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Due to the mandated lock down, people in Uganda are unable to generate an income which provides their families with food and pays for utilities. SINA and its social enterprises have rolled-up their selves and are supporting Ugandans to get through this crisis. Together we have launched a crowdfunding campaign, organised a hackathon and are […]

Reform Africa emerged as the winner of the Recycling Day Competition by Waste360. It comes with a prize of 1.000 Dollars. You can read more in this article:

We have been taking a lead to work online towards creating solutions in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have partnered with Starthub Africa and Zetu Africa for the “smarter than corona” hackathon. When reality feels like a post-apocalyptic movie and our options seem limited, we MUST roll up our sleeves and find a solution, […]

Given the directive provided by the Government of Uganda in the prevention and fight against a possible spread of COVID-19, we have suspended our educational activities in SINA for the next 30 days, as of today. We hope all of you stay healthy!

The Inflight Magazine of fastjet called “Calameo” published a detailed story about the mosquito repellant soap “Uganics” and its founder Joan Nalubega:

The year, 2019, was truly exciting for the Social Innovation Academy (SINA). The first SINA Community in Mpigi celebrated five years of existence and a new SINA Community started in Kampala, while the other communities were able to increase their impact and establish themselves fully. We were able to create an official partnership with the […]

Last night NTV Uganda featured our plastic bottle construction and scholar Johnmary Kavuma in the news in English and in another version in Luganda:

nbs has featured Kimuli Fashionability in the news. Watch it below:

Kimuli Fashionability was featured on Uganda’s NTV “Meet the innovator who found fashion in rubbish”:

Our Startup Kimuli Fashionability is a Ugandan fashion label upcycling plastic waste while employing people with disabilities. It was born in SINA, the Social Innovation Academy and over a time frame of a couple of years has been able to achieve remarkable success. CNN followed its founder Juliet Namujju through her daily life in this […]