Category: NEWS

Yesterday the exciting final of the Social Impact Award was held at the Social Innovation Academy (SINA) in Uganda. SINA has been implementing the “SIA” for the second year. The Social Impact Award is more than an just award. Through a workshop series at the beginning of the year in universities, refugee camps and local […]

We are excited to see our SINA startup Kimuli Fashionability as a winner of the Greenpreneurs Program. Apart from scaling support and a grant of $ 5,000 USD, the Award will be given in November in Seoul in person by former Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-moon. Congratulations!!! You can read more also in this […]

In today’s issue of the Daily Monitor, one of the two biggest newspapers in Uganda, you can read all about our startup “Ouroots Africa”, growing natural and biodegradable straws to fight plastic pollution.

The Anzisha Prize is celebrating africa’s youngest entrepreneurs who are making a difference in their countries through social businesses. Last year SINA scholar Joan Nalubega became the second runner up of the Anzisha Prize (which also came with a grant support for her enterprise Uganics of $ 12,5000 USD), we are very excited that this […]

Johnson & Johnson announced the winners of the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0 at the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town. Among them is SINA startup “Uganics”, producing mosquito repellent soap. As a winner Uganics will receive a $ 50,000 USD grant to expand its production and technical support on […]

The story of Etienne Salborn and the Social Innovation Academy (SINA) are highlighted in the book of the German bpb: “The Art of Speaking for Yourself” as an example beyond empowerment to enable people create their own solutions. The book is an essay to let people speak for yourself – beyond all ideology or political […]

The German news channel dw (Deutsche Welle) reported about “Ouroots”, growing a natural alternative to plastic straws which is biodegradable and reusable: And also Channel NewsAsia from Singapore reported about the SINA Startup “Ouroots”:

SINA and all its communities take safeguarding very seriously and we have been working in the past months to create a first working version of a safeguarding policy, which has been put into place. We welcome feedback or suggestions for improvements.

Ouroots is partnering with the earth because reusing and recycling plastics is not enough! Alternatives are needed. TRT World reported on our initiative:

Totya Platform is a SINA Enterprise fighting sexual violence in Uganda and offering support to victims – UBC NEWS Uganda reported on 20th July 2019: