Building ecosystems where lived challenges become social enterprises

I am Etienne Salborn, founder of SINA (Social Innovation Academy). For more than twelve years, I have helped build self-organized Communities where young people and refugees take responsibility, create social enterprises and support others to do the same.

I speak and teach about what we have learned. When an organization wants to work directly with SINA, I connect it with the people and experiences across the ecosystem.

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The work has grown beyond its founder

SINA began with one Community in Uganda. Today, people across 24 SINA Communities in ten countries run their own organizations, build social enterprises and carry the SINA Framework into new places.

I remain part of that work but the expertise no longer sits with one founder. It lives across the ecosystem.

What others say

“SINA & especially Etienne have been a gamechanger for our organization! Their guidance has been paramount to our growth and we cannot thank them enough. In my 10 years of experience in the entrepreneurial space, I believe SINA is one of the best-prepared organizations to help social entrepreneurs get their business off the ground.“

— Grant Kendzior (Founder and CEO of Sustainable Breakthroughs)

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“The SINA model works even under the most difficult conditions. It gives people dignity, self-determination and concrete tools to improve their situation.”

— ChanceMaker Foundation

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Interested in working together?

Invite Etienne for a keynote, workshop, advisory process, university session or a conversation.