About SIA
Media kit
For journalists, partners and event organisers: who we are, the facts, the logo and how to reach us.
Boilerplate
Who we are, ready to copy
Figures as of September 2026, each with a definition and a source on the Live Impact Dashboard.
About SIA in 50 words
The Social Innovation Academy (SIA) is a social enterprise support organisation based in Quetta, Balochistan. It helps women, youth and communities in Pakistan’s frontier regions start, grow and fund enterprises that solve local problems, and links them with universities, development organisations, policymakers and investors.
About SIA in 100 words
The Social Innovation Academy (SIA) is a social enterprise support organisation rooted in Quetta, Balochistan. It backs young people and women who solve local problems, and links them with universities, development organisations, policymakers and investors.
Under its Strategic Plan 2026–2031, SIA organises its work as one pathway with five stages: Ideate, Incubate, Accelerate, Invest and Alumni for Life, together with the SIA Academy, the SENPak network, a capital facility and policy work. SIA runs incubation hubs in Quetta and, at the University of Loralai, in Loralai. It set up the first STEAM lab in Balochistan and in April 2026 launched SENPak, Pakistan’s first social enterprise network.
Key facts
- Based in
- Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Hubs
- Quetta and Loralai
- People reached
- 73,800+
- Microentrepreneurs trained
- 3,500+
- Enterprises incubated
- 100+
- Strategy
- Strategic Plan 2026–2031
STEAM lab in Balochistan
social enterprise network in Pakistan
university incubator in Loralai
Brand
Logo, colours and fonts
Logo
Use the logo as it is: do not stretch, recolour or crop it, and leave clear space around it. CONFIRM: add a high-resolution or vector version for print.
Brand colours
- Navy: text, headers, dark sections
- #0C1F3F
- Sun yellow: main buttons, highlights
- #FDC95A
- Action blue: links, small headings
- #2A71B2
- Sky blue: accents on dark backgrounds
- #4F9CD4
- Rose: occasional accents
- #E8607A
- Mist: light backgrounds
- #EEF4FA
Fonts: Poppins for headings and Inter for text, both free from Google Fonts.
Press
Talk to us
Interviews and comments
Message us on WhatsApp or call, say which outlet you write for and your deadline, and the team will find the right person. CONFIRM: press contact name, email and SIA’s spokespeople.
Photos
We can share photos from SIA programmes for coverage of our work, with credit to SIA. Most show participants, so we share only photos with recorded consent, and you may not reuse them for anything else.
Visiting a programme
Journalists are welcome at many SIA activities. Please ask first: we need participants’ agreement before anyone photographs or interviews them, and a parent’s or guardian’s for under-18s. See Photo and media consent.
Visit
SIA Impact Studio
Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Press requests
Ask for an interview, a comment or photos
Tell us which outlet you write for, what you need and your deadline. The team finds the right person and replies in Urdu or English.
For photos, we share only pictures of people who agreed in writing. See Photo and media consent.
Press request
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