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Digital Opportunity Trust and the Mastercard Foundation expand the impact of the Going Beyond project with nine youth-serving organizations in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Côte d’Ivoire
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) and the Mastercard Foundation are proud to announce nine new partner organizations for the project, “Going Beyond – Partnering for a Youth-Led Future.” These nine youth-led and youth-serving partner organizations join the six named in the first year of the project, bringing the total number of partners to 15. The addition […]
AI for All: Empowering #DOTYouth to Lead in the Global AI Economy
As the momentum builds for the inaugural Global AI Summit on Africa in Kigali, Rwanda on April 3-4 2025. Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT), Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa, Violette Uwamutara, joins hundreds of global leaders committed to shaping Africa’s role in the Global AI economy. Of particular importance to DOT is to reinforce the power of […]
Closing the Gap: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in a Digital World
For Kulaisi Matiki, few things are as important in life as her independence. “I have never seen myself working for someone else,” she explains. That entrepreneurial grit helped her start several businesses in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. In a single day, you might find her helping a customer choose between two glossy bundles of […]
The Courage to Change Lives: How Going Beyond Youth Leaders are Reshaping the Futures of African Youth
When Mgalla Mgini began facilitating the Digital Business Program for young entrepreneurs in her community in Tanzania last year, she heard the same thing over and over. I can’t do that. For instance, when she explained how to market small businesses on social media, some of the young people in her cohort told her their […]
From Training to Transformation: How DOT’s Organizational Development Program is Empowering Local Organizations with Knowledge in Going Beyond
Over the past several months, Neema Walter and her colleagues have seen their community transform. Working with the Digital Opportunity Trust and the Mastercard Foundation’s Going Beyond project, their organization, Sheria Kiganjani, has overseen the training of hundreds of young people in Tanzania in digital business skills. Before Going Beyond began, Neema observed how demoralized […]
Change is Contagious – An Annual Message of Hope and Resilience
“Change is not only possible but contagious.” These powerful words from Marwa Deeb, set the tone for an inspiring conversation that welcomed 2025 in a dynamic exchange of ideas and knowledge sharing. Janet Longmore, Founder and CEO of Digital Opportunity Trust, joined Wendy Shewiyo, JD Kouassi and Marwa Deeb, three inspiring DOT young leaders to […]
DOT Announces Expansion of Youth-Led Climate Action Program Across Eight Countries, Supported by the Cisco Foundation
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is pleased to announce the expansion of the DOT Climate Program with support from the Cisco Foundation. This builds on the success of the pilot climate project in Lebanon and Tanzania, which will continue in the expanded initiative. This new phase, “Youth-led Climate Action at Scale,” will broaden DOT’s climate program […]
Evaluation Brief: Daring to Shift: Placing Young Women at the Center of Inclusive Growth
In 2023, DOT marked the conclusion of Daring to Shift (D2S), our largest multi-country, youth-led initiative. In partnership with the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada, this 4-year project, implemented by DOT spanned Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Lebanon, Jordan, and partner organizations in expansion countries Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, and Uganda. It placed young people—particularly young […]
DOT Climate Program: From Local Action to Global Impact
The global climate crisis is driving unparalleled change, leading to a shift in mindset among young people using the power of knowledge. A mindset shift, coupled with capacity building, is enabling youth to raise awareness and collaborate with communities to foster grassroots mobilization and collective action. The Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) climate project is demonstrating […]
The Good, the Gaps, and the Grind: Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs on their Journey to Success
Egyptian-American writer Suzy Kassem once wrote that “fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.” Luckily for Africa, this continent is not short of brave young people. To see that, one need look no further than the continent’s young entrepreneurs, who are sidestepping the lack of formal employment opportunities in their societies and boldly writing […]