Dots for has entered into a capital and business alliance with Brother Industries to promote a "village printing service" that enables printing and copying in villages through the digitization of rural Africa, utilizing Brother's inkjet multifunction printers. One of the information and opportunity gaps in rural Africa, caused by a lack of basic infrastructure, is the inability to copy and print within the village. The two companies believe that a partnership will significantly contribute to resolving printing and copying issues in rural areas, and have therefore decided to further this initiative through this capital and business alliance. Read the full article here 🔽 https://global.brother/en/news/2025/250805cba

Dots for was a finalist and won the "Business Idea Contest for Addressing Issues in Refugee-Affected Areas" (hosted by JICA and co-hosted by the UNHCR Japan Office and Welcome Japan) held at the Kansai-Osaka Expo on Sunday, August 3rd. Tomoka Dusabe and Ange NOUTCHOGBE participated on behalf of Dots for. They chose Uganda, home to 1.9 million refugees from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as their stage, and explained how their decentralized communications and digital services can help bridge the income gaps faced by refugees due to information and opportunity gaps. As a result of their winning, they have received support for travel to Uganda. They plan to set up DC Boxes in refugee settlements and begin providing services immediately. Related links: 🔽 https://theme-weeks.expo2025.or.jp/program/detail/671a0e8bdac57.html

Dots for Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroya Oba) announced that its Republic of Senegal / Study to Confirm the Effectiveness of a Charging Platform to Solve the Issue of Un-Electrified Rural Africa was selected for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's FY2024 Supplementary Fund for Global South Future-Oriented Co-Creation Projects (Small-Scale Demonstration/FS Project). The project aims to investigate the effectiveness of a smartphone charging station in the Republic of Senegal that utilizes surplus power from the company's wireless communication and power supply one-stop product. https://gs-hojo-web-fspoc.jp/index.html

APTO Inc. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Ryo Takashina ) has entered into a business partnership with Dots for to strengthen AI data collection, creation, and dataset provision. Starting with this partnership, we plan to expand our image datasets captured in African environments, acquire multilingual audio data, and provide natural language data. To date, sample image datasets of "African road signs" and "vehicles" have been released (featured on Hugging Face). Read the full article here 🔽 https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000117.000053927.html

Our CEO, Carlos Oba appeared on J-WAVE Radio's "SAISON CARD ON THE EDGE." He spoke about the local reality and possibilities of doing business in West Africa. Listen it here🔽  *Distribution has now ended. http://radiko.jp/share/?sid=FMJ&t=20250623100840