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2022
- DotConnectAfrica Group Receives Best Digital Education Award from CEO Today Africa Award 2022 Techmoran
- Techmoran: Call For Applications For Miss. Africa Seed-Fund Impact Program Deadline Extended Techmoran
2020 – 2021
- Department of Plant Science & Crop Protection University of Nairobi on miss Africa Seed Fund Announcement. University of Nairobi
- NigeriaSchoolnews on Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding 2022 for African Women in Tech Businesses Nigeriaschoolnews
2019
- Ugandan startup KampaBits wins Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Smart24Tv Uganda
- KampaBits Wins the 2019 Miss.Africa Digital Prize TechMoran
- KampaBits from Uganda is overall winner of 2019 Miss.Africa digital seed fund Aptantech
- Miss.Africa Digital program announces the fourth round winners of its prestigious Africa focused seed fund ITB
- BasaliTech Wins $1000 Miss.Africa Digital 2019 Seed Fund Selibeng
- BasaliTech Wins $1000 Miss.Africa Digital 2019 Seed Fund NUL Graduates
- Miss.Africa Digital announces 2019, Round IV Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa TechMoran
- Miss.Africa Digital Celebrates International Women’s Day With its Annual Seed Fund Application Drive ITBUSINESDIRECT
- Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding Programme 2019 Opportunity Desk
- Opportunity: Applications Open For Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding Programme 2019 SHABoard
- Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa She Learns Here
- Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Round IV Global Innovation Exchange
- Get $5000 Grant, Apply for 2019 Miss.Africa Digital, Round IV Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa Mymediaafrica
- Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund grant 2019 Rwandajobs
- Miss.Africa Digital announces Round IV Seed Funding Tech Initiative TWMagazine
- Apply for 2019 Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Round IV Funds for NGOs
- Apply for 2019 Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Round IV Hapa Space
- Miss.Africa Digital 2019 Round IV Seed Financing Tech Effort for ladies in Africa (USD 5,000 grant) ScholarshipsForExcellence
- Miss.Africa Digital announces 2019, Round IV Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa Tech Gist Africa
- Miss.Africa Digital 2019 is giving $5,000 to African women in STEM SME Peaks
- Miss.Africa Initiative Announces Digital Seed Funding to Support African Females Tech in Africa
- DCA Academy opens application phase for 2019 Miss.Africa digital seed fund Aptantech
- Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding 2019 for African Women in Tech Cameroon Desks
- Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding Programme 2019 Opportunity Wow
- Miss.Africa Digital 2019 Round IV Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa OFA
- Miss.Africa Digital Seed Funding 2019 for African Women in Tech Businesses After School Africa
- Apply for 2019 Miss.Africa Digital Seed Fund Round IV Concoursn
- 2019 Miss Africa Digital Seed Fund Round IV DevelopmentAID
2018
- Miss.Africa Digital Announces the Winners for the 2018 Seed Fund round TechMoran
- Miss.Africa announces winners of seed funding Disrupt Africa
- Miss.Africa announces winners of seed funding ConnectedAfrica
- Ghana’s Kumasi Hive wins 2018 Miss.Africa Digital prize AfricaScienceNews
- Kumasi Hive wins 2018 Miss.Africa Digital Prize worth $5000MFidie
- UNESCO LearningCities2017: Sophia Bekele Spoke on Learning throughout life For Sustainable Development of Cities ITBusinessDirect
- Miss.Africa Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Women in Africa – Win $7,000 Startup Funding in Prizes Opportunity Pedia
