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Our SINA community in Mpigi, Uganda “Jangu International” has been invited and sponsored by the Ministry for Gender, Labour and Social Development together with the Ministry of Defence to represent Ugandan youth and youth organizations in Bujumbura as the only Ugandan organisation to represent the whole of Uganda in the concluded East African Standby Force […]

Our Alumni Namujju Juliet and Faith Aweko feature with their respective social enterprises Kimuli Fashionability and Reform Africa in The East African magazine. Described as “fashion creatives”, their journey of transforming waste materials into sustainable fashion is an inspiring tale. They create products such as garments, accessories, coffee tables and other household items. You can read the whole article here http://It’s all rubbish: […]

SINA (Social Innovation Academy) is awarding fully funded scholarships for young Zanzibari to become FutureShapers and travel to UGANDA in June 2022 to learn how to build a community of people who want to change the world for the better through social entrepreneurship through replication of the SINA model. Are you ready for this adventure? […]

Joan, Marjorie and Rebecca are inspiring social entrepreneurs and are changing lives through their innovative products and services. All three are alumni of SINA, the Social Innovation Academy. After Charles Holmes of CE Holmes Consulting had visited SINA in Uganda years ago and reconnected in 2021, he commissioned this Case Study to highlight the impact […]

We Make Future Festival (WMF) is a Digital and Social Innovation Festival from 16th to 18th June 2022 at Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. SINA has been invited and will be represented by Etienne Salborn. WMF has the goal to foster a better Future enhancing digital education and promoting innovation, meanwhile boosting cooperation among social, economical and institutional […]

ATTENTION: Extended application deadline till 31st March! The TUI Care Foundation together with SINA (Social Innovation Academy) is awarding scholarships for young Cape Verdeans to become the TUI FutureShapers and travel to UGANDA in May 2022 to learn how to build a community of people who want to change the world for the better through […]

SINA (Social Innovation Academy) and its innovative approach towards educating marginalized youth to become social entrepreneurs through self-organization was featured in the book “Adventures in Reinventing Work – Tales of Pioneers from Around the World”. This book explores the personal journeys of pioneers, including Etienne Salborn, founder of SINA, who are creating and transforming organizations […]

Watch this inspiring story from Miriam Feza and her enterprise CLAY COSMO from Lazima Nipate Academy, one of the SINA communities. She made it in the top 10 finalist in the #YouthIDEAThon.The program is organized by NASE Africa and funded by United Nations Development Programme – UNDPThey fund ideas for implementation. In 4819 ideas submitted, […]

SINA scholar Kisitu Aloysious was invited from Uganda to Berlin to take part in an initiative around fast fashion, its problems and how to repurpose old clothes. It ended with an event on “Black Friday” to create awareness about the problem of clothes being thrown away. The local Berlin TV station RBB reported about it […]

After conferences happening only virtually, it is wonderful to see the Summit Entrepreneurship 2021 happening as a hybrid event in person in Berlin and online in German and English. We are excited to see Etienne Salborn present SINA and how challenges can be transformed into opportunities for Social Entrepreneurship.