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Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle East

Up to €25,000 for tech-enabled social ventures

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Works in Africa

An annual two-stage competition with national and international awards for technology-based ventures creating social or environmental impact.

Facts about Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle East

Category
Grants & Accelerators
Availability
Works in Africa
Countries
Pan-African🇹🇳Tunisia🇪🇬Egypt🇨🇮Ivory Coast🇨🇲Cameroon🇸🇳Senegal
Pricing
Free tier
Typical setup time
1+ week
Best for
Early-stage, SaaS, Solo founder
Last verified
Aug 20, 2026

Use when

Your young tech-enabled venture creates measurable social or environmental impact in a participating Orange market.

Skip when

You are outside a participating country, have no prototype, or the project is more than five years old.

Status (20 Aug 2026): the 2026 deadline was 10 May; monitor the portal for the next edition. International awards reach €25,000, with separate national rounds in Orange's 17-country Africa/Middle East footprint. Applicants must be over 21 with a project under five years old that has reached prototype or experimentation stage. Local rules and prize amounts vary by country.

Alternatives

Cartier Women's InitiativeAfrica's Business HeroesAfrica Prize for Engineering Innovation

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