For the 3rd year in a row, we have a SINA member among the Acumen East Africa Fellows 2023. Congratulations Aime Rebecca. The Fellowship program gathers a group of outstanding individuals who are actively engaged in combating poverty. It equips them with the necessary expertise, capabilities, and a supportive network to strengthen their leadership skills […]
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SINA member recognized as “Westerwelle Founder of the Year” 2023 in Berlin
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Catherine Nakayemba for her remarkable achievement as the Westerwelle Founder of the Year! She grew up in the Kankobe orphanage in Uganda and was supported by Jangu e.V. throughout high school and joined SINA afterwards. Where she unleashed her potentials. As a child, Catherine faced the challenge of lacking […]
SINA Member meets German Chancelor Olaf Scholz in Berlin
Juliet Namujju is the founder of Kimuli Collections, upcycling plastic waste into fashion and accessories while training and employing people with disabilities. As selected “Young Global Changer” and top eight of the 2023 Recoupling Awards, she was invited to Berlin to pitch her social enterprise to a panel of judges and also meet the German […]
SINA featured in Forbes
We are thrilled to see SINA featured in Forbes in an article about the winners of the prestigious Tony Hsieh Award. The Award celebrates leaders, entrepreneurs, teams, and companies that are pushing the boundaries in human capital innovation. Being recognized alongside world-class organizations like Dropbox and Mindbloom, SINA exemplifies the transformative power of human capital […]
Impact Report 2022
We are thrilled to present the SINA (Social Innovation Academy) 2022 Impact Report, highlighting the incredible progress and transformative work achieved throughout the year. In the face of changing circumstances, such as the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, we have embraced challenges as opportunities and continued to make a meaningful impact. We have brought growth and […]
SINA and Etienne Salborn in the New Vision Easter Special
On Easter 2014, the German Newspaper “Berliner Morgenpost” published an article about the story of Etienne Salborn and how he started supporting orphans in Uganda in 2006 as a volunteer, which led to the creation of a sponsorship program to attain secondary education and the founding of SINA. The article said, “Etienne Salborn wants to […]
SINA wins the Ockenden International Prize 2023
We are delighted to announce that SINA has been selected as one of the four winners of the prestigious Ockenden International Prize 2023, recognising innovative projects promoting self-reliance among refugees and displaced people. According to the jury, out of a record 169 entries, SINA’s project stood out for “training that’s manifestly inspiring young business entrepreneurs […]
Mackline Kobusingye winning the Savvy Prize 2023
Mackline Kobusingye has been with SINA since 2014 as a coach and trainer and recently founded the Mother Support Foundation as a social enterprise producing baby kits. It provides accessible, timely, and quality maternal healthcare services to pregnant women in rural Uganda through a mobile clinic. The services offered include antenatal, delivery, and postnatal care. […]
3-page article in the New Vision on SINA and Etienne Salborn
An article in the New Vision titled “Salborn empowers youth to achieve educational dreams, businesses” has been published today in one of Uganda’s leading newspapers. It tells the detailed story of SINA, its impact in Uganda and the path of its main founder Etienne Salborn. You can read the full article here. SINA officially started […]
Four SINA members among the 50 Young Global Changers
After last year Rebecca Aime and Etienne Salborn were among the ten finalists 2022 and invited to the Global Solutions Summit 2022 in Berlin, we are incredibly excited to see this year four SINA members among the shortlisted 50 Young Global Shapers and semi-finalists of the Young Global Changers Recoupling Award 2023. We want to […]