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Live radio panel discussion with German Development Minister Svenja Schulze

Within the Global Solutions Summit 2022 – The World Policy Forum, SINA Founder Etienne Salborn was invited for a live radio discussion round with the German Development Minister Svenja Schulze and other guests to discuss Global Solutions through international development. The discussion was broadcasted live on radioeins and the recording is accessible here (German only).

Global Solutions Summit 2022 and Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2022

We are excited that SINA has been chosen as one of the ten finalists for the Young Global Changers Recoupling Awards 2022, which will be held and given during the Global Solutions Summit on 27th and 28th March 2022 in Berlin. This high-level event is the world’s premier forum for transforming research-based insights into policy […]

Janet Aguti and Totya Platform part of SAGE (Survivor Advocates Globally Empowered)

SAGE is a selected group of 15 brave and powerful survivors of sexual violence in childhood from around the globe with the purpose of using the collective voice to speak out when there is silence and advocating for transformational change. The goal is to create a world where children and adolescents can grow up free […]

SINA in Cape Verde in Partnership with the TUI FutureShapers

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 in the Book: “Adventures in Reinventing Work”

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 […]

SINA at Teal Around the World 2022

Teal Around the World 2022 is reimagining how to organize our world, work and society in a new and fresh sense around purpose and self-organization. SINA is a living social innovation, whereby freesponsibility is a guiding principle on how to structure work and community. This is why we have been invited to speak at the […]

Henry Othieno selected as Acumen Fellow 2022

After already in 2021 we had one SINA scholar who was selected, again in 2022 we are excited to see another SINA Member among the 20 competitive spots in East Africa. We congratulate our Henry Othieno for becoming a 2022 Acumen Fellow. With its Fellowship, Acumen is selecting and supporting extraordinary individuals who are tackling […]

Miriam Feza makes it in the top 10 finalists in the YouthIDEAThon

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, […]

Awareness on Fast Fashion and how to change it

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 […]

SINA at the Summit Entrepreneurship 2021

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.