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MedTrucks top winners in Orange Social Venture prize 2016

Telecom giant, Orange has unveiled its star prize winners in the social venture initiative as the Moroccoan MedTrucks came top, reports ITRealms.

Also, Orange proclaimed Madagascar based Nanoe as second prize winner while Senegalese MaTontine took the third place.

The chief executive officer, Orange Middle East and Africa (MEA) Bruno Mettling, said that with nearly 3,500 projects filed since 2011, the Orange Social Venture prize has grown into a huge success.

“The 750 candidate projects that were submitted in 2016 amply illustrate this,” he declared.
As said by him, the start-up ecosystem now increasingly recognizes Orange as an indispensable partner that is able to support their development with 95 per cent of the winning start-ups since the award’s inception are still growing today.
“I thank them for their confidence," he said.

Details of the winning projects are:

The first prize was awarded to MedTrucks, Morocco:  MedTrucks (http://APO.af/i5uLvA) was created to support patients and healthcare professionals through the deployment of mobile care units in “medical deserts” in Morocco and other emerging countries. These hyper-connected trucks, that are fully equipped for all essential medical needs and can rely on tele-medicine tools if necessary, aim to fill a blank in these isolated areas by providing care at the right time and the right place. MedTrucks is developing a variety of services including real-time cartography and tracking that will help optimize care service delivery to patients, as well as a medical online training platform for professionals.

The second prize was awarded to Nanoé, Madagascar: Nanoé’s (http://APO.af/QH8zjD) ambition is to deploy a new kind of electrification system, known as “lateral electrification”, in order to meet the short-term needs of remote populations that do not have access to the main energy grid. Nanoé seeks to offer rapid, flexible and affordable access to electricity, while participating in the construction of a cutting-edge power infrastructure that is low carbon, decentralized, collaborative and smart. Nanoé’s project also includes a major training platform designed for future local-level operators.

The third prize was awarded to Ma Tontine, Senegal: MaTontine (http://APO.af/fFzaNc) seeks to solve the problem of how to provide financial services, including the provision of small loans, to the poor. It is based on a traditional, non-digital system, called the Tontine (in French), that enables the organization of rotating savings and credit schemes across a small group of people (colleagues, friends, neighbors, etc.). The innovation is to build a digital platform that automates this whole process and incorporates a credit-scoring system in order to facilitate small loans and other financial services such as micro-insurance based on the credit score of the group members.

The Special Prize for Cultural Content was awarded to Bulles Magazine, Côte d’Ivoire: Bulles Magazine (http://APO.af/E6lRgX) is a monthly magazine for 6-10-year old children that promotes African culture. Available in digital and paper versions, Bulles Magazine will be accessible throughout the Francophone world and beyond. The originality of this project lies in the fact that Bulles Magazine will tell children the story of the kings and queens who ruled the African continent long ago. Each month, children will read about African heroes of the past but also contemporary heroes such as renowned inventors from Africa. Designed in a highly colorful and illustrated format, the paper and digital versions of the magazine will facilitate its distribution across Francophone countries.

Finally, a “favourite project” was also selected by web users on the Entrepreneur Club(http://EntrepreneurClub.Orange.com/en) portal: 
Over 80,457 visitors out of a total of 390,000 voted for the Egyptian project FoodoGraphy (http://APO.af/DZ4yIe), a food-waste management platform that facilitates cooperation between food providers - such as hotels, restaurants, conference malls, etc. - and charities. Foodography aims to allow charities to collect surplus food that is still in good condition from these organizations in order to redistribute it to poor people registered with the charity. FoodoGraphy’s website will provide a directory that acts as a reference for charities and enables them to connect with food providers and organize the logistics of redistributing the surplus food. 

Chuks Egbune/GEE
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