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BEIRUT – The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the nationwide availability of a smartphone application that uses geo-location services to identify the closest and best food deals in Leba
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New blockchain and artificial intelligence solutions take top billing at the latest WFP Innovation Bootcamp in Munich, Germany...
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This is the story of Teresa, a mother who inspired others in the fight against malnutrition in Uganda.
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For football fanatics, there’s the World Cup. For all things innovation, music and film, there’s South by Southwest (SXSW). SXSW or simply ‘South by’, is the place to be for cutting-edge innovation and industry leaders, humanitarian aid organizations included.
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WFP’s Innovation Accelerator opens its doors to the latest cohort of start-ups and social entrepreneurs who believe they have what it takes to help end hunger....
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WFP innovation providing digital training to vulnerable communities in Lebanon and Iraq secures US$20,000 in prize money
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4th Edition of the WFP Innovation Challenge highlights best new ideas for solving hunger...
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World Food Programme is exploring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to map humanitarian needs in disasters.
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Last Thursday, 9 November, AgriShare won the 'Jury's Choice' award at the latest WFP Innovation Pitch Night. Developed by Welthungerhilfe, a German NGO, AgriShare is an online plat
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‘This can revolutionize assistance to vulnerable families across the globe’
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On Monday 6 November, six hopeful startups aim to secure up to US$ 100,000 in funding from the Accelerator.
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Meet Anas, the first graduate of the WFP’s digital skills programme to find work in the global tech...
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In recent years, the ongoing conflict in Iraq has resulted in the displacement of more than three million people from their homes and jobs.
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Every year the World Food Programme (WFP) assists some 80 million people in over 80 countries — making sure, they have access to the food and nutrition they need to live their lives at their fulles
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To help the newbie social entrepreneur cut through the noise, we’ve put together a list of our favourite online sources, from the most tech-oriented websites to outlets that provide useful skills or free innovation design resources.
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We're marking the first anniversary of WFP’s Innovation Accelerator officially opening its doors in Munich, Germany by taking a look back at an action packed year of ideas, projects and frontier thinking.
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Earlier this month, WFP Iraq teamed up with the Innovation Accelerator to discover how user a user-centered approach to programming could build long-term skills and livelihoods.
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A new citizen journalism project is giving a voice to young Sudanese refugees in Chad.
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MUNICH – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is deploying cutting-edge blockchain technology to make cash-based transfers faster, cheaper and more secure.
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Vegetables previously thrown away purely for their looks are being transformed into nutritious school meals in Kenya.
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Deep in the Jordanian desert you might be surprised to find a team of academics, computer scientists and humanitarians buzzing around washing-machine sized boxes, punching code into nearby laptops. In a country where a mere 10 percent of the land is suitable for cultivation, that’s exactly what you’ll find.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is fast approaching the peak of the hype cycle for emerging tech, but can it help improve the lives of the bottom billion?
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Smallholder farmers in Zambia have gone digital, advertising and coordinating sales, making payments and transporting crops with the help of a Virtual Farmers’ Market, a
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Watch again as eleven finalists pitch their ideas in the final stage of the Global Impact Challenge (GIC).