Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East 2025 (€25,000 prize)

The Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East 2025 is an international grand-prix competition for start-ups with social entrepreneurship projects based on ICT. It identifies, rewards, and supports ventures that have a positive social and environmental impact, with regional winners across Africa and the Middle East. Winners receive cash prizes and coaching to develop their business internationally.

Cash prizes (International Grand Prix first prize €25,000; second €15,000; third €10,000; International Women’s Prize €20,000) and coaching in Orange Digital Centers to help develop the venture internationally.

Candidates must be 21 years or older, present a social entrepreneurship project based on NICT (New Information and Communication Technologies), and have a project involving at least one of the 17 eligible countries.

Applications are open and assessed according to the competition rules; up to three winners will be selected in each country.