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Orange plans to support and fund Egyptian technology-focused startups, writes Tom Jackson for Disrupt Africa<\/a>. Orange\u2019s subsidiary, Orange Digital Ventures investment program, has allocated around USD 56 mn to launch an Africa-focused initiative and fund early-stage companies. Orange\u2019s deputy CEO says his company is willing to work with Egypt \u201cin order to strengthen cooperation \u2026 in a context that encourages foreign investment.\u201d Mettling says Orange is considering setting up customer service centres in new technology zones, including in Assiut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orange plans to support and fund Egyptian technology-focused startups, writes Tom Jackson for Disrupt Africa. Orange\u2019s subsidiary, Orange Digital Ventures investment program, has allocated around USD 56 mn to launch an Africa-focused initiative and fund early-stage companies. Orange\u2019s deputy CEO says his company is willing to work with Egypt \u201cin order to strengthen cooperation \u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9290],"tags":[72,2369],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-645720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telecoms-ict","tag-enterpriseam","tag-telecoms-ict","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"e5c95cc0-cc15-425f-8a5c-348a4a402efc","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[645684],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nOrange plans to finance Egyptian entrepreneurs and technology startups - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/27\/orange-plans-to-finance-egyptian-entrepreneurs-and-technology-startups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Orange plans to finance Egyptian entrepreneurs and technology startups\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Orange plans to support and fund Egyptian technology-focused startups, writes Tom Jackson for Disrupt Africa. 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