Three Francophone African Startups Win Orange Summer Challenge
Three Francophone African startups have been awarded at the latest edition of the Orange Summer Challenge, a program that enables young entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into businesses in just three months.
Organized by the Orange Digital Centres network in Africa and the Middle East, this year's event brought together 282 participants from 14 countries, who benefited from intensive support from Orange and its partners AWS, EY, and NOKIA. Under the theme Tech4Impact, 57 projects were developed around technological solutions with social impact.
The three winning startups, announced at the closing ceremony in Casablanca, are:
- Plastikoo (Madagascar), which transforms plastic waste into sustainable building materials.
- MEPS (Tunisia), which uses IoT to convert organic waste into biogas and fertilizer.
- Leevlong (Cameroon), a real-time vital sign monitoring medical device.
The winners will receive financial, technical, and commercial support from Orange Digital Centres and its partners, including a €40,000 grant from NOKIA and a €20,000 prize awarded by Orange.