- Sophia Bekele, DCA founder, emphasizes role of digital connectivity at UNESCO forum Aptantech
- Ireland: Bekele Cited the Notable work of DCA Academy for Lifelong Learning at UNESCO’s Third International Conference on Learning Cities
- Miss.Africa Seed Funding for African Women in Tech Businesses 2018 Mastermind exhibition
- Apply Now: Miss.Africa Seed Funding for African Women in Tech Businesses 2018 Wunderkid blog
- Miss.Africa 2018 Seed Funding Round III: Seeking EOIs for Tech Initiatives for Women in Africa Funds For NGOs
- Apply Now: Miss.Africa Seed Funding for African Women in Tech Businesses 2018 Tech City
- DotConnect Africa Announces 2018 Miss.Africa Seed Funding for Women in Technology Media Rights Agenda
- Miss.Africa 2017/18 Round III Seed Funding Tech Initiative For Women in Africa (Grant of USD $5,000 Grant) Opportunities for Africa
- Miss.Africa Seed Fund for women entrepreneurs in Africa Her Business
- Miss.Africa 2018 Seed Funding Round III: Seeking EOIs for Tech Initiatives for Women in Africa WorldPulse
- Miss.Africa announces 2018 Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Africa women NLIPW
- Miss.Africa Seed Funding for Women-led Tech Initiative 2018 (Grant of USD $5,000) Opportunity Desk
- Apply for Miss.Africa 2018 Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Africa women Kapital
- Applications open for Miss.Africa Seed programme Disrupt Africa
- Miss.Africa Digital Opens Call For III Round Seed Funding Amunicorns
- Miss.Africa Digital Opens the III Round Seed Fund Applications TandaaBiashara
- DCA announces 2018 Miss.Africa seed funding CIO East Africa
- Miss.Africa announces 2018 Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Africa women TechMoran
- DCA Trust unveils #SheAppsAfrica campaign, part of third Miss.Africa seed fund contest Aptantech
2017
- Meet the EQUALS in Tech Award finalists: the Miss.Africa Digital programmeITU News
- Our Miss.Africa Digital Program Named Finalist in the ITU/UN 2017 EQUALSinTech Awards in Geneva, Switzerland DotConnectAfrica
- Abocoders Win 2016/2017 Miss.Africa Seed Funding Positive Naija
- Abocoders Nigeria Wins Miss Africa Seed Fund Grand Prize FootPrint2Africa
- DCA Trust Announces AboCoders, Nigeria as the Winner of Miss.Africa Seed Fund Grand Prize TandaaBiashara
- Nigeria team wins Miss.Africa Seed grant, Ethiopia and Zambia teams voted runners-up AptanTech
- DotConnectAfrica announces the 2016/17 winners of the Miss.Africa Seed Funding TechMoran
- ITU #GirlsinICT: Miss.Africa expands horizons to Increase number of African Girls in ICT Tandaa Biashara
- Miss.Africa joins in celebrating the ITU ICT Girls Day DCA Constant Contact
- USAID Knowledge Services Center (Ksc), Grant Opportunities Available to YALI Fellows USAID
- Miss.Africa Seed Fund Grant 2017 for Women & Girls in the Science, Technology , Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Fields Opportunities for Africans
- Miss.Africa Seed Fund accepting applications till February 2, 2017 Aptantech
- Miss. Africa 2017 Seed Funding for African Women in Tech Businesses World Scholarship Forum
- Miss.Africa Seed Funding Round II: Seeking EOIs for Tech Initiatives for Women in Africa FundsforNGOs
- Welcome to 2017 from Miss.Africa DotConnectAfrica
2016
- Miss.Africa seed fund opens second round Disrupt-Africa
- Miss.Africa 2016 Round II Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Women in Africa (USD$ 7,000 Grant) Extrapreneurs
- Miss.Africa 2016 Seed Funding for African Women in Tech Businesses Edi Projects
- 2016 Miss.Africa Round II Seed Funding Tech Initiative for women in Africa: Apply Now! Entrepreneurs Square
- About the 2016 Miss.Africa Seed Funding For African Women In Tech Businesses Nigerian Scholars
- Miss.Africa 2016 Funding for women in Africa HerBusiness
- Second 7000 USD Seed Funding for STEM Initiatives announced by Miss.Africa ITBusiness
