Orange Tunisia continues to actively support Tunisian startups through its comprehensive program, ranging from support to acceleration, through the Orange Digital Center. This year, the 5th cohort of Orange Fab Tunisia includes 7 newly accelerated startups, bringing the total number to 30 and the number of contracts signed since 2019 to 44. Throughout the business support process, these startups have been able to develop their commercial activities in just a few months.
Operating in different sectors, the 7 accelerated startups stand out for their innovative solutions focused on cutting-edge technologies:
- Kumulus: A startup aiming to provide affordable and sustainable drinking water. Their machines, the size of a mini-fridge, produce drinkable water using only solar energy and air as resources. During their acceleration with Orange Fab Tunisia, the startup signed a tripartite partnership with the Orange Group Foundation, Orange Tunisia Foundation, and the “Un enfant, Des sourires” association for the deployment of three Kumulus machines in different regions.
- Historiar: A startup specialized in e-culture, reconstructing archaeological and heritage sites using mixed reality and artificial intelligence. After the business acceleration program with Orange Fab Tunisia, the startup obtained its first international contract to create an educational and cultural MOOC on Carthage, funded by the Orange Group Foundation, with scientific support from Tunisian public institutions for heritage preservation. The MOOC will soon be available on Cultural MOOCs — Orange Foundation.
- Club Privilèges: A mobile application offering discounts of up to 30% with over 1200 partners, including restaurants, clothing stores, hotels, and more. During the acceleration program, the startup integrated mobile payment into their Club Privilèges platform, allowing Orange customers to subscribe to daily subscriptions using their phone balance and save up to one month’s salary per year. Exclusive, diverse, and tailored offers for Orange customers are also available on the My Orange application.
- Bakchich: A community platform helping content creators monetize their work through innovative features for publishing freemium and premium content, with payment options including credit cards. With the support of Orange Fab Tunisia, the startup implemented a new payment method on their platform. Users can now support and reward content creators through tips and/or subscriptions during streaming sessions, using mobile recharge in addition to credit cards.
- Digibrain Agency: A new digital sales and animation channel enabling brands/retailers to market their products through live shopping on social networks, providing a better customer experience. Following the business acceleration with Orange Fab Tunisia, the startup signed a contract with Orange Tunisia, becoming its first major client. They are currently in the technical deployment phase for an imminent launch.
- Pwn & Patch: With its intelligent dark web monitoring and surveillance platform called Oktoboot, Pwn & Patch detects various data leaks that threaten businesses. Additionally, Pwn & Patch offers cybersecurity consulting services. The acceleration within Orange Fab Tunisia created synergy between startups, promoting the exchange of services and products between Pwn & Patch and Yoteki. Furthermore, a business partnership is currently under negotiation.
- Yoteqi: An innovative SAAS solution designed to help professionals network and acquire new clients through digital business cards (NFC), a personal website generator, and an AI/machine learning-enhanced contact manager. Thanks to a recent B2B speed dating event organized by Orange Fab Tunisia, the startup signed several contracts with Orange Tunisia’s business partners and present startups.
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Stay tuned for the announcement of the next call for applications for the 6th season of Orange Fab Tunisia.
Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer, who has several years of experience working in Africa’s burgeoning tech startup industry. He has closed multi-million dollar deals bordering on venture capital, private equity, intellectual property (trademark, patent or design, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, in countries such as in the Delaware, New York, UK, Singapore, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, Nigeria etc. He’s also a corporate governance and cross-border data privacy and tax expert.
As an award-winning writer and researcher, he is passionate about telling the African startup story, and is one of the continent’s pioneers in this regard