Turning smart ideas into sustainable businesses
Our mission
Entrepreneurship for a better world
Orange Corners is an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands that provides young entrepreneurs across Africa and the Middle East with training, mentorship, network, funding and facilities to start and grow their businesses. We support innovative solutions to local Challenges, that contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We partner with various stakeholders to support and strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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The entrepreneurs
Carine & Esther Djé
We focus on products that leave farmer’s fields but never make it to consumer by working with locally sourced fruits and turn them into traditional delicacies, free of additives and preservatives.
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Ben Diop
Our electronic health passports enable healthcare professionals to quickly access medical data from individuals. Each QR code scanned is potential a life saved.
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Fadwa Moussaif
It’s our goals to design and manufacture products that respect the environment and social conditions of the female artisans, while reviving traditional weaving.
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Ernest Nartey-Tetteh
It may well be Corona times, plastic pollution doesn’t wait. It’s our mission to sensitize Africa about the dangers in plastic mismanagement while making them realize the value in recycling.
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Wilma Cavaleiro
Identify the problem you want to solve, and start with the resources you have. Those can be used to different ends than your usual business and serve the community in challenging times.
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Ecowaste: increasing awareness of managing waste in Sudan
Ecowaste combats an important societal and environmental issue in Sudan by improving waste management, providing environmental services and integrating the direct population. With an architecture degree in her pocket, the 26-years-old Rahma Ali was nescient of the business world when she entered the Orange Corners Programme in 2019. She first participated in the EmpowerHer workshops organised …
Designing, producing and distributing products made possible by disadvantaged women in Khartoum
I would like women to obtain their own training and production centre, creating something for themselves and thus attaining a higher and better quality of life. Leila has always been interested and engaged in creating opportunities for her community. One day on a local market in Khartoum, she saw Betoul sitting on a chair while …
Any kind of service, only one click away
As an entrepreneur, you are responsible for the results you deliver. For Darnafees, it means that our entire team pays a lot of attention to the orders we receive in order to ensure the highest standards and quality. Imagine being able to request any service of choice, as dishwasher, washing machine or refrigerator reparations, or …
