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Overview
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Tanzania is a leading international youth-led development organization with offices in Mikocheni Dar es Salaam. Since 2012 DOT Tanzania has implemented projects to empower youth to become leaders of change in their communities through community work, entrepreneurship and application of technology. DOT Tanzania is currently implementing the Digital Livelihoods project that seeks to empower youth-led initiatives that have been derived from the application of human-centered design, applies social innovation and powered by technology. DOT has impacted lives of over 12,000 youths in the last 5 years, supporting a youth-led movement of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities.
DARE Enterprisers is a collaborative project that is implemented by Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (UDIEC), Cambridge Development Initiative (CDI) and AIESEC Tanzania. Dare Enterprises is composed of two main components, “Dare to Change Tanzania” a six weeks training to social entrepreneurs and a “Tanzania Social Innovation Conference” where social entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas. Dare to Change Tanzania encourages young graduate, individuals, and groups committed to supporting Tanzania’s development initiatives through innovative social business models. Businesses formed during the programme have the opportunity to pitch to audiences of several hundred people, with a chance to receive seed capital for their ventures as well.
The Opportunities
The Opportunities
We are seeking 40 daring social innovators from all corners of Tanzania to join the highly competitive Dare to Change Tanzania social innovation course that is set to take place at the University of Dar es Salaam from 23rd July to 5th September 2018. The competition will help turn the most innovative ideas into businesses that have sustainable social and development impact. It will support the winning solutions with cash prizes as seed funding, link the winning ideas with incubators and light mentoring scheme.
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