The prize is on the online portal StarAfrica.com and will promote social business projects, targeting the African countries of Orange's footprint.

France Telecom’s mobile phone subsidiary Orange and its corporate venturing unit Innovacom have launched the African Social Venture Prize.

The prize is on the online portal StarAfrica.com and will promote social business projects, targeting the African countries of Orange’s footprint.

It will help students and new entrepreneurs involved in information and communication technology and addressing the needs of the ‘bottom of pyramid’ in Africa. Click here for website.