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Orange Social Venture Opens Call for Submissions

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The Orange Social Venture Prize aims to promote social innovation by supporting development through information and communication technology. In addition to funding of up to £25, 000 euros, Orange will provide six months support to the 3 finalists from business and telecom professionals.

The 9th edition of the Orange Social Venture registration is ongoing to award the best business venture projects using technological innovation in the service of the society. There are two stages of competition: first, the project competes for national award against other projects in the country, then the national winner competes in an international competition with a different jury and for higher stakes.

Entrepreneurs from 18 participating countries will be able to apply between 4th March – 30th May, 2019. The participating countries are Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote D’Ivoire, Egypt, Guinea, Guinea Bisau, Jordan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tunisia.


See Also: Application Now Open for Tony Elumelu Foundation Programme


Awards

1st Grand Prize: £25, 000

2nd Grand Prize: £15, 000

3rd Grand Prize: £10, 000

The winners are provided with customized digital mentoring and advice by Orange experts.

 

2018 Winners:

OKO (1st) gives access to provide micro-insurance services to farmers, even in remote areas, using satellite surveillance.

Isahit (2nd) helps young women seeking employment or business opportunities by employing them for digital tasks.

AnemiApp (3rd) addresses ‘drepanocytose’– a type of anemia, by coaching sick individuals and helping them access better healthcare.

 

Registration: March 4th – May 30th

National Vote: June 3rd – July 1st

International Vote: September 23rd – October 3rd

Registration Process:

  • Create an Entrepreneur Club Account (for contest only)
  • Fill registration form (make sure you fill compulsory fields of the form)
  • Click on validate to save your answers to the questions on the form. (Note, in order to validate your registration, you have to submit a presentation of your project.)

For more information, click here. If you are interested, then apply here.

Note, there is an option for of linking a short Youtube video clip of the project this year. Internet users and project evaluators will be able to watch these short videos on the public page of the application.

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