- Miss.Africa announces 2016, Round II Seed Funding Tech Initiative for Women in Africa TechMoran
- Miss.Africa 2016 round ii seed funding tech initiatives for women in Africa USD 7000 grant OFA
- #STEM4girls: DCA Trust, launches Round II 7000USD Miss.Africa Seed Fund for Tech initiatives in Africa TBiashara
- Miss.Africa programme announces funding for women in tech ABN
- DCA unveils 2016 Round II seed fund tech initiative for women in Africa Aptantech
- Miss.Africa 2016 Seed Funding for African Women in Tech Businesses AfterSchoolAfrica
- Miss.Africa Announces $7,000 Funding for African Women in Tech Footprint2Africa
2015
- eMobilis wins inaugural USD 5000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund as two other African Initiatives benefit DomainNewsAfrica
- eMobilis Walks Away With $5,000 From DCA Trust’s Miss.Africa Seed Fund TandaaBiashara
- DCA Trust selects eMobilis as winner of $5,000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund Aptantech
- 3 African initiatives win 7000USD from the 2015 Miss.Africa Seed Fund DomainingAfrica
- eMobilis Wins the 2015 USD 5000 Miss.Africa Seed Fund from DotConnectAfrica ItBusinessDirect
- Kenyans among top Africa techies in race for funding BDAfrica
- Winner of DCA’s $ 5,000 Seed Funding for women-led tech projects in Africa to be announced in February 2016 Aptantech
- Kenya and Nigeria covet the winner of Miss.Africa 2015 funding title Kachwanya
- Africa: Winner of DCA’s U.S.$5,000 Seed Funding for Women-Led Tech Projects in Africa to Be Announced in February 2016 AllAfrican
- Winner of DCA’s $ 5,000 Seed Funding for women-led tech projects in Africa to be announced in February 2016 CIO East Africa
- Winner of DCA’s $ 5,000 Seed Funding for women-led tech projects in Africa to be announced in February 2016 Aptantech
- DotConnectAfrica launches $5k Miss.Africa seed fund Disrupt Africa
- Global Economy Desperately Needs Better Steering on Gender Balance AfricaTelecomIt
- New R60K grant for hackathons, startups and training for African women in tech –HTXT
- Miss Africa: Powering Tech Initiatives For Women In Africa –Inspire Afrika
- DotConnectAfrica launches $5k Miss.Africa seed fund –Disrupt Africa
- Miss.Africa 2015 Seed Funding –YouthHubAfrica
- Seed Fund in Africa: Supporting Women and Girls in STEM Fields –FundsForNgos
Year 2010-2014
- DotConnectAfrica Attends Transform Africa 2013 Summit in Rwanda –CircleID
- Rwanda: DotConnectAfrica Trust raises over a million USD for its commitment to transform Africa – DomainingAfrica
- DCA Partners with SafariCom and FinCom to set up DotAfrica Registry in Kenya –TechMtaa
- Kenya is to set to house the DotAfrica (.africa) Domain –CIO East Africa
- Startup Success Podcast: Show #111: Sophia Bekele, DotConnectAfrica –Startup Success
- UK Media Covered the work of DCA and .africa –Upper Reach
- Nation TV Speaks with Sophia Bekele on uniting Africa’s Internet presence and more – Nation Media
- Kass Media Broadcasts the Yes2DotAfrica Campaign – Kass Media
- Africa ready for new internet address regime – The East Africa
- Getting On-line is a must for Businesses – CIO East Africa
- AITEC Conference Plans Talks On .africa Domain Space Initiative Guardian, Nigeria
- Search on for Africa domain – Daily Nation, Nairobi
- Uniting Africa through IT — Daily Nation, Nairobi
- Achieving : Connecting Africa to the World Web East African Standard
- A dotafrica generation soon to be born – Radio Netherlands
- Announcing the birth of the dotafrica generation – The East African
- Heralding the birth of the dotafrica generation — The Ethiopian Reporter
- Africa: Heralding the birth of dot.africa generation–Ethiopian
- A .africa Internet domain name will connect all Africa – NewTimes, Rwanda
- Ms Bekele on her work to promote Internet connectivity in Africa and emerging economies at GGU