Submission open for Orange Summer Challenge 2025
Deadline: 15 June 2025
Young talents & tech startups, join Orange Summer Challenge 2025! Accelerate your projects, develop your skills and experience a unique adventure combining innovation, learning and positive impact!
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.
OSC2025 supports innovative startups offering technological solutions combining software and hardware, with strong social and/or environmental impact.
Aims
- Over 12 intensive weeks, this edition aims to provide a supportive environment for the development or evolution of their projects, while involving young talents seeking hands-on experience.
Benefits
- 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.
Eligible Projects
- OSC accepts a wide range of technological projects combining hardware and software, aimed at solving local issues with positive social or environmental impacts.
Eligibility Criteria
- To participate in the Orange Summer Challenge, 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.
For more information, visit Orange Digital Center.