
Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) has been delivering projects in Malawi since 2019 through a network of youth-centric organizations. Our initiatives focus on strengthening the capacity of youth-serving and youth-led organizations, fostering innovation, and driving positive change within local communities.
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
DOT is currently implementing the Going Beyond Project – Partnering for a Youth-Led Future in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to support youth-centric organizations to deliver high-quality digital livelihoods programming.
Mastercard Foundation
mHub
mHub is Malawi’s first technology and innovation hub located in Lilongwe, Malawi with a working space in Blantyre, Malawi, and Lusaka, Zambia. The hub has facilitated over 1 million USD in financing to emerging entrepreneurs over 5 years creating more than 950 jobs and impacting over 5,000 people in diverse value chains. The hub has trained over 40,000 youths with business and technology skills.
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Emerge Livelihoods
Emerge Livelihoods provides business development support services with a key focus on business incubation programs, technology integration programs, seed capital financing, networking events, co-working, and meeting facilities for emerging entrepreneurs. They facilitate this through skills and knowledge transfer, information sharing, and provision of necessary resources, networks, and opportunity linkages.
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Life Concern
Life Concern, founded in 2008 and based in Northern Malawi, empowers rural and marginalized communities through sustainable development. Focusing on youth and women’s empowerment, the organization combines leadership and entrepreneurship training with work in health, education, and food security. Life Concern promotes self-reliance by equipping individuals with practical tools for long-term growth.
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Timveni
Timveni is a youth-led media organization in Malawi, founded in 2011 to amplify the voices of children and young people. It uses radio, television, and social media to promote youth participation, talent development, and engagement on issues that affect their lives. Timveni drives change through advocacy, awareness, and entertainment, linking youth with decision-makers and encouraging accountability at all levels.
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