Dots for Africa

Dots for Inc. bridges Africa’s rural digital divide by deploying “DC Box”, a decentralized edge-network digital hub that enables offline-first digital services where the internet is unreliable. Each village DC Box provides local Wi-Fi access, device financing (BNPL), e-learning, micro-job opportunities, and printing/charging services through d.CONNECT, our all-in-one app. Agents—commission-based local entrepreneurs—operate each site, ensuring sustainability. Today, 600+ villages across Benin and Senegal serve 800,000 first-time digital users, 99 % of whom had never owned a smartphone. By combining digital services, local credit scoring via phone-book-based social graphs, and affordable devices, Dots for turns “usage gap” areas into self-sustaining digital communities.