WFP Innovation Accelerator launches critical collaboration with WFP Kenya Country Office

In conversation on Innovation
with Lauren Landis and Bernhard Kowatsch

Alongside the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, we sat down with Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of the WFP Innovation Accelerator, and Lauren Landis, Representative & Country Director for WFP Kenya for a conversation around the latest collaboration and investment dedicated to scaling innovation in Kenya.

A Kenyan woman redeeming cash using mobile money cash top-up cards.
A woman from Kenya redeeming cash using mobile money cash top-up cards through MPESA, an innovative solution developed by WFP Kenya Country Office as a cash transfer mechanism for emergency response programmes. Photo: WFP/Martin Karimi
A woman farmer using hydroponics.
A farmer in a refugee camp in Turkana County checks on crops grown through WFP’s H2Grow hydroponics initiative. Photo: WFP/William Orlale

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WFP Innovation Accelerator

Sourcing, supporting and scaling high-impact innovations to disrupt hunger.