Yesterday evening our Etienne Salborn had a Fireside Chat at the Social Impact Award Global Summit in Kyiv, Ukraine and talked about social entrepreneurship as a tool for empowering marginalized youth and the importance of supporting people to create their own solutions. The session was hosted by the Managing Director of SIA International and Grapically […]
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Inclusive and Sustainable Fashion Show
Our startup Kimuli Fashionability has transformed the SINA mainhall for the first Inclusive and Sustainable Fashion Show, taking place tonight at SINA in Mpigi. It will celebrate fashion made from waste materials, as well as demonstrate that disability is not an inability and what Kimuli’s tailors (who are disabled) have been able to achieve. The […]
SINA wins Pan-African Award for Entrepreneurship in Education
We are very honored to be this year’s winner of the Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education, which comes with a $15,000 prize to allow us to invite interested youth from other African countries to our existing SINA communities in Uganda for experiencing the SINA model first hand and possibly work together to replicate it […]
SINA at the G-STIC Conference in Brussels
SINA Co-Founder Philipp Mäntele together with SINA Scholar John Sadiki have been presenting SINA at the G-STIC – the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference in Brussels, Belgium.
Upcycle Africa wins IET Innovation Awards
Cutting edge advances in the fields of engineering and technology were celebrated at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Innovation Awards ceremony in the heart of London. Our Startup “Upcycle Africa” won in the category Sustainability & Environmental Impact for constructing affordable homes out of plastic waste while empowering communities to protect the environment.
Kimuli Fashionability Young Employer of the Year
Job creation is a prerequisite for lasting peace and stability. If the jobs leverage the talents of people with disabilities in an empowering work culture, this Award is the result. We congratulate our Kimuli Fashionability for the “Uganda Young Employer of the Year”.
African Impact Journey
We have partnered with sharkbite from Germany to co-create the African Impact Journey. A unique program fostering collaboration between continents, leading to more successful innovation through leveraging different cultures, mindsets, and approaches. It will help young professionals and entrepreneurs from Europe and Uganda to study and apply different innovation methods and open new markets.
A Bridge to the Future: From Higher Education to Employment for Displaced Youth in Africa
We are excited to be featured in this extensive report by the Mastercard Foundation and the World University Service of Canada as a role-model solution for bridging the gap of displaced youth in Africa finding and creating employment:
Seven Daily Monitor Innovation Stories on SINA Enterprises
Within five weeks, five SINA social enterprises have been featured in the Daily Monitor’s innovation section. The Newspaper is one of the leading ones in Uganda and had already featured Uganics, Reform Africa, Ouroots, Recycled Terrazzo, Kyaffe Farmers Coffee, Tusafishe and today Clay Cosmo.
SINA hosting the first TRAIL RUN & MTB CHALLENGE
Join us on 17th November 2019 for the first 360 Trail Run & MTB Challenge! SINA will be the starting and endpoint for this prestigious Trail race. Organized by Activate Uganda, the 360º Trail Challenge is not only a delightfully attractive trail run and mountain bike challenge, it is also impressively scenic, passing through some […]