Good practice

Orange Digital Center Costa de Marfil

Côte d'Ivoire · Abidjan · See the Côte d'Ivoire profile

Un centro de 1.200 m² en el barrio de Plateau, en Abiyán, que combina una escuela de programación gratuita, un FabLab solidario, una aceleradora de startups y un fondo de inversión; abierto en octubre de 2021 con GIZ y AWS, ya ha formado a más de 3.500 personas y apoyado 92 startups.

3,500+

Personas formadas en el centro (2021–2025)

Startups apoyadas

14,500+

Personas apoyadas en tres países (by 2025)

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: Orange Côte d'Ivoire (Orange Group), with GIZ and Amazon Web Services
Period: 2021–present
Keywords: digital skills training, coding, startup incubation, digital manufacturing, entrepreneurship

Context

Inaugurado en octubre de 2021 en el barrio del Plateau de Abiyán con la GIZ y AWS, el Orange Digital Center Costa de Marfil, de 1.200 m², reúne una escuela de programación gratuita, un FabLab solidario, la aceleradora Orange Fab y el fondo Orange Ventures Africa, con acceso prioritario para mujeres, jóvenes fuera del sistema escolar y personas con discapacidad.

Results

Orange informa de más de 3.500 personas formadas y 92 startups apoyadas en el centro; le siguieron satélites 'ODC Club' y, en 2025, Orange contabilizaba más de 14.500 personas apoyadas en Costa de Marfil, Burkina Faso y Liberia en conjunto.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-03
Orange Côte d'Ivoire (Orange Group), with GIZ and Amazon Web Services — accessed 2026-07-03
Orange Developer — Orange Digital Center: a key driver in Côte d'Ivoire — accessed 2026-07-03
Communications Africa — Orange inaugurates the 5th Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East — accessed 2026-07-03
Digital Business Africa — L'Orange Digital Center Côte d'Ivoire officiellement lancé à Abidjan — accessed 2026-07-03

Quality score: 92/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level3/5

Integrates training, fabrication, acceleration and investment in one facility with a public-private partnership (GIZ, AWS); a solid but franchised model already deployed at other Orange Digital Centers.

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

Operating continuously since October 2021, with expanded 2025 figures reported across a wider regional network, indicating ongoing activity beyond the launch.

Evaluation evidence1/1

Concrete, matching figures (opening date, size, trainees, startups) are corroborated across independent outlets (Orange Developer, Communications Africa, Digital Business Africa), though primarily self-reported by Orange.

Demonstrated reach1/1

Documented reach of 3,500+ people trained and 92 startups supported at this site, part of 14,500+ people reported across Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Liberia by 2025.

Documented learning1/1

Documented replication pattern (satellite 'ODC Club' launched in Bouaké) shows an explicit lesson on extending the hub model beyond the capital.

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Evidoria. Orange Digital Center Costa de Marfil. Persistent ID: 7726fa32-bff7-496c-8cc2-2a8dc76f18dc.

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