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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Collaborative farming in Maluku, RDC
Our country can cultivate their own agricultural products. Initiatives like Le Bulb Farm strengthen that belief. Nathan Kamba, born in Lubumbashi, République Démocratique du Congo, was preparing for a recipe in which he needed milk. While browsing through the supermarket aisles, he discovered that the only milk cartons offered were imported from China. He thought …
Rethinking plastic packaging in Kinshasa, Congo
President John F Kennedy once said: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” With 7,000 tonnes of waste thrown away daily, including 1,500 tonnes of plastics, Kinshasa its waste is a major source of pollution for the African Great Lakes region. This year, the capital …
The future of drones in Moroccan farming
Our goal is to modernise agriculture and other sectors using multifunctional drones, and the only way forward is to keep working on our project. Born in a family of farmers, Mohamed Belkora was standing in the middle of 260 hectares of farmland in Rabat, Morocco, when we interviewed him. Showing trees setting fruit such as …
