Singa Switzerland – The incubator for people with refugee and migrant background

The business Programs for people
with refugee and migrant experiences

Our VISION is an inclusive society, where everyone has access to the same opportunities to fulfill their potential.

Our MISSION is to provide people with refugee and migrant experiences tools to obtain entrepreneurial competences and a professional network in order to participate equally in the local ecosystem.

Our impact

people supported since 2017

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founded companies are still active after 3 and 5 years

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new businesses founded in 2025

our 2025 ANNUAL REPORT

PROGRAMS - APPLY NOW

incubator

Supported by the SINGA Incubator program in 2025, Olga launched an innovative business producing handmade glasses designed in Switzerland from recycled wine bottles.

Olga Restrepo - Glask

bridge

Supported by the SINGA Incubator and Bridge programs, Georgia opened her café-grocery store in Geneva in 2025. Bab Simsim is now a welcoming place that employs five poeple having a refugees experience and showcases the flavors of the Middle East.

Georgia AL-ZAHR - Bab Simsim

accelerator

Supported by the SINGA Accelerator program in 2024, Isabella is developing BioInka, a company that distributes premium snacks from Peru. Since participating in the program, she has found a new investor through the SINGA network and created her first job.

Isabella Medina - Bio Inka

Our News

2026 SINGA
Microcredit Open

Access to finance remains a major challenge for many entrepreneurs with refugee and migrant experiences in Switzerland. To address this challenge, SINGA launched its Microcredit Initiative in 2025, providing CHF 5,000–10,000 loans to eligible alumni entrepreneurs ready to grow their business.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE REPORT: AVAILABLE

Following the first National Conference on Asylum and Entrepreneurship in 2025, SINGA published a report highlighting the main challenges, key recommendations, and opportunities to strengthen entrepreneurship as a driver of economic and professional inclusion. The report provides a roadmap for advancing this work.

SINGA CHARTER
of inclusion

The SINGA Charter for the Inclusion of People with Refugee and Migrant Experiences brings together companies committed to building more inclusive workplaces and creating equal opportunities for talent with refugee and migrant experiences. First launched in Geneva on World Refugee Day in 2024, the initiative expanded to Zurich and German-speaking Switzerland on the World Day of Social Justice in 2026.

SINGA Study: Asylum & Entrepreneurship

In 2025, SINGA conducted a nationwide study to better understand the motivations and challenges faced by refugees starting businesses in Switzerland, using an online survey and a focus group. The findings, based on responses from people with refugee exeprience living in Switzerland who have already launched a business or are in the process of doing so, are now available in this report.

Our community

The SINGA community is driven by a shared vision of an inclusive society where talent from all cultures and backgrounds is celebrated and every member participates in a peer-to-peer learning approach.