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Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) and the Mastercard Foundation to Support 40 Youth-Led Organizations and 300,000 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Business Owners
OTTAWA, Canada, July 12, 2023 — Digital Opportunity Trust and the Mastercard Foundation are partnering to support over 300,000 young women and men to gain relevant entrepreneurial skills and foster a network ecosystem of support for young leaders. The “Going Beyond – Partnering for a Youth-Led Future” project aims to scale DOT’s evidence-based, peer-to-peer model […]
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DOT Headlines Launch Event for Univeristy of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management 7th Annual MBA Diversity and Inclusion Case Challenge
Attended by MBA students from across Canada, Elizabeth Mengesha and Shila Ukumbini Salim headlined the launch event to kick off Telfer’s 2022/2023 MBA Diversity and Inclusion Case Challenge on November 19th. The theme this year is climate action. Speaking in the plenary session, Elizabeth, the Deputy Director of Operations at DOT who oversees DOT’s global […]
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Preparing youth for the future of work with digital skills
Sitting at the centre of a volatile region, Jordan is an anchor for regional stability, hosting refugees and promoting cross-border regional cooperation and trade. It is the second-highest host country per capita worldwide, hosting more than 2 million Palestinian refugees and 1.3 million Syrian refugees – who represent 13% of its total population of 10.2 million. Youth […]
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Bringing Youth Perspectives to the Forefront – and taking action – together.
In March 2022, DOT hosted the Speaking Out, Reaching Out Youth Summit, which focused on exploring the findings from the DOT’s Speaking Out, Reaching Out youth-led investigation in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. The investigation showcased stories of youth resilience, capturing the voices, lived experiences, and unrelenting perseverance of over 1,500 young people aged 18-35, […]
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Celebrating 20 years supporting youth at the centre of change: Youth-led creativity, innovation, and optimism in challenging times
OTTAWA, June 15, 2022 – It’s a milestone year for Digital Opportunity Trust as we celebrate 20 years of empowering young women and men to become leaders of change in their communities. To mark the anniversary, we’re launching a six-month campaign to recognize many of the youth leaders, DOT team members, and partners who have […]
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Connecting the Unconnected
KIGALI, June 8, 2022 – As a sector member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) through the ITU Telecommunication Development Sector, Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) was thrilled to attend the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) and the ITU’s Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Development Roundtable in Kigali June 7 – 9. The 3-day event as part of […]
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DOT Convenes Global Youth Leaders in Kigali to Share Best Practices on Youth-Led Digital Innovation
Digital Opportunity Trust is thrilled to announce it has been invited to convene DOT-trained youth leaders from across Africa and the Middle East to participate in a panel at the Generation Connect Global Youth Summit held on June 2 to 4, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. DOT has the largest network of youth leaders in Africa, […]
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