SINA founder Etienne Salborn has been included in Thinkers50’s Leaders50 for the second consecutive edition, recognising a form of leadership rooted in freesponsibility and distributed authority. SINA is grateful that Etienne Salborn has been included in the Leaders50 again, following the 2024 edition and now the 2026 edition. The recognition is meaningful because of the […]
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Introducing the “SINA Expert Network”
A six-person team in Uganda brings knowledge from households and refugee contexts into a shower-design process. A 24-year-old SINA alumna who left formal education early trains university lecturers in how entrepreneurship is learned through practice. Three SINA facilitators work with six NGOs from Uganda and Rwanda to examine their purpose, test possible income opportunities and […]
SINA and Ten SINA Social Enterprises Nominated for the 2026 ZeroDX Awards
After receiving the ZeroDX Award in 2024 and 2025, SINA has again been nominated for the 2026 edition. This alone is an honour. What excites us even more is that ten social enterprises from across the SINA ecosystem have also been nominated this year. Together, the eleven nominations offer a glimpse of what can happen […]
When a High School Dropout Trains University Lecturers
Universities are built around qualifications. To lecture, people usually need degrees. To train lecturers, the expectations are even higher: a master’s degree, often a PhD, publications, academic titles, and years of being recognized by the system. Jesca Nayebare came with a different kind of evidence. She is 24 years old, a SINA alumna, and co-founder […]
When Pain Becomes an Opportunity: Jackline Birungi and She Deserves Uganda (video)
Jackline Birungi knew the problem before she ever thought of building a social enterprise around it. Severe menstrual pain had affected her own education. She struggled to sit through class. She searched for relief and ended up taking too many painkillers. Then, while going through the SINA Framework at Jangu International, something shifted. Instead of […]
New SINA Communities are in the Making for 2027
We are excited that new teams from Eswatini, Cape Town in South Africa, Kyotera in Uganda, and Berlin in Germany are currently in Mpigi, Uganda, going through the SINA Framework from the inside. For six months, they are not learning replication as a theory. They are living it. They are taking roles in the community, […]
Five of Africa’s 12 Builders of the Future Come From SINA and a Pattern Is Emerging
We counted the names once. Then again. The African Diaspora Network had selected just 12 entrepreneurs from across the continent for the 2026 Builders of Africa’s Future programme. Five of them come from SINA. Five out of twelve. Gladys Amuge of Absolute Clean, Mackline Kobusingye of Vital Care Connect, Barbra Nantongo Jane of Smart Kitchen […]
FarmPlus: A Growing SINA Social Enterprise which turned Challenges into Opportunities
FarmPlus has left the SINA Mpigi compound. Its new production site is about two kilometers away. Close enough to remain connected, but it is now their own space. For us, that is graduation. Jesca and Vicky started FarmPlus inside SINA at the Jangu International community. They use black soldier fly larvae to turn organic waste […]
Four SINA Social Entrepreneurs Selected as 2026 Anzisha Fellows
4 out of 40. Out of the 40 young entrepreneurs selected as 2026 Anzisha Fellows from across the African continent, four are SINA (specifically 3 from Jangu International, the first SINA Community in Mpigi, Uganda and one from Kiira Innovation Academy in Nyenga, Uganda). Congratulations to: Patrick Ndungutse Musisi of Maripat Food Solutions, which works […]
Uganics Founder Joan Nalubega Recognized in Forbes Africa 30 Under 30
Joan Nalubega, founder of Uganics Repellents, has been named to the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list. Anyone who has built a social enterprise knows that the public moment is only a small piece. Behind it are years of trying things that did not work. Finding customers. Losing customers. Changing the product. Figuring out suppliers. […]