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Empowering young innovators around the world to shape the future of food

 

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Nestlé YEP Talk Africa 2024 Banner
WEBINAR
YEP Talk: How to Start and Build Your Business in Africa
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Africa

Are you in Africa, have a business idea, but don't know how to start? Do you find it difficult to find the support you need to boost or grow your own business? This is your chance to tap into Nestlé’s expertise, learn to overcome obstacles, and skyrocket your entrepreneurship journey 🚀

Nestlé YEP Talk "Ignite your Ideas: How to Start and Build your Business in Africa"

💻 free on-demand webinar

📢 Captions in English and French

With Hermann Kouassi (General Manager at Incubivoir Incubateur), Miles Kubheka (CEO at Wakanda Food Accelerator), Yves Soppelsa (Innovation Acceleration Lead at Nestlé Research & Development), and moderated by Manuela Pokkosy.

✅ Gain invaluable insights, proven strategies, and practical tips to the pains and challenges you face as a young innovator.

✅ Learn from industry experts and successful entrepreneurs who have overcome similar obstacles.

✅ Get empowered to navigate the African food industry, refine your ideas, and build your start-up for success.

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S&T 2025 (1) Nestlé Food Product Development EN
WEBINAR
Key Practices For Successful Product Development
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Global

Nestlé Food Science & Technology Seminars
Series of free virtual seminars from Nestlé experts, for students.

Topic: Key Practices for Successful Product Development 
With D. Sakka, Global Category Lead, Nestlé R&D

Meet Danai Sakka, a passionate food enthusiast with a Bachelor of Science in Food Science & Nutrition (University of the Aegean, Greece) and an European Master in Food Studies (Wageningen University, the Netherlands). With over 10 years of experience at Nestlé R&D, Danai has become a driving force in our organization. Currently, she is the Global Category Lead for Recipe Solutions, specializing in Soups, Assembly, and Finishing Sauces. Her work has had a significant impact on products from beloved brands like Maggi and Thomy.

Danai's enthusiasm for food innovation and her wealth of knowledge make her an inspiring speaker on the topic of food development! Join us to hear how we leverage Nutrient dense, locally trusted raw materials to produce tasty, healthy and affordable products for our consumers. Find out how it all starts from sourcing, quality & nutritional assessment, to final product via processing.We leverage Nutrient dense, locally trusted raw materials to produce tasty, healthy and affordable products for our consumers. This starts from sourcing, quality & nutritional assessment to final product via processing

Date: Friday, 9 May 2025

  • 13:00 - 15:00 GMT
  • 14:00 - 16:00 GMT+1 
  • 15:00 - 17:00 GMT+2
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Join our latest idea challenges

More coming this year, register to stay tuned!

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Nestlé Always on Challenge

YEP Always On Challenge

What will be the next groundbreaking innovation that will shape the future of food?

Introducing Nestlé YEP Always on Challenge, where you can submit any groundbreaking idea that doesn't fit into a specific challenge.

Share your ideas

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Our priorities

From championing sustainability to re-imagining packaging,
we are committed to innovating for a better tomorrow.

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Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Regenerative agriculture plays a critical role in improving soil health, restoring water cycles and increasing biodiversity for the long term. Taking a farmer-centric approach, we are piloting and scaling new technologies and nature-based solutions to tackle this challenge.

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Plant based products
Plant based products
PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS

We are transforming our portfolio to include more plant-based meat and dairy alternatives that are both healthy and delicious. These products reduce emissions across the value chain, driving us towards a more sustainable food system.

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Packaging
Packaging
PACKAGING AND CIRCULARITY

We are changing the way we think about the value chain from a linear path to a circular one. Through advanced packaging R&D and key partnerships, we are working towards our commitment for all of our packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025.

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Nutrition
Nutrition
AFFORDABLE NUTRITION

Making affordable, nutritious and tasty food accessible to everyone is a priority for Nestlé. We leverage our R&D expertise to develop food innovations that cost less without sacrificing nutrition or taste, so that lower-income families can afford to nourish themselves.

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Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Regenerative agriculture plays a critical role in improving soil health, restoring water cycles and increasing biodiversity for the long term. Taking a farmer-centric approach, we are piloting and scaling new technologies and nature-based solutions to tackle this challenge.

MORE
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Plant based products
Plant based products
PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS

We are transforming our portfolio to include more plant-based meat and dairy alternatives that are both healthy and delicious. These products reduce emissions across the value chain, driving us towards a more sustainable food system.

MORE
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Packaging
Packaging
PACKAGING AND CIRCULARITY

We are changing the way we think about the value chain from a linear path to a circular one. Through advanced packaging R&D and key partnerships, we are working towards our commitment for all of our packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025.

MORE
category icon
Nutrition
Nutrition
AFFORDABLE NUTRITION

Making affordable, nutritious and tasty food accessible to everyone is a priority for Nestlé. We leverage our R&D expertise to develop food innovations that cost less without sacrificing nutrition or taste, so that lower-income families can afford to nourish themselves.

MORE
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YEP Talk: Free webinar for innovators

Get precious advice and tips from
top experts and successful entrepreneurs!
Watch our YEP Talk and learn how to
accelerate your start-up creation.

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