We are extremely proud and congratulate our 2 SINA scholars as 2019 Echoing Green Fellow Finalists. Namujju Juliet with Kimuli Fashionability and Joan Nalubega with Uganics have been chosen from thousands of applications and are among the best global social change leaders with potential to launch bold new ideas for solving the most pressing and […]
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SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD UGANDA 2019 – APPLY NOW!
Apply Now! Deadline 17th May 2019 Social Impact Award supports young innovators in building social enterprises that address the most challenging issues of our time. We play, we experiment, we dream big, we work hard. We are 100% human and radically collaborative. We do so by hosting events and organizing workshops to raise awareness for […]
PBS Article on SINA – “When college is out of reach, this academy trains Ugandans to be entrepreneurs”
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) from the USA has released an article about SINA, one of SINAs entrepreneurs Joan Nalubega and her startup Uganics, a mosquito repellent soap and Etienne Salborn, the SINA founder. Read the whole story here: When college is out of reach, this academy trains Ugandans to be entrepreneurs
Official partnership with the Government of Uganda – Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) signed
We are excited that today with our Ugandan NGO “Jangu International”, operating the Social Innovation Academy (SINA), we have signed an official Memorandum of Understanding to start a partnership with the Government of Uganda – Office of the Prime Minister (Department for Refugees) to “establish a framework for cooperation in providing community space, educational programs […]
12 pages of SINA in the Many Peaces Magazin Vol.9
After the story of Etienne Salborn to start the Social Innovation Academy (SINA) had been published in the first Volume of the Many Peaces Magazin in 2015, the latest Volume 9 dedicated full 12 pages to the SINA model, including a detailed interview with Etienne, the insight story of Isabelle Guibert, who spent time in […]
UNHCR experimenting with local, people-centered community approaches and partnering with SINA through Innovation Award
With its first-of-its-kind Innovation Awards, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is setting course towards exploring new, local and especially people-centered community approaches towards making sure refugees are part of the solution. We are honored to be among the first winners and partners as the bigger SINA community and with UNHCR support, of identifying young […]
Kimuli Fashionability as one of Africa’s Education Innovations 2018
Our startup Kimuli Fashionability made it as one of Africa’s Education Innovations 2018 and was featured by the African Union in the Africa Education Innovations Handbook 2018. Congratulations! You can read the entire book here: Africa Education Innovations Handbook 2018 – by African Union
SINAs Social Innovation Museum featured as Must-See in Kampala
We are excited to see that the Ethiopian Airlines Inflight Magazine (Jan/Feb 2019) recommends the Social Innovation Museum by SINA as one of the must-see for a „24 Hours in Kampala“ stopover.
Johnmary Kavuma and Upcycle Africa at One Young World: Upcycling Plastic Bottle Construction
Johnmary Kavuma presenting upcycling plastic bottle construction and his own personal story at the One Young World Summit in Den Haag 2018.
SINA Loketa UNHCR NGO Innovation Award acceptance speech in Geneva
SINA Loketa won the UNHCR NGO Innovation Award 2018. Being a refugee unfortunately its representative and Co-Founder Sylvain Himbana could not physically be present himself, so a UNHCR delegate read out the acceptance speech in Geneva.