Orange Summer Challenge 2025 for African Young talents & tech startups

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Applications are open for Orange Summer Challenge 2025. Are you an entrepreneur with an established startup and have a tech project idea with strong social and/or environmental impact? Are you looking to overcome technical or human challenges, realize your vision, and accelerate your growth? OSC2025 is the opportunity you need! 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. 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.

Orange Summer Challenge Theme

For its 5th edition, the Orange Summer Challenge focuses on the theme Startup4Good: Sustainable solutions, driven by the talents of the future. This intensive 3-month internship is your chance to turn your ideas into concrete projects, with the guidance of experts passionate about tech, impact and innovation.

Benefits

A springboard to bring your ideas to life, grow your skills, and build your future in innovation.

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.

Orange Summer Challenge Categories

Young Talent
- Are you a student or recent graduate looking to grow your skills through a real-world project?
- Join a multidisciplinary team
- Benefit from personalized mentoring
- Showcase your skills on an international stage
Tech Startup
- Are you a startup based in Africa or the Middle East?
- Develop your solution for free
- Collaborate with a team of skilled young talents
- Get tailored technical and business support

Eligibility Criteria

What are the eligibility conditions to participate in OSC as a talent?

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.

What are the eligibility conditions to participate in OSC as a start-up?

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.