Supporting social tourism entrepreneurs in times of crisis Berlin, 15 March, 2021 – The third annual Social Entrepreneurship Competition in Tourism was launched on 9 March at ITB Berlin NOW in partnership with the TUI Care Foundation. The Social Entrepreneurship Competition in Tourism is the first and only worldwide competition focusing on social innovation and […]
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Women’s Economic Empowerment Accelerator by Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
We are excited to see SINA Social Enterprise Kimuli Fashionability has been selected into the cohort of the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Accelerator by the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Find out more at https://www.millersocent.org/miller-center-expands-commitment-to-womens-economic-empowerment-with-new-accelerator/
Gejja Women Foundation Founder Marjorie as Vital Voices Fellow
We congratulate our Marjorie Angella Athurrua to become a Vital Voices Fellow 2021. “Majo” is the founder of the Gejja Women Foundation, one of the first social enterprises to emerge from SINA. The Vital Voices Fellowship is a leading global accelerator program for women owners of small and medium-sized businesses that are making a social […]
Documentary on SINA enterprise “Reform Africa”
We are excited for the premiere of the first episode of “The Mukazi Series”. It is a documentary series on female entrepreneurship in Uganda and the first episode features the SINA enterprise Reform Africa, their impact, challenges and opportunities.. Check out the trailer below: Mukazi Trailer.mp4 from Marula Creative Consultancy on Vimeo.
SINA Founder Etienne Salborn honored as “2021 Influential Leader”
AACSB is the world’s largest business education alliance, connecting educators, learners, and business to create the next generation of great leaders. AACSB’s Influential Leaders initiative recognizes notable graduates from AACSB-accredited business schools. The 2021 Class of Influential Leaders honors business school graduates who are using their business education for impact in unique ways. SINA Founder […]
SINA Kinshasa featured on local news
Our newest SINA Community called “Congo Innovation Academy (CINA)” was featured on RTUS, a local news agency in Kinshasa (french only):
Kimuli Fashionability at the Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator
We are happy to see Kimuli Fashionability at the Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator funded by the European Union. The program is facilitating the flow of green finance into the Ugandan SMEs sector through strengthening green SMEs and improving available financial mechanisms for SME debt financing.
SINA launch in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Exactly twelve months ago the UNDP in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) selected a young person (named Israel) to come to Uganda and experience the SINA Model first hand and learn all the necessary skills to replicate it and create social impact in Kinshasa. After arrival, he teamed up with a SINA scholar from […]
Kimuli Fashionability on DW and on Italian News
“When entrepreneur Juliet Namujju realized COVID masks were preventing her hearing-impaired staff from lip-reading, she resolved to find another enterprising use for Uganda’s mountains of plastic waste.” – Read the whole story from our SINA enterprise “Kimuli Fashionability” on DW: https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-turning-trash-into-covid-masks-for-the-hearing-impaired/a-56158239 The Italian “Good News” has also captured a story on Kimuli Fashionability and its […]
New SINA Logo 2021
We are excited to reveal our new SINA Logo and the tagline “Challenges into Opportunities”. The old SINA logo has been with us since 2014 and means a lot to us. The new one is a little more “organized” to display the evolution of the SINA model and its ongoing scaling and replication. The circle […]