We are extremely excited for our startup Tusafishe winning the SEED Low Carbon Awards 2019 with their biosand community water filters. Congratulations! SEED is a program through UN environment and UNDP promoting entrepreneurship for sustainable development. You can read all about the award and Tusafishe here: https://seed.uno/enterprise-profiles/tusafishe-low-cost-institutional-water-filters
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SINA a Partner of “REACT – Global Business Coalition for Education”
We are excited to be a Partner of the REACT Platform of the Global Business Coalition for Education. The new website is available here. REACT has been able to foster a partnership between SINA and Avanti Communications to deliver free high-speed internet connectivity for refugees in Bidibidi and for marginalized youth in Mpigi. The internet […]
Kampala Innovation Week
The Kampala Innovation Week 2019 is the largest ever gathering of the Ugandan Startup Ecosystem. SINA is among the hosting and organizing organizations. It is happening 16th – 18th October 2019 at the Kololo Independence Ground REGISTER NOW Several SINA enterprises will be exhibiting and SINA is also hosting one of the Panel Discussions:
Uganics in the Ugandan “New Vision”
How Nalubega fights mosquitos with soap To help curb the malaria deaths, 22-year-old Joan Nalubega, under her company Uganics, invented bar soap that repels mosquitoes. Read the article here: https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1507697/nalubega-fights-mosquitos-soap
Social Impact Award 2019
Yesterday the exciting final of the Social Impact Award was held at the Social Innovation Academy (SINA) in Uganda. SINA has been implementing the “SIA” for the second year. The Social Impact Award is more than an just award. Through a workshop series at the beginning of the year in universities, refugee camps and local […]
Kimuli Fashionability wins Greenpreneurs Program
We are excited to see our SINA startup Kimuli Fashionability as a winner of the Greenpreneurs Program. Apart from scaling support and a grant of $ 5,000 USD, the Award will be given in November in Seoul in person by former Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-moon. Congratulations!!! You can read more also in this […]
Reform Africa in the Ugandan Newspaper
The SINA Startup “Reform Africa” was featured in the Daily Monitor, one of Uganda’s leading newspapers. You can read the full article here: https://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Prosper/recycled-plastic-bags-earning-Reform-Africa-Faith-Aweko/688616-5294682-cwnfni/index.html
Ouroots Africa in the Daily Monitor
In today’s issue of the Daily Monitor, one of the two biggest newspapers in Uganda, you can read all about our startup “Ouroots Africa”, growing natural and biodegradable straws to fight plastic pollution.
SINA Plastic Bottle Upcycling Construction in the German News
The German News Magazin “auslandsjournal” featured a piece on our upcycling construction (German Only):
SINA Scholar becoming Anzisha Fellow
The Anzisha Prize is celebrating africa’s youngest entrepreneurs who are making a difference in their countries through social businesses. Last year SINA scholar Joan Nalubega became the second runner up of the Anzisha Prize (which also came with a grant support for her enterprise Uganics of $ 12,5000 USD), we are very excited that this […]