WFP Innovation Accelerator

🎉 At the WFP Innovation Forum, we also officially opened the WFP Innovation Greenhouse, an immersive exhibition now permanently hosted at the WFP Innovation Accelerator. Here, we are featuring groundbreaking solutions shaking up the fight against hunger. Among them: ⚙️ SCOUT SCOUT is transforming WFP’s supply chain by using operational #AI to optimize global food sourcing and delivery planning. This innovative system reduces response times, prevents critical disruptions and ensures financial resources are maximized to deliver food to those in need. 🚀 Impact: US$2million in efficiency gains in 2024 🍲 Nilus Together with WFP, Nilus strengthens #SupplyChains by digitally tracing food purchases, streamlining procurement and improving cost efficiency. WFP uses the platform to track purchases, monitor nutrition and adjust sourcing based on inventory gaps or price fluctuations, ensuring nutritious meals reach those who need them most. 🚀 Impact: 650K+ people reached (including 25K+ children served by WFP in Ecuador). 👉 Want to learn more about these innovations shaping the future of humanitarian assistance? ▶️ Check out SCOUT: https://lnkd.in/dfZB_V6u ▶️ Check out Nilus: https://lnkd.in/dahp9DPW Alex Lozán Ferreyra Tayra Pinzon Cristina Amezcua Jackie Negro Jose.M Shehata Daniel Mactaggart Carita Marsili

Reflecting on the impact of the WFP Innovation Forum 2025! One week later, the excitement from the WFP Innovation Forum 2025 is still palpable 🌍🚀 It was truly inspiring to watch our innovative teams take the stage and share breakthrough solutions that are set to transform humanitarian aid. Dive into our latest blog to explore the innovative ideas and powerful lessons we learned along the way. Check it out below 👇

Our WFP Innovation Forum 2025 was a great success! 🌍 Innovators united to showcase groundbreaking solutions for a hunger-free future. Their commitment and ingenuity left us inspired and hopeful. 🎙️ We opened with an impactful keynote by Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of the WFP Innovation Accelerator, and heard from esteemed speakers like Cindy McCain, michaela kaniber, Jochen Flasbarth, Andreas von Brandt and Max Lamesch, who highlighted why innovation and partnerships are crucial for tackling global hunger. Join us in celebrating the incredible minds behind this year’s cutting-edge solutions: 🌱 Janice Gould 🌾 Rusty Rodriguez ☀️ Hitaf Ghazal 🌴 Naglaa Mohammad 🛰️ Amine BAHA 📊 Daniel Mactaggart 📦 Monika Bernard 🌍 Jorge Fernandes 📸 Check out these first snapshots from the event, capturing the energy and passion of our innovators as they presented their solutions.

Following last week’s Munich Security Conference and our flagship WFP Innovation Forum, World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain underscores the vital role of efficiency, innovation and collaboration in driving progress.💡 In her latest LinkedIn article, she highlights how these principles are key to overcoming global challenges and achieving sustainable growth. WFP teams are saving lives and driving change across the globe. Let's work together towards a more food-secure world. Read more ⬇️

⭐️ Meet Yvonne Ingui, Knowledge and Systems Management Consultant at WFP! ⭐️ ️ Yvonne is dedicated to fostering collaboration and teamwork, which are essential for cultivating a strong culture of innovation. With over five years of experience in knowledge management and government partnerships at the WFP’s Regional Bureau of Eastern Africa, she has honed her skills in managing communities of practice, knowledge packaging and sharing and facilitating learning. At the WFP Innovation Accelerator, Yvonne is spearheading the development and dissemination of knowledge management content, curating and sharing good practices. She is also enhancing digital systems to promote effective contribution, reporting and open sharing across teams. Want to learn more about how WFP is using innovation to fight hunger? Visit: wfp.org/innovation 🌍

Acceleration Days serve a greater purpose: to unlock new and novel conversations and collaboration opportunities, supporting our ventures even further on their scaling journeys 🚀 The Dubai Acceleration Days, as part of the Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator, achieved just that, all thanks to this team (and more!) Any global event is not without its challenges: from sick days, missed visas, wrong exits and midnight grocery shops, this team has made what seemed impossible a reality, from Dubai and from home. 🥳 Congrats to the team for executing another successful workshop!

The WFP Innovation Forum is happening today! 🥁✨ Meet our distinguished speakers: 🔸Ms. michaela kaniber, Bavarian State Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism 🔸Mr. Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany 🔸H.E. Andreas von Brandt, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in Rome 🔸Mr. Max Lamesch, Director for Humanitarian Affairs in the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs 🔸Mr. Axel van Trotsenburg, Senior Managing Director, World Bank 🔸Ms. Cindy McCain, WFP Executive Director The event will be opened by Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of the WFP Innovation Accelerator, and feature outside-the-box thinkers showcasing their innovative solutions to address food insecurity amidst challenges. The live stream will start at 18:00 CET Munich time. 💻 Register now to follow the event online. Link in comments section👇

Our first-ever Acceleration Days, part of the Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator, brought our ventures to new heights. 🗻 We discussed scaling plans and how ventures can broaden, deepen and expand their impact. We found new ways to work together and engaged with the Dubai ecosystem, unlocking new paths for collaboration in the future. Thanks to the programme partners, the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade and the Austrian Development Agency, for making this event and the entire Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator possible 💡 Thanks also to our hosts at Dubai Humanitarian and UNHRD for facilitating our visit to Dubai! [Photos: Dubai Humanitarian]

Across the globe, World Food Programme colleagues are driving innovation to save and change lives.💡 Despite challenges, we continue making strides - embedding innovation across the organization and finding new collaborations to catalyse innovation beyond WFP. Find out what we've been up to the last few months ⬇️

Only 3 days to go! We can’t wait to welcome these outstanding innovation teams of our Conflict and Climate portfolio on stage this Thursday ⤵️ Get excited to see: 🛰️ SKAI 📊 SCOUT 📦 Building Blocks 🌍 Food Security Cat Bond 🌱 Responsive Drip Irrigation LLC  🦠 Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies 🌴 PVita ☀️ Partners with Sun Don’t forget to register and tune in: bit.ly/42ugN5i