Sinapis entrepreneurs are impacting their communities through creating jobs, tackling corruption and sharing their faith in the marketplace. We started the ‘Impact Award’ feature in order to share more of these stories. The first winner of the impact award is Ann Gitari. Ann is the Managing Director of The Writing Agency. We asked her a […]
Read MoreFunding opportunities
Postcode Lottery Green Challenge It is one of the world’s largest annual competitions in the field of sustainable entrepreneurship Funding size: USD $ 500,000 Application deadline: 1st June 2018 Find out more here Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle East 2018 The contest aims to reward the best innovative and socially responsible business projects […]
Read MoreSinapis Launches in Uganda
We are thrilled to announce that Sinapis has expanded to Uganda! Our four-month Sinapis Academy training program launched in March in Uganda’s capital, Kampala. Twenty-eight eager students make up our first cohort, and the training is occurring in partnership with a local co-working space and incubator called The Square. Uganda has a growing economy with […]
Read MoreDistinguished Alumni
Our work at Sinapis goes far beyond programs that train and accelerate entrepreneurs. We are building a long-term community of business leaders through our alumni networks, and these entrepreneurs will continue to learn, collaborate and encourage one another spiritually for years to come. This is why it is such a joy to us to be […]
Read MoreHope Against the Odds: Wanjiku Kariuki Kandie
At 26 weeks pregnant, Sinapis alum Wanjiku Kariuki Kandie and her husband Chris went in to the doctor for an ultrasound to learn the gender of their baby. As the results were revealed, they rejoiced to discover their first child was a boy! However, during the checkup the technician discovered the baby had an encephalocele […]
Read MoreEmpowering Female Entrepreneurs
There are real challenges to being a female entrepreneur, especially when it comes to acquiring funding. Numerous studies show that female entrepreneurs are less likely to secure venture capital or angel investment. 2017 marked an all-time high for VC deals for female-founded businesses in the US. Unfortunately this only amounted to 2% of the total, despite […]
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