A new academic paper, Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Design through Place-Based Learning, has been published in the Learn X Design 2025 conference series of the Design Research Society. Written by Azeem Hamid of the Estonian Academy of Arts and Umar Hameed of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the paper reflects on a cross-cultural learning project developed […]
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HundrED highlights SINA’s youth-led approach to education
HundrED published a new article today about why young people need hope and real control over their own education, and that is exactly the conversation SINA has been part of for years. What matters to us in this article gets to the core of what young people actually need. Too often, education still happens around […]
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 […]
SINA Social Enterprise Bootcamp, Uganda (February 24 to March 3, 2026)
The SINA Enterprise Bootcamp is a one-week, hands-on immersion into early-stage social entrepreneurship. International participants join SINA social enterprise teams as active team members, working directly with real customers on problem-solution fit, prototyping, pricing, and first revenues. The bootcamp brings together 7 to 8 early-stage social enterprises from SINA communities in Uganda and other African […]
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 […]
Self-Management is not about Freedom, but about “Freesponsibility” | SINA in the Corporate Rebels Blog
It’s one thing to talk about self-management in theory, but another to see it work on the ground. Over the last few weeks, Corporate Rebels published two deep dives into SINA that go beyond buzzwords to show what “real responsibility” looks like in practice at SINA. The first piece centres on a new animated video […]
The SINA 6-Hour Livestream Event Showcases Deep Impact from Nepal to Uganda, Highlighting Youth-Led Solutions to Global Challenges
What a powerful journey we had yesterday across Nepal, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda visiting our newest SINA Communities and inspiring SINA social enterprises. The recording of the entire 6h livestream of the SINA Changemaker-maker Event with timestamps is now available here: Thank you to all the speakers, moderators, viewers and supporters! Chapters: 00:00 Official […]
Join Anytime Today: SINA Changemaker-Maker Live Event- 5 newest Communities & 4 Social Enterprises
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 four impactful SINA Social Enterprises. You will witnessing firsthand how we’re turning this dream into a […]
7 days till our Changemaker-maker Live Event – Teaser Video
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 four impactful SINA Social Enterprises. You will witnessing firsthand how we’re turning this dream into a […]
15 Days till our SINA Changemaker-Maker Live Event 2025
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 four impactful SINA Social Enterprises. You will witnessing firsthand how we’re turning this dream into a […]