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You can win up to €25,000 for your Innovative Start-up idea in the Orange African Social Venture Prize.

 

Orange is currently inviting applications for its fifth edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize. This initiative aims to encourage innovative start-up projects from around the world which help to accelerate development on the African continent. The prize will recognise three projects with grants of €10 000, €15 000 and €25 000, along with six months of support from Orange experts.

The first prize will also be offered a patent registration in the country of the project’s deployment.

The Orange African Social Venture Prize showcases entrepreneurs offering innovative products or services that meet the needs of Africans in various fields .Operating in 19 countries in Africa and the Middle East, Orange serves more than 100 million customers in the region and plays a major role in Africa’s economy and future development.

Orange’s main priorities is to improve connectivity, particularly in rural areas, and to introduce value-adding mobile services. The Group also supports entrepreneurs by offering a variety of support programmes, both to entrepreneurs seeking to create their own company and to mature start-ups.

Focus Areas

Health
Agriculture
Education
Energy
Industry or trade
Eligibility Criteria

Any entrepreneur (aged 21 or over) or legal entity that has been in existence for fewer than three years may participate with no restriction on nationality.

Submitted projects must be designed to be deployed in at least one of the 17 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.

How to Apply

Applications can be submitted through Orange’s pan-African web portal.

For more information, please visit http://www.orange.com/en/press/Press-releases/press-releases-2015/Orange-launches-the-2015-Orange-African-Social-Venture-Prize

 

Good News for Poultry Farmers!

The Federal Government has pledged support for the local poultry industry.

The support was contained in a speech delivered by the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, during his tour of a chicken farm, Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery, according to a statement issued by the company,

During the tour, NAFDAC certified the firm’s Natnudo brand of chicken, noting that the whole production process of the company was in line with international standard and best practices and should be emulated by other players in the industry.

Orhii said, “What I am seeing today are the kinds of facilities we have seen only in developed countries and which I had prayed will one day be available in Nigeria”.

“This facility has now made it possible for Nigerians to enjoy high quality locally produced chicken which is guaranteed to meet their protein needs”.

“I want to assure you again of government’s support for the local poultry industry and also of our commitment to educating Nigerians on consumption of fresh frozen chicken.

Orhii pledged that the agency would work closely with Nigeria Customs Service and other relevant agencies to ensure they record more successes in the quest to completely eradicate the consumption of unwholesome chicken in Nigeria.