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Food Solutions Challenge
Program
Host a local event and enter a case competition that challenges you to reduce food loss in sub‐Saharan
Africa by addressing one of the region’s most pressing problems: the lack of a reliable cold storage
supply chain. Submissions will be judged and the top teams will travel to a paid capstone event to
sharpen their design thinking skills and refine their solutions. The winning team will win $10,000 in seed
funding to turn their ideas into action!
Challenge
Create climate‐friendly cold storage solutions to reduce food loss in sub‐Saharan Africa that will
increase the amount of edible food while producing less climate changing emissions.
Benefits and prizes
● $125 hosting stipend
● Event‐in‐a‐box toolkit and event materials
● 100 Gold Status points for Net Impact chapters which host an event
● The top teams will attend a customized prize trip in Spring 2019
● $10,000 grand prize, $2,500 for second place, and $1,000 for third place
● Entry into a raffle for an iPad for recruiting 25 participants to your event
● Entry into raffle to win iPad, cash, and Beats headphones for each participant at your event
Time commitment
Successful event hosts should look to commit 12‐14 hours leading up to the event. The event itself will
be approximately 90 minutes.
Timeline and expectations
PRE‐EVENT Secure a date and space for your event
Attend a 101 webinar to help you get started
Review the event toolkit
Identify 1‐2 facilitators for the event
Recruit 25 participants to your event
NOV 15, 2018 Program launch
NOV 2018 – APRIL 2019 Host your event
EARLY BIRD SUBMISSION December 15, 2018
DEADLINES January 15, 2019
February 15, 2019
March 15, 2019
APRIL 15, 2019 Final deadline to submit Food Solutions Challenge solutions
LATE SPRING 2019 Top teams are selected and will attend a prize trip to develop their
skills and knowledge on food and sustainability and winners
announced
Facilitator’s role
Facilitators will lead the event and support everyone to do their best thinking and practice. The
facilitator can be the event host, a team member, or faculty.
Event format
Participants will learn about the agricultural supply chain in sub‐Saharan Africa and why the lack of cold
storage is a pressing issue that needs to be solved. Facilitators will present a 30 minute presentation
provided by Net Impact. After the presentation, participants will have 60 minutes to work in small
groups of 2‐4 to ideate a solution that will solve the Challenge. Participants will then submit their ideas
into the Food Solutions Challenge and be in the running for the grand prizes.
Judging
Solutions should be 500 words or less and turned in via the Net Impact website. Solutions will be judged
according to a rubric that will be made available with the event materials.
Sign up
Sign up at https://www.netimpact.org/programs/food‐solutions
Questions? Contact Hillary Prince at hprince@netimpact.org
The Food Solutions Challenge is supported by Bayer and the World Business Council for Sustainable
Development.