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Nominations open for Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa support social and environmental innovation and encourage entrepreneurship .
Elizabeth Tchoungui , Group Executive Director CSR , Diversity and Philanthropy , Orange and Deputy Chair , Orange Foundation , said : “ I am delighted that for the second year running the ‘ International Women ’ s Prize ’ is supporting entrepreneurship for women and the promotion of initiatives that aim to improve the empowerment of women .”
Telco Orange has announced that nomination submissions for the 11th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and Middle East are now open until June 4th , 2021 . Entrants will be able to submit their projects on the website https :// startup . orange . com / fr .
Since 2011 , this prize has been awarded for innovative projects by start-ups , based on information and communication technologies ( ICT ) that have a positive societal impact in Africa and the Middle East in the fields of education , healthcare , e-commerce and agriculture or that help to meet sustainable development goals .
Through this prize , Orange seeks to contribute to the socio-economic development of Africa ,
Alioune Ndiaye , CEO , Orange Middle East and Africa , noted that : “ Africa is undergoing major changes : rapid population growth , accelerating urbanisation , technological breakthroughs in mobile communication and mobile financial services , for example .
“ These structural trends are creating major economic opportunities which mean we must innovate in response and thus build a more prosperous and inclusive continent .”
VMRay signs distribution agreement with Multipoint Group
VMRay , a provider of automated malware analysis and detection solutions , has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Multipoint Group , an IT distributor of security and Internet technology solutions in the Mediterranean region .
“ Our business is built on identifying the most innovative , best-of-breed solutions in the market that will help organisations to meet their most pressing cybersecurity challenges ,” said Ricardo Resnik , Founder and Managing Director of Multipoint Goup . “ As one of the original pioneers of malware sandboxing technologies , VMRay is well recognised among security practitioners as one of the gold standards in its category . We see great potential in partnering with VMRay .”
For Multipoint ’ s channel partners , the agreement with VMRay represents an excellent opportunity to expand their portfolio with solutions that can drive immideate value by addressing their customers ’ concerns regarding advanced malware detection .
“ We are proud to be working with Multipoint Group and its team of security experts to establish our presence in the Israeli market
Dimitris Raekos , Business Development Manager ,
MEA , VMRay
and build an ecosystem of local channel partners ,” said Dimitris Raekos , Business Development Manager , MEA , VMRay . “ We are looking forward to leveraging Multipoint ’ s long-established expertise to deliver our leading-edge technologies for advanced malware detection to the market .”
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