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financial opportunities to any innovator around the world

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Grow your
entrepreneurial skills

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Go from idea to
shop in six months

A better future starts here

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

Discover our upcoming events and programs

CAREER

R+D Accelerator Program

31.12.24

Global Global

Want to take part in a real entrepreneurial experience and bring an innovation to life in just 6 months? Join our next R+D Accelerator program focused on translating fundamental science into food tech innovations!

The program empowers food entrepreneurs students and graduates to bring food & beverage innovations to life. It invites them to work together on disruptive solutions applying a test-and-learn approach to get rapid consumer feedback and to test them in real market conditions! Successful applicants have access to everything they need from a global innovation network of R&D and commercials experts in design packaging innovation and food quality & safety prototype kitchens pilot plants and labs with resident chefs technologists and scientists to build your MVP. And finally hands-on innovation coaching to define the route to market.

Check out any of our open challenges, join a team, or reach out to us with your application!

Welcome to NESTLEVEL Digital Podcast, where digital is reimagined at Nestlé, a global leader in food and beverage innovation and technology.

As we advance into a digital future, we continue to push the boundaries with digitalization and reimagine possibilities from the latest innovations and thought leadership. We leave no stone unturned in our quest to shape the future of our industry from new digital tools and roles, AI, IoT technologies for sustainability, strategic partnerships, and creating a future-ready workforce.

In each episode, you'll learn how Nestlé paves the way where food and technology seamlessly intertwine through insightful discussions and best practices. Our esteemed guests include top leaders, industry experts and digital pioneers at Nestlé who share their expertise, experiences, and visions on how Nestlé is shaping the way we live and work in the digital age 🚀

WEBINAR

YEP Talk: How to Start and Build Your Business in Africa

Always On

Angola, Benin, Africa

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Burkina, Cameroun, Cote d'Ivoire, Mozambique, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Algeria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo The Democratic Republic Of The, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kosovo

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.

Join our latest idea challenges

More coming this year, register to stay tuned!

Wed, 31-Jul-2024

Nestlé Youth Innovators Programme 2024

How can Nescafé recruit more youth into the Nescafé brand and/or increase coffee consumption frequencies amongst Gen-Z (18 to 25 years old)?

🏆 Are you the next innovator? Join the challenge and get a chance to win a main prize of RM15,000!

Share your ideas

Sun, 30-Jun-2024

Shaping the Agriculture Sector of Tomorrow

How can we support the networks of farmers and partners to further reduce their climate footprint, as well as improve farmers’ livelihoods?

🏆 Win a cash prize of CHF 10’000 (divided among the winners)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.