challenges that I met in life and I uphold challenges to give me solutions. I was able to find my passion and create a social benefit to the society out of it."

Angella Marjorie

Founder of the Gejja Women Foundation

"Before SINA, I was not able to express myself and give my view about challenges that affect me and my community, after SINA am able to pursue my passion and dreams of fashion and supporting persons with disabilities with the help of life coaches and mentors. SINA has changed my life through discovering myself, identifying and developing my passions and it has kept me thinking and creative all the time. I am an empowered leader now and have been able to create an enterprise. "

Juliet Namujju

Founder of Kimuli Collections

"SINA has impacted me in many ways. It is the place and environment where I discovered myself deeply. I learned how to find solutions towards problems and pains I had."

Turatsinze Victor

Co-Founder of Unleashed in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement

"SINA is a life transforming environment which is giving hope and meaning to life of youth. I was hopeless and I didn’t know what I was going to do but since I joined SINA I am now developing my professional skills and my personal growth. It is helping me to become an entrepreneur."

Sylvain Himbana

Co-Founder of SINA Loketa in Bidibidi Refugee Camp