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DCA has already undertaken successful initiatives under its Trust program which include the following:

DCA has already undertaken successful initiatives under its Trust program which include the following:

<big>Miss.africa</big>: The Miss.africa programme is a gender-focused initiative targeted mainly at female youth audiences in Africa to increase their personal involvement in early technology use and adoption with a view to improving their digital self-awareness and empowerment, and overall self-esteem. It is aimed at attracting more young girls and women to the Internet platform to enable them form a sizable demographic of Internet users in Africa, thereby involving them in complementary gender development initiatives that improve the lives of young girls and women.<ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1108602153904.htm/ Mission]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11563212-dotafrica-africa-made-history-with-icann-in-singapore Launch of the Miss.Africa program]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11083155-africa-music-dance-performance-by-dca.html ".africa" music & dance performance]</ref>

<big>Miss.africa</big>: The miss.africa programme is a gender-focused initiative targeted mainly at female youth audiences in Africa to increase their personal involvement in early technology use and adoption with a view to improving their digital self-awareness and empowerment, and overall self-esteem. It was inspired mainly by the DNS Women’s group of ICANN. The "Miss.Africa" program is envisioned as one of the central pillars of DCA’s corporate social responsibility program and was first launched and publicized during the ICANN gala event in Singapore <ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1108602153904.htm/ Mission]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11563212-dotafrica-africa-made-history-with-icann-in-singapore ICANN gala event in Singapore]</ref>and continued in Dakar. It is aimed at attracting more young girls and women to the Internet platform to enable them form a sizable demographic of Internet users in Africa, thereby involving them in complementary gender development initiatives that improve the lives of young girls and women<ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11083155-africa-music-dance-performance-by-dca.html ".africa" music & dance performance]</ref>

<big>Generation.africa</big>:Generation.africa is a youth focused program launched by DCA to empower a new generation of Internet users in Africa using its generation.africa theme. It is aimed at different youth audiences and encourages their involvement in discussions that define and increase their common stake-holding in the development and evolution of the Internet.<ref>[http://www.dotconnectafrica.org/yes-campaign/generation-africa generation.africa]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11681274-generationafrica-on-their-high-at-the-6th-igf-held-in-nairobi-kenya.html Generation.africa On their High at IGF Kenya]</ref><ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1105302100111.html Generation.africa hailed "Yes2dotAfrica" at DCA's Headquarters in Mauritius]</ref>

<big>Generation.africa</big>:Generation.africa is a youth focused program launched by DCA to empower a new generation of Internet users in Africa using its generation.africa theme. It is aimed at different youth audiences and encourages their involvement in discussions that define and increase their common stake-holding in the development and evolution of the Internet.<ref>[http://www.dotconnectafrica.org/yes-campaign/generation-africa generation.africa]</ref><ref>[http://www.prlog.org/11681274-generationafrica-on-their-high-at-the-6th-igf-held-in-nairobi-kenya.html Generation.africa On their High at IGF Kenya]</ref><ref>[http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1105302100111.html Generation.africa hailed "Yes2dotAfrica" at DCA's Headquarters in Mauritius]</ref>