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Beneficiaries Speak out: Digital Skills for Business Pilot Project Bears Fruit

In March 2021, DOT Rwanda launched the Digital Skills for Business (D24B) project in partnership with the World Bank’s Digital Development Partnership (DDP), EQUALS’ Access Coalition and the GSMA. The Digital Skills for Business(DS4B) pilot project aims at empowering 150 young women business owners to boost their ICT knowledge and adopt the use of ICT tools in their businesses in a gender equitable and digitally enabled environment in ...

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Nine #DOTYouth who are bridging the Gender Digital Divide join Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) ’s #GirlsinICT Street Team Initiative

Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Rwanda is very thrilled to introduce the nine members of  the first cohort of the #GirlsinICT Street Team initiative who are from Rwanda. In July 2021, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU)  launched the #GirlsinICT Street Team, a youth-led response to the bridging the gender digital divide in Rwanda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Uganda, and ...

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DOT Rwanda Onboards Ten Young Women to Boost their practical Research Skills

Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Rwanda has onboarded ten young women researchers  who have been trained to lead the needs assessment, baseline surveys, and gender analysis for DOT Rwanda’s recently launched projects. In March 2021, DOT Rwanda launched two projects; the Daring to Shift( D2S )under the Global Affairs Canada partnership and the Digital Skills for Business (D24B) through the World Bank’s Digital Development Partnership (DDP), EQUALS’ ...

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Celebrating Ten Years of Impact: DOTYouth Alumni Where are You Now?

This week marks Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Rwanda’s ten year anniversary! Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Rwanda is a youth-led movement of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities. Launched in 2010, DOT Rwanda is proud to be women-led and locally staffed with strong local and international partnership networks that extend across diverse communities in urban and rural settings. Over the last decade, DOT Rwanda has established a strong and innovative alumni network of 821 #DOTYouth digital champions, community leaders, and social ...

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Eleven #DOTYouth in Rwanda who are leading COVID-19 community response and resilience efforts

Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Rwanda is pleased to introduce eleven members of the second cohort of the #DOTYouth Street Team initiative who are from Rwanda. In November 2020, DOT launched the second cohort of the #DOTYouth Street Team initiative to tackle COVID-19 response, recovery, and community resilience. This cohort consists of 70 youth from Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Lebanon, and Jordan who are leading crisis response initiatives in their own communities. DOT is supporting members of the #DOTYouth Street Team to further develop and scale their initiatives by connecting them with experienced coaches, ...

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Announcing DOT Rwanda’s 2020 -2021 Youth Leadership Advisory Board (YouthLAB)

DOT Rwanda is thrilled to announce ...

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