Update for the Middle East Orange Social Venture  Prize in Africa 2023 In Process…

The 13th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East will open for submissions on Monday, March 13, 2023. Candidates from the 17 countries within the Orange footprint have until May 21, 2023, to submit their project on the website https://POESAM.orange.com

Application Deadline: 21st May  at 9:00pm GMT

About the Award: The Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (OSVP) has become a reference and has passed the 10-year mark by entering its 11th edition.

Type: Entrepreneurship

Eligibility: Candidates must:

• Be 21 years and over
• Present a social entrepreneurship project based on NICT (New Information and Communication Technologies)
• The candidates must present a project that involves at least one of the 17 countries

The three (3) national winners will qualify automatically, without the need to resubmit their Project, for the International Grand Prix, organised by Orange MEA. The grand jury has the final decision on nominating the 3 prizewinners for the Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle East.

Eligible Countries: Botswana, Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Jordan, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Liberia, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tunisia.

Number of Awards: 3

Value of Award:

For the International Grand Prix, awards are as follows:

• 1st prize: the payment of an amount of €25,000 (twenty-five thousand
• euros).
• 2nd prize: the payment of an amount of €15,000 (fifteen thousand
• euros).
• 3rd prize: the payment of an amount of €10,000 (ten thousand euros).

For the International Women’s Prize, the award is as follows:

• The payment of an amount of €20,000 (twenty thousand euros) funded by the Group Diversity and Inclusion Department.

If the prize is awarded to an organisation, it will be given to the legal
representative of the organisation.

How to Apply: Submit

• It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
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Visit Award Webpage for Details