Building African global excellence creating business leaders of tomorrow in STEAME

They say that to make difference in the world, you need to dream big, and for one truly humble yet inspirational woman, an insightful, curious, and passionate social entrepreneur, Captain Kgomotso Phatsima demonstrates that your dreams are valid, and you can make a big impact on the lives of others.

Captain Kgomotso Phatsima is the President and Founder of Dare To Dream. She grew up in a small village called Ledumadumane which is a stone throw from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. She holds a Commercial Pilot’s license from the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), a Master of Science degree in Strategic Management with a focus on Aviation Safety from the University of Derby and is one of the first female military pilots in the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). Captain Kgomotso believes that the use of science, technology, and innovation to propel economies to high levels of efficiency is key to supporting socioeconomic development. She also believes that countries benefit immensely from the generation, adoption, adaptation of technology and innovation. She carries out professional coaching and team building exercises, motivational talks, also holding speaker events for corporate, schools and universities as well as brand ambassador opportunities.

INSIDE THE DARE TO DREAM ENTERPRISE Dare To Dream is a social enterprise based at the Botswana Innovation Hub Science and Technology Park. It is dedicated to the advancement of youth, women, and girls in STEAME as well as Aviation and Aerospace, STEAME bring an acronym that stands for Science, Technology Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Entrepreneurship.

Upon qualifying as one of the first female military pilots in Botswana in 2011, Captain Kgomotoso founded Dare To Dream to inspire the next generation of leaders in science technology and innovation as well as ignite their passion to the amazing world of aviation. Dare To Dream aspires to create hubs where African excellence can be nurtured and be primed for global brilliance. The organisation aspires to be the leading organization advancing the next generation of aviation and space leaders, business aviation leaders of tomorrow not only in Botswana but across the African continent.

PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESS The Dare To Dream foundation has partnered with different stakeholders and corporates to establish a long lasting impact on youth, women, and girls, and to date, through their different partnerships they have impacted close to 100 000 individuals within the 10 years that they have been operating. They create a long-lasting impact on the youth through offering mentorship, work placement referrals, trainings, workshops, motivational talks, flying experience and aviation exposure. Dare To Dream also conducts airport tours, seminars, leadership and entrepreneurship boot-camps, boys’ and girls’ summits, diamond industry exposure, robotics, and coding championships (tournaments), also offering sponsorship and scholarships opportunities.

A BBC Africa Documentary was filmed at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in partnership with Major Blue Air and impacted the lives of 20 young people. After years of success in Botswana, Dare to Dream expanded its footprint to surrounding countries, partnering with Meyers AeroConsulting LLC, a United States of America (U.S.A) based consulting firm through the Fly for STEAME Southern Africa Initiative in partnership with Jill Meyers. This initiative provides educational workshops in each of these countries: Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe and impacts 10000 girls in Southern Africa.

Continuing in its mission to deliver a true impact and change the narrative of youth employability and entrepreneurship in Botswana, Dare To Dream has partnership with the AIRBUS Foundation, and to date they have impacted more than 3500 students across Botswana in rural and urban areas. They are also currently rolling out the AIRBUS Discovery Space in partnership with the Stanbic Bank Accelerator Space Program which targets 1000 students and is aimed at building a passion for the science technology engineering and mathematics field. Dare To Dream continuously aims to positively impact the lives of youth, women and girls through education, networking, mentorship, and scholarships. They use the latest technological advance to inspire, and shape change by supporting the next generation of leaders in STEAME as well as Aviation and Aerospace.

Dare To Dream has also launched the 3 months Youth Employability Accelerator Program in Partnership with the First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) Foundation, the FNBB Airport Junction Mall branch has enrolled 30 youth individuals (15 male and 15 female) aged between 18-35years on the entrepreneurship mentorship and employability skills.

INSPIRING GROWTH FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS Edwin Molatise is a member and former mentee of Dare To Dream and is currently employed as a Creative Director. He is a Visual Communications Designer by profession. Through the Dare To Dream mentorship he was awarded the President Award for Academic Excellence, Award for Outstanding Leadership, and a Master of Science Scholarship to further his studies at Limkomkwing University in Malaysia.

He met Captain Kgomotso Phatsima 4 years ago and is quick to state just how much he admired her work and what she was doing for the community. And so, he decided to reach out and joined her foundation as member and mentee. During those years he was thoroughly guided, coached, and advised as he was still a university student. Through his work experience and the guidance from Kgomotso Phatsima and Dare to Dream, he performed very well at school such that he graduated top of his class and school with academic awards and a scholarship.

Edwin credits Captain Kgomotso and her team’s support and guidance for his personal and professionally as she continues to inspire, motivate, and push him for the better, aspiring to one day give back to his community in the Kgalagadi region, inspiring the next generation of creatives like him.

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