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SINA Is Starting a Community in Germany – Call for Replicators (“Changemaker-Makers”)

SINA is planning to replicate from Uganda to Berlin, Germany. Starting in June 2026 with a 6 months learning journey in Uganda and in January 2027, we will open SINA in Berlin, a self-organised learning and entrepreneurship community for disadvantaged young people in Berlin, joining our growing movement of currently 23+ SINA Communities. It is […]

Highlights from our Changemaker-maker Event across 5 new SINAs and 4 Social Enterprises

On December 2, 2025 (Giving Tuesday), we embarked on a journey across Nepal, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda to visit on ground our newest five SINA Communities and four impactful SINA social enterprises. The event was designed as a space to listen, reflect, and learn from one another. Community founders shared how new SINA spaces […]

SINA at the Corporate Rebels Summit 2025 in Barcelona

This November, SINA will be on stage at one of the key global gatherings for progressive organizations. Tonny Wamboga and Etienne Salborn have been invited as speakers at the Corporate Rebels Summit 2025 in Barcelona, taking place on 20–21 November. They will join Frederic Laloux, Jos de Blok, Lisa Gill, Karin Tenelius, Xavier Costa and […]

Five SINA Members, One Desert Classroom in Egypt: Regeneration at SEKEM

Five SINA delegates from three Ugandan SINA Communities went to Egypt to learn from a living model of regeneration. Over five days from 24–28 September 2025, they joined farmers, educators, scientists and social entrepreneurs at the World Goetheanum Forum in SEKEM, Egypt, an event explicitly framed to “re-think, re-feel and re-do” sustainable development. The whole […]

SINA at the Exhibition “Reise & Caravan” in Erfurt, Germany (Oct 30 – Nov 2)

Our own Obina, Ida, and Nils are currently representing SINA at the Reisen & Caravan Messe in Erfurt, Germany happening from 30th October-2 November. Come with a friend and learn about the new developments, programs and travel possibilities SINA has to offer. Let’s have a chat and share about social entrepreneurship and regenerative traveling. Stall […]

SINA Changemaker-maker Live Event 2025 on Dec 2nd

Imagine a world where every young person in Africa becomes the change they want to see! Join us for an extraordinary and inspiring 6h livestream journey across our 5 new SINA Communities in Uganda, Rwanda, Nigeria and Nepal and a few impactful SINA Social Enterprises. You will witnessing firsthand how we’re turning this dream into […]

Youth-Led Breakthroughs: Social Impact Award East Africa 2025 hosted by SINA

SINA (Social Innovation Academy), together with its SINA Communities Cosmo Foundation in Kampala (Uganda) and Social Entrepreneurship Academy (SENTA) in Bukavu (DRC), co-hosted the Social Impact Award across all of East Africa. Fifteen youth-led ventures from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, the DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda took the stage after eight weeks of online incubation […]

First Graduation of Nigerian SINA Scholars Blessed with Presence of Nigerian Vice President and State Governor

A historic moment unfolded this week in Northern Nigeria. The Dikko Social Innovation Academy (DSIA), the first SINA Community in Nigeria commissioned and supported by the local Katsina Government, held its first graduation ceremony of its pioneer scholars in the Applied Social Innovation Stage of the SINA Framework These 18 young Nigerians, many of whom […]

SINA Member Janet Aguti Meets Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican

Yesterday on the 20th October 2025, SINA entrepreneur Janet Aguti met Pope Leo XIV as part of a delegation from Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA), a global coalition of survivors and advocates. The hour-long audience opened a direct line of dialogue on child protection and accountability across the Catholic Church, described by several outlets and ECA […]

SINA Loketa Art Centre in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2025

The Bidibidi Performing Arts Centre, co-created with the refugee-led SINA Loketa community in northern Uganda, has been longlisted for the Dezeen Awards 2025. The centre is a semi-open amphitheatre with session rooms, training spaces and a recording studio, built from earth bricks and topped by a lightweight roof that also harvests rainwater for the surrounding […]