Orange Digital Center

31/08/2026

🚀 Meet one of the Orange Social Venture Prize Botswana 2026 Top 10 finalists!​
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Congratulations to Brian Sibanda, founder of Pulastock , an innovative platform expanding access to Botswana's livestock economy through digital investment opportunities.​
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By connecting verified cattle assets with investors, PulaStock is creating new pathways for financial inclusion, agricultural participation, and economic growth.​
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Join us in celebrating entrepreneurs who are creating meaningful impact across Botswana.​
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31/08/2026

The wait is over!

We’re excited to announce the OSVP 2026 Candidates! 🎉

Meet the innovators and changemakers who are turning bold ideas into impactful solutions and working to create a better future for our communities.

Stay tuned as we spotlight this year’s candidates and their inspiring ventures. 🌍💡

Innovation. Impact. Change.

28/08/2026

Two days of prototyping, coding, and problem-solving at the 6th Annual National STEM Hackathon closed out with Botswana's next generation of innovators proving exactly why they were there.

🏆 Electronics Category

1. Gaborone Senior Secondary School
2. Hibiscus Secondary School
3. Moshupa Senior Secondary School

🏆 Projects Category (Tertiary)

1. University of Botswana
2. New Era College

Congratulations to all the winners, and to every student who showed up ready to build, learn, and push their ideas forward. Orange Digital Center was proud to be on the ground exhibiting, mentoring, and cheering you on.

Thank you to New Era College for hosting, and to every partner furthering STEM education across Botswana. This is what the future looks like. 🇧🇼

28/08/2026

Orange Summer Challenge 2026: Team Check-In

Today, our four Orange Summer Challenge teams came together at the Orange Digital Center for a check-in as they move ahead building their solutions.

This year's theme, "AI as a Business Accelerator," carries a different weight. Rather than building for the open market alone, our teams are prioritising the build of services with a clear path to offtake by Orange Botswana itself. Real problems, inside the business, solved with AI.

Over the past few weeks, reKwano, Co.nect, Leseding AI Engine, and Kalon AI Platform have been training with Meta, NVIDIA, Canva, and AWS, sharpening both the technical build and the business case behind it.

Importantly, today gave the teams a chance to engage directly with experts from across Orange Botswana, insight on project structuring and delivery, on the technical approach to building for success, and on what it takes to integrate and launch on our platforms. Real feedback, from inside the business they're building for.

Four teams, building with purpose.

28/08/2026

Rubber Ducky Thursday, Debug Night No. 01, is officially in the books.

Thank you to everyone who came through to Orange Digital Center yesterday and made the inaugural session one to remember. The room brought together experienced developers, GDG community builders, university students and first-timers getting their first real look at the world of programming, ODC programme alumni, professionals and entrepreneurs, all in one space, working through real problems together.

Our guest speaker from the community led a live debugging session that turned into exactly what we hoped for: honest conversation, sharp questions, and the kind of learning that only happens when people talk through a problem out loud.

Grateful to GDG Gaborone for the partnership, and to everyone who showed up ready to learn, share, and debug together.

Looking forward to more Debug Days & Nights as we build community

27/08/2026

Botswana's next generation of innovators showed up at the New Era 6th Annual National STEM Hackathon.

2 days at New Era College. Young minds prototyping, coding, and building solutions to real challenges under Vision 2036's pillars, with Orange Digital Center on the ground exhibiting, engaging, mentoring, and learning alongside them.

We also brought to the conversation: what it means to be a good digital citizen, healthy screen time, and standing against cyberbullying.

Grateful to partners furthering STEM education, and to New Era College for having us.

27/08/2026

More than a day of fun. A day of impact.

Through our For Good Connections initiative, we brought together 100 children from four schools in Francistown for a day of learning, play, sport, motivation and meaningful conversations.

Together with Ikhutseng Primary School, Mahube Primary School, Setlalekgosi CJSS and Selolwe CJSS, we created a space for young people to engage with important conversations around digital safety, cyberbullying and building healthier digital habits. Because creating a safer digital future means more than simply providing access. It means equipping the next generation with the knowledge, confidence and support to navigate the digital world responsibly.

A big thank you to our partner Propellers Sports Academy, and to John Mackenzie Primary School for hosting us and helping make this meaningful day possible.

Here’s to empowering young people, creating safer digital spaces and building connections for good. 🧡

26/08/2026

Introducing Rubber Ducky Thursday: a new series brought to you in partnership with GDG Gaborone!

Join us for an evening of hands-on tech exploration and collaborative problem-solving. This week's focus: exploring the latest tech trends and sharpening debugging techniques together.

Bring your curiosity, your questions, your half-finished side project, whatever you're working through. Let's code, discuss, and grow together as a community.

Spots are limited, so don't miss the inaugural session!

RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/e/m9khg4/

🦆 Introducing Rubber Ducky Thursday: a new series, in collaboration with Orange Digital Center !

Join us for an evening of hands-on tech exploration and collaborative problem-solving. This week's focus: exploring the latest tech trends and sharpening debugging techniques together.

Bring your curiosity, your questions, your half-finished side project; whatever you're working through. Let's code, discuss, and grow together as a community.

Spots are limited,so don't miss the inaugural session!

RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/e/m9khg4/

22/08/2026

Francistown understood the assignment! 🧡🙌🏾
Only good vibes, big smiles and even better connections over here. 🏃🏾‍♀️⚽🏀
Because when we come together, learn together, play together and look out for one another, there’s only one kind of connection we’re here for…

Good connections.

22/08/2026

Buddies Not Bullies! 👋🏾🧡

This morning we’re kicking things off with at John Mackenzie School, in Francistown.

Today, we’re all about good vibes, real conversations and learning valuable skills to help us stay safe and make smarter choices online. 📱💡