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Launching the Principles for Digital Inclusion in the Green Economy
OTTAWA, Canada, February 12, 2024 — Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is thrilled to unveil a significant milestone resulting from the collaborative efforts of the EDISON Alliance Sprint Group. In the span of seven months, from May to November 2023, DOT, alongside esteemed partners like NetHope, Dubai Cares, Goodwall, The Digital School, UNICEF, and other members, […]
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Kenyan Social Entrepreneur Receives Queen’s Young Leader Award
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 07, 2017 — DOT is pleased to share that DOT youth leader Douglas Mwangi from Kenya has been announced as a recipient of the 2018 Queen’s Young Leader Award. Douglas is the founder of Oasis Mathare, a community centre in the Mathare Slum in Nairobi, Kenya that provides education, skills training, a […]
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DOT youth from Africa and Middle East visit Ottawa, encourage Canada to involve youth as innovators
OTTAWA, Dec. 04, 2017 — Six Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) youth from East Africa and the Middle East are visiting Ottawa from December 4-14 to discuss the powerful impact youth have when they put their minds to solving challenges in their communities and countries. The group will meet with Canadian influencers – including government ministers, […]
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My advice: idea first, capital second
Rwandan social entrepreneur and mentor at FabLab, Lambert Rulindana, shares some advice for entrepreneurs and changemakers. Transcript: I’m Lambert Rulindana, I’m coming from Rwanda. What I can tell the youth who are looking at me now is: Don’t be afraid of anything. Don’t look for capital before you generate an idea. First, generate your idea […]
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Every solution is driven by motivation
Enam Agbozo, founder of Radix Nest in Ghana, shares some advice based on her experience as a social entrepreneur Transcript: Hello, my name is Enam Agbozo, from Ghana. I want to share with you some two quotes that I have coined from my experience starting a social innovation and going through the journey. The first […]
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3 Inspiring Lessons from the 2017 DOT Unconference
For three inspiring days, these daring young innovators shared their business ideas and collaborated to find better ways to improve their communities. The workshops were run by youth themselves, and there was a lot of learning happening. Here are three of our favourite lessons. Global ideas are useful at a local scale Winnie Nyato is […]
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LinkedIn for social entrepreneurs
Ivy Barley Co-Founder, Developers in Vogue Accra, Ghana @ibivarley Often, social entrepreneurs get carried away by the many tasks to be completed and forget an important piece – social media! “Well, after all, who cares about social media when I have to be in the field making things work,” they say. Social media, when used […]
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