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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Algerian Clean Energy (ACE) powers ahead with installing solar power systems in Sahara
We are a social enterprise that provides installations of residential solar photovoltaic system in areas that do not have access to electricity. Sixty kilometers from the capital of Algeria in Bordj Menaïel, lives Walid Amrous. During his search for work after his studies, he travelled far to find a job, as far as to the …
Ivoire Myciculture: cultivating oyster mushrooms in Bingerville
Our vision is to feed the population while preserving the environment for the generations to come. During the summer of 2019, the logistician Aka A. Ange Roland came across tiny bundles of oyster mushrooms in Bingerville, 10 kilometres east of Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast. Only two years after this discovery, with the support …
A small artisan family business in Bouira, Algeria
We hope to provide individuals with different ranges of body care products that are handmade, regenerating their skin whilst protecting their health. The pricky green fruits, known as cacti, taste sweeter than they look. A 2017 study by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) showed that these prickly pears could be the answer …
