At the launch of the 2014 Orange African Social Venture Prize
Following on from the success of the past three years, has launched the 2014 edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize. The prize rewards entrepreneurs developing products or services that use ICT in an innovative way to meet the needs of Africans in fields such as health, agriculture, education, energy, industry or trade. Over the past three years, more than 1,500 projects have been submitted for the Orange African Social Venture Prize.
The prize will recognize four projects: three projects with grants of 10,000 EUR, 15,000 EUR and 25,000 EUR, and a new special prize of 10,000 EUR. The fourth category; the “Orange Partner”, is a new addition and will recognize the best project that integrates an Orange application.
In addition, the four winners will benefit from a six-month support package from entrepreneurship and ICT experts and, the first prize will be offered a patent submission in the country of the project’s deployment.
Any entrepreneur (aged 21 or over) or legal entity that has been in existence for fewer than three years at the time of the competition may participate at no cost and with no restriction on nationality. Submitted projects must be designed to be deployed in at least one of the African countries in which Orange operates and must use information and communications technology in an innovative way to help improve the living conditions of the populations in these countries.
The deadline for application is 19 September 2014. You can apply on here http://www.starafrica.com.
Voting will be done online and the winner of the “favorite project” will have its project submitted to the jury along with the others finalists shortlisted by the experts and will therefore have the maximum possible chance of being among the top four winners for 2014.
The deadline for application is 19 September 2014. You can apply here http://www.starafrica.com.