Fast Company

Unlocking innovation to disrupt global hunger

When it comes to solving the problem of global hunger,you might not think about blockchain as a solution. But Building Blocks, a project supported by the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator, hasdemonstrated the technology’s value in providing cash assistance to hungry people.

Here’s how it works: In refugee

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Fast Company

Fast Company5 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
1 1 the Power Broker
FOR BRINGING THE CHIPS TO THE AI PARTY I'M CHAT TING WITH NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG AT the chip giant's Silicon Valley headquarters, where one of its DGX H100 computing modules sits partially disassembled before us. Stuffed with blazingly fast processo
Fast Company1 min read
27 Mill Industries
A MAJOR CLImate change culprit is hiding in your kitchen: food scraps. Apple cores, carrot tops, and uneaten bits of dinner are a surprisingly potent source of emissions, spewing methane as they decompose in landfills. Mill, a stylish garbage bin (re
Fast Company1 min read
46 uncommon
WHEN ELECTRONIC ARTS NEEDED TO REBR AND ITS $2 BILLION soccer vedio game FIFA after a financial dispute with the global sport's governing body, it tapped the London-based agency Uncommon for the job—perhaps the most daunting marketing challenge of la

Related