Dilin Duwa
Global Indigenous Enterprise Network
A platform designed to share stories of Indigenous enterprise from around the world.
Protect, preserve, and share Indigenous knowledge
KIWA Digital’s CultureQ platform is built on principles of Indigenous data sovereignty. Your story remains yours. Submission grants the Dilin Duwa team a licence to publish your story on the platform, but does not transfer ownership of your intellectual property.
Amplify your story
Be heard! What problem or need is your enterprise solving? What inspires you, what does success mean to you?
Create connections
Indigenous entrepreneurs are submitting their stories across regions, languages, and nations. We invite you to connect and engage with their stories and knowledge.
Invitation to share your business story!
We invite you to be a part of an Indigenous-led, global digital platform designed to collect, share, and amplify stories of Indigenous enterprising across regions, languages, and nations.
Dilin Duwa Global Indigenous Enterprise Network is a platform that enables Indigenous entrepreneurs to define success on their own terms, recognising both individual and collective enterprise. Built on the principles of Indigenous data sovereignty, informed consent, and ethical technology use, to protect cultural knowledge, the Dilin Duwa Global Indigenous Enterprise Network is an ecosystem connector linking enterprise, leadership development, trade pathways, policy learning, and Indigenous economies globally.
We invite you to share your story, your enterprise, your community, on this platform.
This project is made possible with the support of Kiwa Digital.
Our ask of you
We believe your video-story will inspire others to follow in your footsteps, and some may reach out to you to support your enterprise.
Please:
Introduce yourself, your Indigenous affiliation, and the country or region you are located
Tell us about your Indigenous Enterprise
Tell us what inspires/d you to start the initiative
Tell us what success in your enterprise mean to you
Tell us what best describes Indigenous Enterprise for you
Tell us about any problem(s) you are trying to solve with your enterprise.
If you plan to present in a language other than English, please provide translations, subtitles or captions.
See how others have contributed
Steven Renata - Kiwa Digital
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Ready to upload?
By submitting your stories to the Dilin Duwa Global Indigenous Enterprise Network, we assume that informed and approved consent has been given by all those involved.
You retain ownership of your IP, and Dilin Duwa will ensure you maintain your data sovereignty. If children are included in your story, we recommend obscuring their faces to protect their identity and anonymity.
Your submission will be reviewed by the Dilin Duwa team. Once reviewed, your submission will be uploaded to the user library and also sent to the Kiwa Digital team for upload to their CultureQ platform. To learn more about the platform visit https://www.cultureq.online.
For further information contact, please contact dilin-duwa@unimelb.edu.au.
Recommended digital format, duration and file type for your story.
Video | 4 minutes | MP4, WebM, OGV
Audio Podcast | 5 minutes | MP3, Wav, M4a/AAC, OGG, FLAC, WebM audio
Presentation Slide Deck | Max 20 slides with or without narration | PDF, PNG, JPG
If your file is too large to upload via the form, please send through WeTransfer:
Frequently Asked Questions
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Your submission has been sent to the Dilin Duwa team for review. If approved, it will be uploaded to the Dilin Duwa Connect library. In addition, it will be sent to the Kiwa Digital team and uploaded to CultureQ Knowledge Centre/Vault which enables it for discovery with Guardian AI.
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CultureQ™ is a Software Platform (SaaS) for preserving cultural knowledge and connecting Indigenous communities.
Built by Indigenous for Indigenous, it is a secure, digital space where language, stories, images, and artefacts can be protected and activated using ethically built AI technology.
Learn more at https://www.cultureq.online
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Built into the CultureQ platform, Guardian AI is designed to protect your data and maintain the integrity of your knowledge.
Your Guardian AI will learn from your community’s own knowledge base, working to protect, enhance, and guide its use. Like a digital kaitiaki (guardian), it listens, safeguards, and helps you explore, build, and understand your knowledge on your own terms.
Learn more at: https://www.cultureq.online
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Please submit your information as follows:
Video | 4 minutes | MP4, WebM, OGV
Audio Podcast | 5 minutes | MP3, Wav, M4a/AAC, OGG, FLAC, WebM audio
Presentation Slide Deck | Max 20 slides with or without narration | PDF, PNG, JPG
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Submit your file using the following link: https://we.tl/r-ASodUZ82dxihbJTQ
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Feel free to email the Dilin Duwa team at dilin-duwa@unimelb.edu.au
This project was awarded seed funding at the Dilin Duwa Dialogues in 2025. Read more about the Dilin Duwa Dialogues by clicking the button below.