One week, one team, real customers.
How SINA works
This is the most hands-on SINA format we run. You don’t come to watch, you join an early-stage SINA social enterprise team as an extra team member for the week. It’s practical, intense, messy in a productive way, and you go home inspired with real stories, real learning, and relationships that keep going after you leave.
We bring together 8 – 10 early-stage social enterprises from different SINA communities (from Uganda and other African countries). Each enterprise already has a clear social or environmental problem they solve and a working solution. The bootcamp is the week where the enterprise accelerates and scales its impact. Teams work hands-on through business diagnostics, financial forecasting, business model design and lots of practical and fun activities. It all ends with a final pitch vent to an external panel of judges.
Dates and flow
- Location: Mpigi, Uganda at our main SINA Community “Jangu International”
- Arrival: Sunday, June 14 (anytime), the airport is “Entebbe”, 90 minutes from Mpigi
- Bootcamp: June 15 (8:30 am start) to Friday 19 June (full days)
- Saturday/ Sunday June 20 -21: departure or optional visits nearby: e.g. established SINA enterprises, the Equator, primary forest, birdwatching on Lake Victoria
Your role as an international participant
You’re in the team. You help with customer conversations, shaping the offer, prototyping, testing pricing, doing the uncomfortable learning loops, and supporting the team to move fast. Evenings are informal and relational, the days are very practical.
We’re aiming for 8 internationals with diverse backgrounds and skills, one per enterprise team, so spots are limited.
Cost and what’s included
Participation fee: 575 € (670 USD)
It covers (simple but comfortable) accommodation, full board at SINA Village in Mpigi and airport pickup and drop-off. It further helps to cover local operations and travel for teams coming from other SINA communities. Flights, visas, insurance, and personal travel costs are not included
Testimonies from previous participants:
– Bex (UK)
– Esra (USA)
How to join:
Email etienne@socialinnovationacademy.org and confirm your interest without needing to commit. We’ll set a call to walk you through the details, answer questions, and confirm your spot. See you in Uganda!
Your SINA Team
Here the information again in a flyer form