Prince Khaled named in advisory board of $15m global food tech challenge
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Competition backers include Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council
April 4, 2021
Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, founder and CEO of KBW Ventures has been named to the advisory board of the $15m ‘Xprize Feed the Next Billion’ a worldwide competition to find alternatives to meat-based diets.
Prince Khaled joins eight other experts on the advisory board, among them Bernhard Kowatsch, head of Innovation Accelerator, United Nations World Food Programme, Lisa Sweet, head of Future of Protein, Covid Response, and Food-Health, World Economic Forum and Varun Deshpande, managing director, Good Food Institute India.
The Weeknd is helping in a huge way.
The 31-year-old
After Hours superstar revealed on Easter Sunday (April 4) that he is donating $1 million to hunger relief in Ethiopia amid reports of ethnic cleansing in the Tigray region, resulting in thousands of deaths and more than two million people displaced in the area.
In February, an internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, via the
“My heart breaks for my people of Ethiopia as innocent civilians ranging from small children to the elderly are being senselessly murdered and entire villages are being displaced out of fear and destruction. I will be donating $1 million to provide 2 million meals through the United Nations World Food Programme and encourage those who can to please give as well,” he wrote.
The Weeknd Donates $1 Million to Relief Efforts in Ethiopia
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The Weeknd is donating $1 million to relief efforts in Ethiopia amid the ongoing conflict between the government in Addis Ababa and the Tigray region.
The conflict has resulted in the deaths of thousands and the displacement of more than two million people, according to NPR. Last month, the New York Times obtained an internal U.S. government report that said Ethiopian officials are “leading a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing” in the Tigray region.
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The singer announced his donation via Instagram on Sunday morning and encouraged others to give, too. “My heart breaks for my people of Ethiopia as innocent civilians ranging from small children to the elderly are being senselessly murdered and entire villages are being displaced out of fear and destruction,” The Weeknd wrote. “I will be donating $1 million to provide 2 million meals through t
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