Dear Listers, Here is a great opportunity for developers and entrepreneurs in Kenya to showcase life changing innovations and make a good sum from it. The Orange Africa Social Venture Prize, an initiative of the Orange Group (Telkom Kenya Orange). The prize money for the competition is between 10,000 - 25,000 Euros. Please read through and share with your networks for those who will be interested. * * *What is the **Orange Africa Social Venture Prize (OASVP)?* The Prize, a continental platform for entrepreneurs and start-ups to showcase ICT based solutions that can improve the lives of people living in Africa, is aligned to Orange’s overall innovation strategy as well as its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy. Through the establishment of this Award, Orange is actively supporting dynamic, young entrepreneurs and start-ups across its footprint in Africa. The prize aims to offer support to entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas for promoting social development by using IT and telecommunications technology, but do not necessarily have the financial or technical resources to put their ideas into action. *Who can take part?* *Any entrepreneur aged 21 or over, or company that has existed for less than three years at the time of the competition, regardless of nationality, can enter the awards free of charge.* The projects submitted must have plans to deploy their service in at least one of the African countries where Orange is present and make innovative use of information and communication technologies to contribute to improving the living conditions of people in those countries. *The Orange African Social Venture Prize will be awarded to three entrepreneurs or start-ups that offer solutions based on mobile networks or IT systems that are designed to address various social and welfare issues faced by Africans across the continent. Projects may range from banking or payment services to applications in essential areas such as healthcare, education and agriculture.* * * *The Award* The competition shall have three prize winners receive an endowment of between *10,000 and 25,000 Euros* as well as support from professional entrepreneurs and ICT experts for a period of six months. In another new initiative this year, the project submitted by the winner of the first prize will be patented by Orange in the country where it is deployed. *How to Register* Applications should be submitted by *20 September 2013* using the Orange portal: http://www.starafrica.com. The 2013 edition of OASVP will see internet users voting online for their favourite project using the Star Africa portal: www.StarAfrica.com<http://www.starafrica.com/>. The project voted “online favourite” will be submitted directly to the jury along with 10 other finalists’ preselected by the judges. *For more information or clarification on the Competition, please contact Rachael Wandia on the following numbers –* * **+254 20 495 2521 OR +254 770 428 237. Her email address is: ** rwandia@orange-tkl.co.ke <smedic@orange-tkl.co.ke>* ................................................ Kind regards, *Kevin Wanjala* Resource Mobilization, Fundraising, Partnerships, Social Responsibility & Sustainability Nairobi, KENYA Mobile: 0775049920/0710440357 | Email: wanjalak@gmail.com