Orange Summer Challenge 2025 for Africa & the Middle East: (Deadline 15 June 2025)

Applications are open for the Orange Summer Challenge 2025 for Africa & the Middle East. Orange Summer Challenge (OSC) is much more than a competition: it’s a real springboard towards innovation and responsible entrepreneurship launched by the Orange Digital Center network in 15 countries across Africa and the Middle East.

Since its creation in 2010, OSC has been supporting young talents and project leaders in Africa and the Middle East, offering them the means to transform their ideas into concrete and sustainable solutions. Today, OSC has established itself as an essential event for those who want to build a better future through technology.

Benefits of Orange Summer Challenge

• Concrete projects: Transform, as a team, an idea into a functional prototype to address real problems.
• Customized coaching: Experts from Orange, Orange Digital Center and international partners like EY guide you through every step of the competition.
• Skills development: Training, mentoring, technical support: everything to boost your entrepreneurial and technological skills.
• Visibility & networking: Showcase your project, gain visibility, and access a regional final followed by a wide audience.
• National & international awards: 3 projects among the national winners will be rewarded for their innovation and impact.
• Cutting-edge tech environment: Access Solidarity FabLab equipment and Orange Digital Center resources to design, test and perfect your project.

Eligibility for Orange Summer Challenge

Talent

To participate in the Orange Summer Challenge as a talent, candidates must meet three main criteria:

• Availability: Be available to fully engage in the project development process throughout the competition.
• Motivation: Have a strong motivation to innovate and contribute to technological solutions with a positive impact.
• Skills: Possess technical, entrepreneurial, or creative skills that can enrich the project and foster teamwork.

Startup

To participate as a start-up, candidates must meet these criteria:

• Impactful project: Have a technological project idea aligned with the Startup4Good theme, integrating hardware and software with a significant social and/or environmental impact.
• Motivated team: Applications can be submitted by an individual entrepreneur or a team; motivation and commitment are essential.
• Availability: Be available to fully engage in the project development process throughout the competition.

Evaluation Criteria

Projects are assessed based on:

• Innovation: Originality and creativity of solutions.
• Feasibility: Technical and operational viability.
• Impact: Potential for social and economic change.
• Commercial Viability: Long-term development and profitability prospects.

Application

Participation in the Orange Summer Challenge is entirely free. All development costs are covered by Orange.